Adèle Ferrand
Adèle Ferrand (20 October 1817 – 1 April 1848) was a 19th-century French painter and draughtswoman on the island of La Réunion in the southwestern Indian Ocean. Adèle Ferrand was born in Nancy, Ferrand became very early a master of the Romantic school before settling in the colony then called Bourbon to follow her husband, half-brother of the extremely rich Gabriel Le Coat de Kerveguen. She died at the age of 30 from typhoid fever in the island of La Réunion.
Also recorded as Adele Ferrand
Adèle Ferrand

Adèle Ferrand · Iconothèque de l'Océan Indien · Public domain
- Full name
- Julie Adèle Ferrand.
- Born
- 1817. · Nancy.
- Died
- 1848. · Saint-Pierre.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- painter.
- Known for
- Self-portrait and Portrait of Denis François Le Coat de Kerveguen.
- Languages
- French.
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Adèle Ferrand (20 October 1817 – 1 April 1848) was a 19th-century French painter and draughtswoman on the island of La Réunion in the southwestern Indian Ocean. Adèle Ferrand was born in Nancy, Ferrand became very early a master of the Romantic school before settling in the colony then called Bourbon to follow her husband, half-brother of the extremely rich Gabriel Le Coat de Kerveguen. She died at the age of 30 from typhoid fever in the island of La Réunion.
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Her paintings and drawings are kept at the Musée Léon-Dierx and available online on the Iconothèque historique de l'océan Indien.
The authorities additionally record the heading Adele Ferrand. Her recorded language was French. She married Denis-François Le Coat de Kerveguen.
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1817
Adèle Ferrand was born in 1817 at Nancy.
1848
Adèle Ferrand died in 1848 at Saint-Pierre.
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