Catherine Lusurier
Illustration — Catherine Lusurier, The Painter Germain-Jean Drouais at the Age of Fifteen, oil on canvas, c. 1778 Catherine Lusurier (1752 – 11 January 1781) was a French painter. Lusurier was a native of Paris; her mother, Jeanne Callot, was a dressmaker, while her father Pierre was a member of a family of hatters.
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Catherine Lusurier
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- Born
- 1752 · Paris.
- Died
- 1781 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Teachers
- Hubert Drouais
- Known for
- The Painter Germain Jean Drouais at The Age of Fifteen · Portrait of Jean Le Rond d'Alembert
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Catherine Lusurier, The Painter Germain-Jean Drouais at the Age of Fifteen, oil on canvas, c. 1778 Catherine Lusurier (1752 – 11 January 1781) was a French painter. Lusurier was a native of Paris; her mother, Jeanne Callot, was a dressmaker, while her father Pierre was a member of a family of hatters.
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She was the niece of Hubert Drouais, to whom she was apprenticed until his death, whereupon she continued to live with his widow, Marie–Marguerite Lusurier, on the rue des Orties in the parish of Saint-Roch; today the street no longer exists, having been torn up to make way for the avenue de l'Opéra during the Second Empire. While in their atelier, she likely worked alongside François-Hubert Drouais and his son Jean Germain Drouais. A drawing of a boy is owned by the National Gallery of Art, and a portrait of a girl, formerly ascribed to François-Hubert Drouais, is in the collection of the Milwaukee Art Museum. The portrait of Jean Drouais is owned by the Louvre, while that of d'Alembert is in the Carnavalet Museum.
Training under Hubert Drouais is recorded. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris. Works named in the authority record are The Painter Germain Jean Drouais at The Age of Fifteen and Portrait of Jean Le Rond d'Alembert. Work by Catherine Lusurier is recorded in the collections of Milwaukee Art Museum, Musée Carnavalet, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, Palace of Versailles and Musée de l'Histoire de France.
• Illustration — Jeanne Therese Tilles D'Acosta, Madame la Marquise de Rochambeau • Illustration — Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, 1777 • Illustration — alt= A young boy seated in a landscape
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1752
Catherine Lusurier born at Paris.
1781
Catherine Lusurier died at Paris.
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Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 2: The Painter Germain Jean Drouais at The Age of Fifteen and Portrait of Jean Le Rond d'Alembert.
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Milwaukee Art Museum, Musée Carnavalet, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens and Palace of Versailles
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