Marie Joséphine Nicolas
Marie Joséphine Nicolas (25 July 1845 – 1903) was a French painter. Nicolas was born in Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne and was also known as Marie Nicholas or Marie Joséphine Drapier. She was a pupil of Levasseur and Charles Joshua Chaplin and is known for portraits and genre works.
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Marie Joséphine Nicolas
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- Name
- Marie Joséphine Nicolas
- Born
- 25 July 1845
- Birthplace
- Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne, France
- Died
- 1903
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- French
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Marie Joséphine Nicolas (25 July 1845 – 1903) was a French painter. Nicolas was born in Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne and was also known as Marie Nicholas or Marie Joséphine Drapier. She was a pupil of Levasseur and Charles Joshua Chaplin and is known for portraits and genre works.
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Marie Joséphine Nicolas was a French painter. The painter was born in Villers-Cotterêts.
Languages used include French. Works by Marie Joséphine Nicolas are held at Alexandre Dumas Museum, Musée Anne de Beaujeu and Musée d'Anatomie Delmas-Orfila-Rouvière, among others.
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She first showed work at the Paris Salon of 1867 and her 1882 work Father Ricard was included in the book Women Painters of the World. Her self-portrait is preserved in the local museum of her hometown.
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• Name — Marie Joséphine Nicolas • Born — 25 July 1845 • Birthplace — Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne, France • Died — 1903
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Self Portrait (1871) Father Ricard (1882) Fillette en prière Jeune Bretonne et sa poupée (1889)
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Marie Joséphine Nicolas was born at Villers-Cotterêts.
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- 1.Musée d'Orsay: Notice d'Artiste. www.musee-orsay.fr.
- 2.NICOLAS, Marie Joséphine (born 1845), Painter in Bénézit
- 3.Women Painters of the World on Project Gutenberg
- 4.Auctions for artworks by Marie Joséphine NICOLAS: hammer prices and sold lots for Marie Joséphine NICOLAS - artprice.com. www.artprice.com.
- 5.Marie Joséphine Nicolas artnet. www.artnet.com.
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