Marie-Denise Villers. Marie-Denise Villers was a French painter who specialized in portraits.
Marie-Denise Lemoine was born in Paris to Charles Lemoine and Marie-Anne Rouselle. Two of her three sisters, Marie-Victoire Lemoine and Marie-Élisabeth Gabiou, as well as distant cousin Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet, were all trained as portraitists.
Within her family, Marie-Denise was known as Nisa. The family lived on the Rue Traversière-Saint-Honoré near the Palais Royal in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Little is known about Marie-Denise's childhood, however it is likely that through her much older sisters and cousin she would have been introduced to the salons of Paris. It was In the Paris Salon of 1799 that she met the artist Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson, and also began to take painting lessons with François Gérard and Jacques-Louis David.
In 1794, she married an architecture student, Michel-Jean-Maximilien Villers. Her husband supported her art, during a time when many women were forced to give up professional art work after marriage. Her life between the time of her last dated painting and her death in 1821 remains unknown. She first exhibited artwork at the Paris Salon of the Year VII. Villers' most famous painting, Portrait of Charlotte du Val d'Ognes has been attributed to various artists and shown under a variety of titles through its long history. Originally, the portrait was in the du Val d'Ognes f
Marie-Denise Lemoine was born in Paris to Charles Lemoine and Marie-Anne Rouselle. Two of her three sisters, Marie-Victoire Lemoine and Marie-Élisabeth Gabiou, as well as distant cousin Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet, were all trained as portraitists.
Within her family, Marie-Denise was known as Nisa. The family lived on the Rue Traversière-Saint-Honoré near the Palais Royal in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Little is known about Marie-Denise's childhood, however it is likely that through her much older sisters and cousin she would have been introduced to the salons of Paris. It was In the Paris Salon of 1799 that she met the artist Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson, and also began to take painting lessons with François Gérard and Jacques-Louis David.
In 1794, she married an architecture student, Michel-Jean-Maximilien Villers. Her husband supported her art, during a time when many women were forced to give up professional art work after marriage. Her life between the time of her last dated painting and her death in 1821 remains unknown. She first exhibited artwork at the Paris Salon of the Year VII. Villers' most famous painting, Portrait of Charlotte du Val d'Ognes has been attributed to various artists and shown under a variety of titles through its long history. Originally, the portrait was in the du Val d'Ognes f
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