Marie Bouliard

Marie- Geneviève Bouliar (* 1762 in Paris, † 1825 in Bois d' Arcy ) was a French painter of classicism.

Life

Marie- Geneviève Bouliar was born in 1762 as the only daughter of a tailor in Paris. She sat at the leading portrait painter of Paris, train Duplessis. On the big official art exhibition, the Paris Salon of 1791, she made ​​her debut with a portrait. In the Salon of 1791 794 images were represented by 298 artists, including 21 women. From then on, she sent to 1817 their works to the Salon, which could be sold quite successful. In 1792 she won a commission of 1000 livres a work incentive ( Travail d' encouragement ) to obtain fundamental to their works on the salon of 1791.

The exhibitions won her more private commissions for portraits, which is why they are also mainly devoted to this genre. Since her but this was not enough, they tried it with historical scenes. In 1794, they finally painted the image of the courtesan Aspasia, which she exhibited in the following year. Since there triggered a scandal, she was rewarded with a Ermunterungspreis Prix d' Encouragement. In addition to this history painting to portraits have mainly preserved. Marie- Geneviève Bouliar died in 1825 in a castle in Bois d' Arcy.