Marie-Victoire Lemoine facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Marie-Victoire Lemoine
Marie Victoire Lemoine, Portrait of the Artist ca. 1780/1790
Born	1754 (1754) Paris, France
Died	2 December 1820(1820-12-02) (aged 65–66) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Known for	Painting

Marie-Victoire Lemoine (born 1754, died 1820) was a talented French painter. She lived a long time ago, during a period called the Classical era in art. She was known for her beautiful paintings.

Life of Marie-Victoire Lemoine

Marie-Victoire Lemoine was born in Paris, France. She was the oldest of four sisters. Her parents were Charles Lemoine and Marie-Anne Rousselle.

Two of her sisters, Marie-Denise Villers and Marie-Élisabeth Gabiou, also became painters. Marie-Victoire was also cousins with another artist, Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet.

Unlike her sisters, Marie-Victoire never married. She was one of the few women artists of her time who earned money from her paintings. This was quite rare back then.

In the early 1770s, she studied art with François-Guillaume Ménageot. She lived and worked with him for a while. Their house was near the studio of Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, who was a very famous woman painter in France.

From 1779, Marie-Victoire Lemoine lived with her parents. Later, she moved in with her sister Marie-Elisabeth. She continued to live there even after her sister passed away. Marie-Victoire died when she was 66 years old. This was six years after her last art show.

Marie-Victoire Lemoine's Art Work

Marie-Victoire Lemoine mostly painted portraits of people. She also created small, detailed paintings called miniatures. She was also known for her "genre scenes," which are paintings of everyday life.

She was most active in the art world in the late 1780s and early 1790s. Lemoine held her first art show, called a "salon," in 1774.

She showed her art in many public exhibitions. For example, her first solo show was in 1779. There, she displayed a portrait of the Princess Lamballe. This painting is now lost.

In 1796, she showed her work at the famous Parisian Salon. This was five years after women were allowed to participate. She continued to show her art there in 1798, 1799, 1802, 1804, and 1814. Marie-Victoire Lemoine often signed her paintings with "M. Vic Lemoine."

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  Marie-Victoire Lemoine's The Interior of an Atelier of a Woman Painter. Some think it shows Marie-Victoire herself with her sister Marie-Elisabeth.

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  The Two Sisters, 1790

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  Portrait of a Boy Feeding Two Birds

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  A Girl Holding a Dove, 1793

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  Child Holding a Rose

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  Portrait of an Artist