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Marie Petiet
Marie Petiet - Autoportrait au chevalet 02.jpg
Self-portrait at her easel, 1872
Born
Marie Petiet

(1854-07-20)20 July 1854
Limoux, France
Died 16 April 1893(1893-04-16) (aged 38)
Paris, France
Nationality French
Known for Painting
Spouse(s)
Étienne Dujardin-Beaumetz
(m. 1886)

Marie Petiet or Marie Dujardin-Beaumetz (1854–1893) was a French painter known for her genre scenes and portraits.

Biography

Dujardin-Beaumetz née Petiet was born on 20 July 1854 in Limoux, France the daughter of the painter Léopold Petiet. She studied with the painter Jean-Jacques Henner from 1877 through 1883.

She married the painter Étienne Dujardin-Beaumetz [fr] 1886 and began showing her work under the name Marie Dujardin-Beaumetz.

She exhibited at the Société des Artistes Français from 1877 through 1883. She also exhibited at the Paris Salon.

Petiet died on 16 April 1893 in Paris.

Legacy

Her works are preserved in the Musée Petiet de Limoux. Her work Knitter asleep was included in the book Women Painters of the World. Petiet was included in the 2018 exhibit Women in Paris 1850-1900.

Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne - Liseuse endormie (1882) - Marie Petiet
Liseuse endormie (Girl Asleep)
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne
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