Suzanne Estelle Apoil (19 October 1825 – 28 June 1902) was a French porcelain painter and watercolorist.
Suzanne Estelle Apoil | |
|---|---|
| Born | Suzanne Estelle Béranger 19 October 1825[1][2] Sèvres, France |
| Died | 28 June 1902 (aged 76)[3] |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | porcelain painting |
Biography
editSuzanne Estelle Apoil was the daughter of Antoine Béranger, a painter at the Manufactory of Sèvres and sister of the painters Charles Béranger and Jean-Baptiste Antoine Emile Béranger. She was the wife of the painter Charles Alexis Apoil (1809-1864).[5] She studied with her father.[6]
As a porcelain painter for the National Manufactory of Sèvres, she received a 3rd class medal at the Salon of 1846, and a 3nd class medal in the 1848 Salon.[7] In 1874, the French government commissioned her to produce two vases, to be given to the Empress of all the Russias.[2]
Apoil exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893.[6]
She died 28 June 1902 and was buried at the Sèvres cemetery, beside the graves of her husband and her father.[8]
Collections
edit- Château de Dieppe
- Collection du Mobilier national, France[9]
- Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris[10]
- Musée national de Céramique[11]
- Musée d'Orsay, Paris[4]
- Réunion des Musées Nationaux Grand Palais, Sèvres[12]
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London[13]
References
edit- ^ "GAIA 9 : moteur de recherche". consultation.archives.hauts-de-seine.net.
- ^ a b "Apoil, Suzanne Estelle maiden name: Béranger". oxfordartonline.com.
- ^ "GAIA 9 : moteur de recherche". consultation.archives.hauts-de-seine.net.
- ^ a b "Musée d'Orsay: Notice d'Oeuvre". www.musee-orsay.fr.
- ^ Daniel Rosenfeld (1991). European painting and sculpture, ca. 1770-1937, in the Museum of Art, Rhode. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0911517553.
- ^ a b Petteys, Chris (1985). Dictionary of Women Artists: An international dictionary of women artists born before 1900. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co. p. 22.
- ^ "Explication des ouvrages de peinture et dessins, sculpture, architecture et gravure, des artistes vivants (1673)". www.archive.org. 13 January 1673. p. 24.
- ^ http://www.landrucimetieres.fr/spip/spip.php?article1775 Cimetière de Sèvres
- ^ "JARDINIERE". Collection du Mobilier national MN/Lab (in French).
- ^ "Vase Ledoux". collections.madparis.fr (in French).
- ^ "Réunion des Musées Nationaux-Grand Palais -". www.photo.rmn.fr.
- ^ "Réunion des Musées Nationaux-Grand Palais -". www.photo.rmn.fr.
- ^ "Vase and Cover | Apoil, Suzanne-Estelle | Apoil, Suzanne-Estelle | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections. 13 January 1880.