Lucie Attinger | |
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![]() Mon Atelier (1889) includes a self-portrait of Lucie Attinger on the left. | |
Born | 1 March 1859
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Died | 10 June 1928
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Occupation |
Illustrator,
painter
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Lucie-Charlotte Attinger (1 March 1859 – 10 June 1928) [1] was a Swiss painter and illustrator.
Lucie Attinger was born on 1 March 1859 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, one of eight children of James Attinger (1818-1885), son of the founder of the Attinger publishing house. [2] In Neuchâtel she studied art under Georges Grisel and Auguste Bachelin, then attended the Académie Julian in Paris. [3]
At the Paris Salon of 1889, she exhibited her painting Mon Atelier ("My Studio"), which depicts a life class at the Académie Julian. [3] It is one of only two known paintings (the other being Marie Bashkertseff’s In the Studio) to depicts such a class at the Académie. Mon Atelier includes a self-portrait of Attinger sketching the viewer of the painting. [4]
In 1893, Attinger married Henri Busquet de Caument (1859-1937), a member of a French aristocratic family whom she met at a showing of her work. They had two daughters. [2]
Attinger illustrated a number of prints for Imagerie Quantin, in the style of Épinal prints. [5] In the 1890s she was an illustrator for a number of French magazines: La France illustrée, Le J.Amusant (under the name Nell), L'Éclipseand La Gandriole (both under the name Jattin).She also illustrated a number of books: Chansons des nos Grand'mères (1889) by Alfred Godet, Quatre petites filles heureuses (1892) by Lucie Achard, as well as Contes choisis (1893) and Alte Volks- und Kinderlieder (1910) by Christoph von Schmid. [1]
Lucie Attinger died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 10 June 1928. [2]
Lucie Attinger | |
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![]() Mon Atelier (1889) includes a self-portrait of Lucie Attinger on the left. | |
Born | 1 March 1859
![]() |
Died | 10 June 1928
![]() |
Occupation |
Illustrator,
painter
![]() |
Lucie-Charlotte Attinger (1 March 1859 – 10 June 1928) [1] was a Swiss painter and illustrator.
Lucie Attinger was born on 1 March 1859 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, one of eight children of James Attinger (1818-1885), son of the founder of the Attinger publishing house. [2] In Neuchâtel she studied art under Georges Grisel and Auguste Bachelin, then attended the Académie Julian in Paris. [3]
At the Paris Salon of 1889, she exhibited her painting Mon Atelier ("My Studio"), which depicts a life class at the Académie Julian. [3] It is one of only two known paintings (the other being Marie Bashkertseff’s In the Studio) to depicts such a class at the Académie. Mon Atelier includes a self-portrait of Attinger sketching the viewer of the painting. [4]
In 1893, Attinger married Henri Busquet de Caument (1859-1937), a member of a French aristocratic family whom she met at a showing of her work. They had two daughters. [2]
Attinger illustrated a number of prints for Imagerie Quantin, in the style of Épinal prints. [5] In the 1890s she was an illustrator for a number of French magazines: La France illustrée, Le J.Amusant (under the name Nell), L'Éclipseand La Gandriole (both under the name Jattin).She also illustrated a number of books: Chansons des nos Grand'mères (1889) by Alfred Godet, Quatre petites filles heureuses (1892) by Lucie Achard, as well as Contes choisis (1893) and Alte Volks- und Kinderlieder (1910) by Christoph von Schmid. [1]
Lucie Attinger died in Neuilly-sur-Seine on 10 June 1928. [2]