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Louise Catherine Breslau

German1856–1927

Portrait of Louise Catherine Breslau

About

Louise Catherine Breslau was a German-born Swiss painter, who learned drawing to pass the time while bedridden with chronic asthma. She studied art at the Académie Julian in Paris, and exhibited at the salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, where she became a respected colleague of noted figures such as Edgar Degas and Anatole France.

Notable works

Chez soi

at Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen

Works in the collection

10 works

Chez soi

at Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen

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