Hortense Richard
French portrait and landscape painter, miniaturist
About Hortense Richard
Lived 1858 – 1940 (aged 82). Hortense Richard was a French painter, miniature painter and porcelain painter.
Hortense Richard (1860–1939 or 1940) was a French painter.
Biography Richard was born on 24 June 1860 in Paris. She studied with Delphine Arnould de Cool-Fortin, Jules Joseph Lefebvre and William-Adolphe Bouguereau. She married fellow painter in 1879.
She exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1875 to 1935. Richard exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts and The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.
She died in 1939 or 1940.
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Who was Hortense Richard?
French portrait and landscape painter, miniaturist
When was Hortense Richard born?
Hortense Richard was born on 24 June 1858 in Charonne.
When did Hortense Richard die?
Hortense Richard died on 2 July 1940 in Châtillon.
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Hortense Richard was a painter, miniature painter and porcelain painter.
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Hortense Richard was French.
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