Thérèse-Mirza Allix

Thérèse-Mirza Allix, sometimes Mirza Allix, (September 16, 1816 – September 16, 1882) was a French painter of portraits, known for her miniature paintings on enamel, porcelain and earthenware.

Along with her sisters, she founded a boarding school for girls in her hometown of Fontenay-le-Comte.

Early life and education

Allix was born on September 16, 1816, at Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France to parents Pierre-François Allix and Gabrielle-Thérèse Vexiau. She was the sister of Augustine Allix (born 1823), Jules Allix (born 1818), (born 1836), , and Céline.

She studied with Charles de Steuben and Gustave Wappers. The Allix sisters' boarding school then moved to Paris in 1847.

Allix is known for her miniature portraits in porcelain, and enamel. She exhibited her fantasy portraits and copies of portraits by old masters at the Salon de Paris in 1877 and 1882. In the 1877 salon she exhibited a work depicting Mary Stuart based on a work from the 16th century. Her portrait of her great-uncle, Abbé Garnereau, was acquired by the Museum of Fontenay-le-Compte in 1945 and is held in the museum's collection.

Death While French archives record that she was pronounced dead after arriving on a train from Paris to Poitiers, Vienne on September 16, 1882, the Orsay Museum website states that she died in Germany.