Marie Joséphine Nicolas (1845 – 1903) was a French painter.

Marie Joséphine Nicolas
Self-portrait (1871)
Born25 July 1845
Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne
Died1903
NationalityFrench

Nicolas was born in Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne and was also known as Marie Nicholas or Marie Joséphine Drapier.[1] She was a pupil of Levasseur and Charles Joshua Chaplin and is known for portraits and genre works.[2] She first showed work at the Paris Salon in 1867 and her 1882 work Father Ricard was included in the book Women Painters of the World.[3] Her self-portrait is preserved in the local museum of her hometown.

Selected works edit

Self Portrait (1871)

Father Ricard (1882)

Fillette en prière[4]

Jeune Bretonne et sa poupée (1889)[4][5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Musée d'Orsay: Notice d'Artiste". www.musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  2. ^ NICOLAS, Marie Joséphine (born 1845), Painter in Bénézit
  3. ^ Women Painters of the World on Project Gutenberg
  4. ^ a b "Auctions for artworks by Marie Joséphine NICOLAS: hammer prices and sold lots for Marie Joséphine NICOLAS - artprice.com". www.artprice.com. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  5. ^ "Marie Joséphine Nicolas | artnet". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2020-01-27.

External links edit

  Media related to Marie Nicolas at Wikimedia Commons


 
Father Ricard - by Mlle. Marie Nicolas, 1882