Mélanie de Comoléra (1789 – 1854) was a French flower painter.
Mélanie de Comoléra | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1789 |
| Died | 1854 |
| Nationality | French |
She learned to paint from Cornelis van Spaendonck and is best known for her works on porcelain, painted for her employer, the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres.[1] She was trained as a flower painter and made a copy of a Jan van Huysum painting in 1827 which she saw in London at the home of Thomas Hope in Cavendish Square.
![Still Life of Flowers, 1827[2]](/wiki/File:M%C3%A9lanie_de_Comolera_after_Jan_van_Huysum_-_Still_Life_of_Flowers_268N08760_64GDH.jpg)
![Original by Van Huysum, c. 1730[3]](/wiki/File:Jan_van_Huysum_-_Vase_of_Flowers_on_a_Garden_Ledge_-_c._1730.jpg)
References edit
- ^ Mélanie de Comoléra in RKDartists
- ^ Still Life of Flowers, record in RKDimages
- ^ Vase of Flowers on a Garden Ledge, record in RKDimages
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