Marie-Élisabeth Gabiou
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Marie-Élisabeth Gabiou, née Lemoine (c. 1761 – 30 May 1811) was a French painter.
Gabiou was the sister of painters Marie-Denise Villers and Marie-Victoire Lemoine, and was the sister-in-law and cousin of Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet; her husband, whom she married in 1789, was Chaudet's brother Jean-Frédéric Gabiou. Her work is usually signed "Eli Lemoine" or "Elith Lemoine", and her name is easily mistaken for that of Élisabeth Lemoine, née Bouchet. She has been described as a pastellist, though no pastels are known to exist by her hand.[1] A supposed self-portrait appeared at auction through Christie's in 2010, realizing a price of €17,500.[2]
Gallery
Portrait of a girl in neoclassical dress, 1780s
Presumed portrait of Francoise de Taulong, 1784
Portrait of a young girl, half-length, in a white frilled dress and blue sash, holding a cherry branch
Presumed portrait of Henri Gabiou playing with soap bubbles, 1791
References
- ^ Profile at the Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800.
- ^ "ATTRIBUE A MARIE-ELISABETH LEMOINE, DITE MADAME GABIOU (ACTIVE A PARIS A LA FIN DU XVIIIEME SIECLE), Autoportrait de l'artiste à la palette". www.christies.com. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
