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Hélène Marie Antigna
French painter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hélène Marie Antigna (8 July 1837 – 10 March 1918) was a French painter.
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Born | 8 July 1837 Melun, France |
Died | 10 March 1918 (1918-03-11) (aged 80) |
Education | Jean Pierre Antigna and Eugène Delacroix |
Occupation | painter |
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Hélène-Marie Pettit[1] was born at Melun), 8 July 1837. She was a pupil of her husband, Jean Pierre Antigna, and of Eugène Delacroix. Her best works are small genre subjects. She exhibited every year after 1861; Chercheuse de bois mort (1861) and Retour du contrebandier (1868) are mentioned.[2] In 1877, she exhibited at the Paris Salon, On n'entre pas! and the New Cider; in 1876, an Interior at Saint Brieuc and A Stable; in 1875, Tant va la cruche à l'eau.[3]
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