Suzanne Estelle Apoil
French porcelain painter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Suzanne Estelle Apoil (19 October 1825 – 28 June 1902) was a French porcelain painter and watercolorist.
Biography
Suzanne Estelle Apoil was the daughter of Antoine Béranger, a painter at the Manufactory of Sèvres and sister of the painters Charles Béranger and Jean-Baptiste Antoine Emile Béranger. She was the wife of the painter Charles Alexis Apoil (1809-1864).[5] She studied with her father.[6]
As a porcelain painter for the National Manufactory of Sèvres, she received a 3rd class medal at the Salon of 1846, and a 3nd class medal in the 1848 Salon.[7] In 1874, the French government commissioned her to produce two vases, to be given to the Empress of all the Russias.[2]
Apoil exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, in 1893.[6]
She died 28 June 1902 and was buried at the Sèvres cemetery, beside the graves of her husband and her father.[8]
Collections
- Château de Dieppe
- Collection du Mobilier national, France[9]
- Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris[10]
- Musée national de Céramique[11]
- Musée d'Orsay, Paris[4]
- Réunion des Musées Nationaux Grand Palais, Sèvres[12]
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London[13]
References
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