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Louise Abbéma was born in Étampes in 1857.
She is undoubtedly one of the most representative artists of the Belle Époque.
He began painting while still a teenager, and studied with famous artists of the time such as Charles Joshua Chaplin, Jean-Jacques Henner and Carolus-Duran. Thanks to his talent, he gained public recognition at just 23 years old.
Louise Abbéma continued her career creating numerous portraits of other well-known personalities of the period, also creating panels and murals for the Paris City Hall, the Paris Opera House, several theaters, including the "Sarah Bernhardt Theater", and the " Colonial Governor's Palace" in Dakar, Senegal.
Abbéma was among the women artists whose works were exhibited in the Women's Building during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
Specializing in oil portraits and watercolors, she did not hide the strong influence of Chinese and Japanese painters, as well as contemporary artists such as Édouard Manet. Read the full biography

Louise Abbéma was born in Étampes in 1857.
She is undoubtedly one of the most representative artists of the Belle Époque.
He began painting while still a teenager, and studied with famous artists of the time such as Charles Joshua Chaplin, Jean-Jacques Henner and Carolus-Duran. Thanks to his talent, he gained public recognition at just 23 years old.
Louise Abbéma continued her career creating numerous portraits of other well-known personalities of the period, also creating panels and murals for the Paris City Hall, the Paris Opera House, several theaters, including the "Sarah Bernhardt Theater", and the " Colonial Governor's Palace" in Dakar, Senegal.
Abbéma was among the women artists whose works were exhibited in the Women's Building during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
Specializing in oil portraits and watercolors, she did not hide the strong influence of Chinese and Japanese painters, as well as contemporary artists such as Édouard Manet. The floral theme is a constant in his painting. Among his best-known works are “The Seasons”, “April Morning”, “Place de la Concorde”, “Among the Flowers”, “Winter”, and portraits of the actress Jeanne Samary, the emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil, by Ferdinand de Lesseps and Charles Garnier.
Abbema was also a talented printmaker, sculptor and designer, as well as being a writer and regular contributor to the magazines Gazette des Beaux-Arts and L' Art.
Louise Abbema received numerous honors, including the Palme des Academiques in 1887 and the title "Official Painter of the Third Republic". In 1900 she was awarded the bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris, while in 1906 she was decorated as a Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour. He passed away in Paris in 1927.