Victorine meurent biography of william

19th century French painter and model (1844–1927)

Victorine-Louise Meurent (also Meurant; February 18, 1844 – March 17, 1927) was a French painter and a model for painters.

Although she is best known as the favorite model of Édouard Manet, she was an artist in her own right who regularly exhibited at the prestigious Paris Salon. In 1876, her paintings were selected for inclusion at the Salon's juried exhibition, when Manet's work was not.

Victorine meurent biography of william

Biography

Victorine-Louise Meurent was born in Paris on Sunday, February 18, 1844,^[1] to a family of artisans. Her mother was a milliner and her father was a patinator of bronzes. In 1860, at the