Marie-Suzanne Giroust
Marie-Suzanne Giroust Roslin | |
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Portrait by Alexander Roslin, 1770 | |
| Born | 9 March 1734 Paris, France |
| Died | 31 August 1772 (aged 38) Paris, France |
| Education | Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Joseph-Marie Vien |
| Known for | Pastel |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 6 including: Augustine-Suzanne Roslin (1760–1831) Alexandrine Elisabeth Roslin (1761–1797) Alexandre Antoine Roslin (1764–1799) Joseph Alexandre Roslin (1772–1794) |
Marie-Suzanne Giroust (9 March 1734 – 31 August 1772), known as Madame Roslin, was a French painter, miniaturist, and pastellist, known for her portraits. She was a member of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. Only a small number of her works have been identified.[1]
Biography
Marie-Suzanne Giroust was born and lived her whole life in Paris. She was the daughter of Barthélemy Giroust (d. 1741), Jeweller to Le Garde-robe de roi (the King's Wardrobe) and Marie Suzanne Le Roy (d. 1745).[2] Orphaned at an early age, she was raised by relatives.[2] She studied art under Maurice Quentin de La Tour and then of Joseph-Marie Vien.[1] The teachings of Vien, in particular, affected her own art greatly.[3]
Giroust was active as an artist from the 1750s. She met the Swedish artist Alexander Roslin at Vien's studio in 1752.[2] She wished to marry him, but was prevented by her guardian and family, who disliked Roslin because he was poor and a Protestant.[3] After rejecting the suitors suggested by her guardian, she was allowed to marry Roslin after mediation from Roslin's patron, the Comte de Caylus.[2] The marriage occurred on 5 January 1759, with the Swedish ambassador as a witness. The couple had three daughters and three sons.[3]
Giroust was a pastel painter. Her husband once estimated that she was a better pastellist than he was.[3] In 1770, Giroust was admitted to the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris.[4] She was one of only fifteen women to be accepted as full academicians in the 145-year history of the institution.[4] Her reception piece, Portrait of the Sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1770), was praised by Denis Diderot in 1771 for its "beautiful and strong colors."[5]
Giroust served as a model for La Dame au voile (The Lady with the Veil) (1768), painted by her husband. She also appears in Alexander Roslin's group portrait The Artist and His Wife Marie-Suzanne Giroust Portraying Henrik Wilhelm Peill (1767).[6]
Marie-Suzanne Giroust died of breast cancer in 1772, aged 38.[2]
Notable works
- Self-Portrait with Her Teacher, Maurice Quentin de La Tour (ca. 1760; private collection)
- Portrait of Henrik Vilhelm Peill (1766; private collection)
- Portrait of Jacques Dumont "le Romain" (ca. 1770–71; Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon)
- Portrait of the Sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1771; Paris, Louvre)
- Portrait of the Architect Marie-Joseph Peyre (1730–1785) (1771; Stockholm, Nationalmuseum)
Gallery
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Self-Portrait with Her Teacher, Maurice Quentin de La Tour (ca. 1760)
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Portrait of Alexandre Antoine Roslin (1764–1799), married to Adelaïde Abraham, son of the artist, pastel on paper (date unknown). National Museum, Centre Culturel Suédois (Institut Tessin), Paris.
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Portrait of the Sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1770)
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Portrait of Augustine-Suzanne Roslin (1760–1831), married to Louis Suzanne Claire Carteron de Barmont, the artist's daughter, pastel on paper (1771). National Museum, Centre Culturel Suédois (Institut Tessin), Paris.
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Portrait de Mme Pierre-Adolphe Hall, née Adélaïde Gobin (1771).
References
- ^ a b Jeffaries, Neil (2006). Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800 (PDF). Norwich: Unicorn Press.
- ^ a b c d e Olausson, Magnus; Salmon, Xavier, eds. (2007). Alexander Roslin. Stockholm: Nationalmuseum.
- ^ a b c d Roosval, Johnny; Gösta, Lilja; Knut, Andersson (1952–1967). Svenskt konstnärslexikon: tiotusen svenska konstnärers liv och verk. Malmö: Allhem förlag.
- ^ a b Fidière, Octave (1885). Les Femmes artistes à l'Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. Paris: Charavay Frères.
- ^ Assézat, Jules; Tourneux, Maurice Tourneux, eds. (1876). Denis Diderot: Complete Works. p. 513.
- ^ Olausson, Magnus (2013). "Roslin's Self-Portrait with his Wife Marie Suzanne Giroust Painting a Portrait of Henrik Wilhelm Peill" (PDF). Art Bulletin of the Nationalmuseum. 20: 17–18.