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Louise Moillon

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Louise Moillon (1610-1696) was a French still life painter in the Baroque era. During her lifetime, she became known as one of the most prominent still life painters due to her painting style. Moillon created about 40 artworks during her lifetime which are held in museums and private collections.[1]

Life

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Louise Moillon grew up in St–Germain-des-Prés district of Paris, a district known as a safe place for religiously persecuted protestants primarily from the southern Netherlands.[2] Louise Moillon's father, Nicolas Moillon was a painter, art dealer, and member of the Académie de St Luc.[1] Louise's father taught her the basics of painting before his death and when her mother remarried another artist, Francois Garnier, he helped expand Louise's painting knowledge.[1] Louise married Etienne Girardot in the 1640s and did not paint as frequently after which could be due to household duties and the birth of her three children.[3] The Revocation Edict of Nantes in 1685 discriminated on any religion other than Catholicism forcing people to convert and Louise's family was greatly affected with her children fleeing and husband sent to jail.[4] After the revocation, no records of Louise producing work have been found.[1] Louise lived during the Baroque era of painting which was a time where still life painting thrived, especially in the Netherlandish areas she resided in.[5]

[side note addition on her brother Isaac Moillon was a part of the Académie Royale.[2]]

Painting Style

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Louise Moillon specialized only in still life paintings primarily of fruits and flowers usually arranged on tables.[2] She used Trompe l’oeil elements to give viewers an illusion and make her paintings realistic.[1] Although Moillon painted still lifes, human figures sometimes appeared in the background of her pieces. The combination of people and still life was the first to be done by Moillon as well as another painter named Jacques Linard.[1] Moillon's style uses elements from Flemish painting through Trompe l'oeil elements and the contrast of cool and warm toned colors combined with French genre painting shown through her compositional style.[1]

Paintings

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Painting Name Image
Basket of Apricots


Held by the Louvre Museum[6]

Basket of Apricots
Basket with Peaches and Grapes


Held by the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe Museum[7]

Basket with Peaches and Grapes
The Fruit and Vegetable Seller (also known as At the Greengrocer)


Held by the Louvre Museum[8]

The Fruit and Vegetable Seller
Bowl of Lemons and Oranges in a Box of Wood Shavings and Pomegranates


Held by the National Museum of Women in the Arts [9]

Can be seen on National Museum of Women in the Arts website.[9]
Still Life with Bowl of Curacao Oranges


Held by the Norton Simon Museum[10]

Can be seen on the Norton Simon Museum website[11]
Still Life with Fruit


Held by the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum[12]

Can be seen on the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum website[12]
Still Life with Cherries, Strawberries and Gooseberries


Held by the Norton Simon Museum[10]

Still Life with Cherries, Strawberries and Gooseberries
Basket of Fruit with a Bunch of Asparagus


Held by the Art Institute of Chicago[13]

Basket of Fruit with a Bunch of Asparagus
At the Market Stall


Private Collection[6]

At the Market Stall
Still Life with Blackberries


Held by the Musée des Augustins[14]

Still Life with Blackberries
Basket of Peaches


Held by Los Angeles County Museum of Art[15]

Basket of Peaches
Still Life with a Basket of Fruit


Private Collection[6]

Still Life with a Basket of Fruit
Plum Basket with Basket of Strawberries


Held by the Musée des Augustins[14]

Plum Basket with Basket of Strawberries
Cup of Cherries and Melon


Held by the Louvre Museum[8]

Cup of Cherries and Melon
Still Life with Peaches on a Ledge


Private Collection[6]

Still Life with Peaches on a Ledge
Market Scene with a Pick-Pocket


Private Collection[6]

Market Scene with a Pick-Pocket
Still Life with Peaches and Plums


Held by the Louvre Museum[8]

Still Life with Peaches and Plums
Still Life with Peaches and Grapes in a China Bowl


Private Collection[6]

Still Life with Peaches and Grapes in a China Bowl
Still Life with Basket of Plums


Private Collection[6]

Still Life with Basket of Plums


  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Moillon, Louise | Grove Art". www.oxfordartonline.com. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T058847. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  2. ^ a b c "Louise Moillon | National Museum of Women in the Arts". nmwa.org. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  3. ^ "Moillon, Louise | The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography - Credo Reference". search.credoreference.com. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  4. ^ "Louise Moillon (1610-1696)". Musée protestant. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  5. ^ Van Miegroet, Hans (2003). "Still-life". www.oxfordartonline.com. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T081448. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Web Gallery of Art, searchable fine arts image database". www.wga.hu. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  7. ^ "Louise Moillon". Art Renewal Center. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  8. ^ a b c "Louvre Museum Official Website". cartelen.louvre.fr. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  9. ^ a b "Bowl of Lemons and Oranges on a Box of Wood Shavings and Pomegranates | National Museum of Women in the Arts". nmwa.org. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  10. ^ a b "Search the Collection » Norton Simon Museum". www.nortonsimon.org. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  11. ^ "Still Life with Bowl of Curacao Oranges » Norton Simon Museum". www.nortonsimon.org. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  12. ^ a b "Still-Life with Fruit". Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  13. ^ "Still Life with a Basket of Fruit and a Bunch of Asparagus". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  14. ^ a b "Welcome - Musée des Augustins". www.augustins.org. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  15. ^ "LACMA | Los Angeles County Museum of Art". www.lacma.org. Retrieved 2019-04-14.