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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.

Life

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. Louise Moillon's father, Nicolas Moillon was a painter, art dealer, and member of the Académie de St Luc. 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. 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. 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. After the revocation, no records of Louise producing work have been found. 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.

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

Painting Style

Louise Moillon specialized only in still life paintings primarily of fruits and flowers usually arranged on tables. She used Trompe l’oeil elements to give viewers an illusion and make her paintings realistic. 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. 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.

Paintings

Painting Name	Image
Basket of Apricots Held by the Louvre Museum	Basket of Apricots
Basket with Peaches and Grapes Held by the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe Museum	Basket with Peaches and Grapes
The Fruit and Vegetable Seller (also known as At the Greengrocer) Held by the Louvre Museum	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	Can be seen on National Museum of Women in the Arts website.
Still Life with Bowl of Curacao Oranges Held by the Norton Simon Museum	Can be seen on the Norton Simon Museum website
Still Life with Fruit Held by the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum	Can be seen on the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum website
Still Life with Cherries, Strawberries and Gooseberries Held by the Norton Simon Museum	Still Life with Cherries, Strawberries and Gooseberries
Basket of Fruit with a Bunch of Asparagus Held by the Art Institute of Chicago	Basket of Fruit with a Bunch of Asparagus
At the Market Stall Private Collection	At the Market Stall
Still Life with Blackberries Held by the Musée des Augustins	Still Life with Blackberries
Basket of Peaches Held by Los Angeles County Museum of Art	Basket of Peaches
Still Life with a Basket of Fruit Private Collection	Still Life with a Basket of Fruit
Plum Basket with Basket of Strawberries Held by the Musée des Augustins	Plum Basket with Basket of Strawberries
Cup of Cherries and Melon Held by the Louvre Museum	Cup of Cherries and Melon
Still Life with Peaches on a Ledge Private Collection	Still Life with Peaches on a Ledge
Market Scene with a Pick-Pocket Private Collection	Market Scene with a Pick-Pocket
Still Life with Peaches and Plums Held by the Louvre Museum	Still Life with Peaches and Plums
Still Life with Peaches and Grapes in a China Bowl Private Collection	Still Life with Peaches and Grapes in a China Bowl
Still Life with Basket of Plums Private Collection	Still Life with Basket of Plums