“Benoist I” Samsung Case
$25.00
Description
Marie Benoist: “Madame Philippe Desbassayns de Richemont and her son”
Marie-Guillemine Laville-Leroulx (Benoist was her married name), daughter of a civil servant was lucky enough to have a father who firmly believed his daughters should be educated in such a way they could earn a living by themselves. Quite uncommon in those days. Marie and her sister first were trained by Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun in the Neo-Classical style; a style developed after excavations in Pompei. She became the ‘muse’ of the successful writer Demoustier and was the inspiration of one of his novel characters in Lettres à Emilie sur la mythologie. Later, Marie and her sister were allowed to work in the studio of Jacques-Louis David; a leading figure among Neo-classical painters. Unlike Vigée-Le Brun, Marie Benoist could exhibit at a young age at “Le Salon”; the official art annual or biennial exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Other successes are a commission for a portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte(1804) and winning a gold medal at “Le Salon”(1803). It gave her a government pension. At that time she opened a studio exclusively for women, to whom she taught painting.
Already in 1795 she abandoned classical subjects and turned to genre painting. At the Salon of 1800 she presents Portrait d’une négresse (renamed to ”Portrait to Madeleine” in 2019, See Benoist Marie II in this collection of cards). Shortly before that slavery in the French colonies was abolished (1794) for the first time under the influence of the French revolution. The painting is considered one of her masterpieces and is a manifesto for the emancipation of slaves and feminism.
In 1793 she married the banker and politician Pierre-Vincent Benoist. Her career seemed not to be hampered by this mariage until the restoration of the monarchy in 1815. The political career of her husband takes off in a wave of conservatism. She was forced to abandon painting, “pursue women’s causes” (raising her child) and not to overshadow her husband.
• Marie Benoist: “Madame Philippe Desbassayns de Richemont and her son”
• Marie Benoist:Portrait d’une négresse (renamed to”Portrait to Madeleine” in 2019)
Specifications
• Solid polycarbonate back
• 0.02″ (0.5 mm) raised bezel
• See-through sides
• Wireless charging compatible
• Easy to take on and off
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