Hélène Marie Antigna, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hélène Marie Antigna

French painter

Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1837

Place of Birth: Melun, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 10-Mar-1918

Profession: painter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Hélène Marie Antigna (née Hélène-Marie Pettit; born at Melun), was a French painter.
She was a pupil of her husband, Jean Pierre Antigna, and of Eugène Delacroix.
Her best works are small genre subjects.
She exhibited every year after 1861; Chercheuse de bois mort (1861) and Retour du contrebandier (1868) are mentioned.
In 1877, she exhibited at the Paris Salon, On n'entre pas! and the New Cider; in 1876, an Interior at Saint Brieuc and A Stable; in 1875, Tant va la cruche à l'eau.