Marguerite Gérard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marguerite Gérard

French painter

Date of Birth: 28-Jan-1761

Place of Birth: Grasse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Date of Death: 18-May-1837

Profession: painter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Marguerite Gérard (28 January 1761 in Grasse – 18 May 1837 in Paris) was a successful French painter and print-maker working in the Rococo style.
She was the daughter of Marie Gilette and perfumer Claude Gérard.
At eight years old she became the sister-in-law of Jean-Honoré Fragonard, and when she was 14, she went to live with him.
She was also the aunt of the artist Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard.
Gérard became Fragonard's pupil in the mid-1770s and studied painting, drawing and printmaking under his tutelage.
Gérard and Fragonard created nine etchings in 1778.
Historians currently believe Gérard was the sole artist of five of these etchings since many have a duplicate created by her tutor Fragonard.
More than 300 genre paintings, 80 portraits, and several miniatures have been documented to Gérard.
One of her paintings, The Clemency of Napoleon, was purchased by Napoleon in 1808.



Alternative names	Francois I Dumont; francois Dumont; François (1751) Dumont; Francois Dumont; Francois Dumont I; francois dumont
Description	French miniaturist
Date of birth/death	7 January 1751	27 August 1831
Location of birth/death	Lunéville	Paris
Work location	Rome (1786); Paris (1768–1831)
Authority control	: Q1451014 VIAF: 10112665 ISNI: 0000 0000 6656 5478 ULAN: 500026789 LCCN: no2008154838 WGA: DUMONT, François WorldCat