Anne Strésor

Anne Marie-Renée Strésor (1651—1713) [1] was a French painter and member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. Later in life she became a nun[2].

Family

Her father was the portraitist Henri Strésor.

Work

She was accepted into the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1676. Her admission piece, a miniature of "Christ and Saint Paul on the Road to Damascus" was placed in a window nook in the academy [3].

In 1687 she became a nun in Paris. She continued to produce paintings during this time[4].

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References
  1. Dabbs, Julia (2016). Life Stories of Women Artists, 15501800. Routledge. p. 465.
  2. Gaze, Delia; Mihajlovic, Maja; Shrimpton, Leandra (1997). Dictionary of Women Artists: Introductory surveys ; Artists, A-I. p. 26.
  3. Baillio, Joseph; Baetjer, Katharine; Lang, Paul (2016). Vigée Le Brun. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 37–38. ISBN 978-1-58839-581-8.
  4. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford University Press. 2011. pp. Stresor, Anne Marie Renée.


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