Marie-Denise Villers
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| - | Zeichnende junge Frau vermutlich Selbstbildnis von [[Marie-Denise Villers]] 1801 | + | '''Marie-Denise Villers''' (1774 – August 19, 1821) was a [[France|French]] [[Painting|painter]], who specialized in [[portrait]]s. She was born '''Marie-Denise Lemoine''' in [[Paris]]. She came from an artistic family, and her sisters [[Marie-Victoire Lemoine]] and [[Marie-Élisabeth Gabiou]] were also accomplished artists. In 1794, Marie-Denise married an architecture student, Michel-Jean-Maximilien Villers. |
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| - | In 1859 the philosopher [[Arthur Schopenhauer]] (1788—1860) posed [[Ney]] for this [[bust]][http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elisabet_Ney_Arthur_Schopenhauer_1859.jpg] in his home town [[Frankfurt am Main]]. She finished the bust (marble) in the same year in her studio in Berlin. | + | |
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| - | [[Schopenhauer]] and [[Indian philosophy]] | + | |
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| - | "[[because our chin and their chin make a desirable combination]]" see [[Schopenhauer on genetics]] | + | |
| - | :In the second volume of ''[[The World as Will and Representation]]'' Schopenhauer elaborated on his theory of [[genetics]]: he argued that humans inherit their will, and thus their character, from their fathers, but their intellect from their mothers and he provides examples from biographies of great figures to illustrate this theory. | + | Villers was a student of the French painter [[Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson]]. She was first exhibited at the [[Paris Salon of 1799]]. Villers' most famous painting, ''[[Young Woman Drawing]]'', (1801) is displayed in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]. The painting was attributed to [[Jacques-Louis David]] at one time, but was later realized to be Villers' work. It may be a self-portrait of the artist. |
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| - | *[[Josephine Hart]], 69, Irish-born British novelist and poetry promoter, ovarian cancer. | + | |
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Marie-Denise Villers (1774 – August 19, 1821) was a French painter, who specialized in portraits. She was born Marie-Denise Lemoine in Paris. She came from an artistic family, and her sisters Marie-Victoire Lemoine and Marie-Élisabeth Gabiou were also accomplished artists. In 1794, Marie-Denise married an architecture student, Michel-Jean-Maximilien Villers.
Villers was a student of the French painter Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson. She was first exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1799. Villers' most famous painting, Young Woman Drawing, (1801) is displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The painting was attributed to Jacques-Louis David at one time, but was later realized to be Villers' work. It may be a self-portrait of the artist.
