Adèle Ferrand (20 October 1817 – 1 April 1848) was a 19th-century French painter and draughtswoman on the island of

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in the southwestern Indian Ocean. Born in Nancy, Ferrand became very early a master of the Romantic school before settling in the colony then called Bourbon to follow her husband, half-brother of the extremely rich . She died at the age of 30 from

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in the island of La Réunion. Her paintings and drawings are kept at the and available online on the .

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''Le mystère Adèle Ferrand, identification d’une artiste réunionnaise''

in Musée

Léon Dierx Léon Dierx (; March 31, 1838 – June 11, 1912) was a French poet born in Saint-Denis in 1838. He came to Paris to study at the Central School of Arts and Manufactures and subsequently settled there, taking up a post in the education office. H ...

Self portrait
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrand, Adele French romantic painters French women painters Artists from Nancy, France 1817 births 1848 deaths Deaths from typhoid fever 19th-century French women artists