Consuelo Fould (22 November 1862 – 1927) was a French painter.
Fould was born in
Cologne
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,
Kingdom of Prussia
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, as the daughter of the actress Josephine Wilhelmine Valérie Simonin, better known under her pseudonym
Gustave Haller, and politician
Gustave-Eugène Fould, of the
Fould family of bankers. She was adopted along with her sister, the painter
Georges Achille Fould, by the
Prince Stirbey.
She was a pupil of
Antoine Vollon and
Léon Comerre and exhibited at the Paris Salon.
Consuelo Fould married the Marquis de Grasse. She was the founder of the Museum Roybet Fould in Courbevoie. She died in
Paris
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.
Her painting ''Will You Buy?'' was included in the 1905 book ''
Women Painters of the World''.
Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day
', by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905
References
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Consuelo Fouldon
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1862 births
1927 deaths
Painters from Cologne
19th-century French painters
French people of Jewish descent
20th-century French painters
Fould family
Immigrants to France
20th-century French women painters
19th-century French women painters
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