Fernand Paillet (1850–1918) was a French figurine artist, miniature portraitist and jewelry designer. He painted many American socialites of the

Gilded Age In United States history, the Gilded Age was an era extending roughly from 1877 to 1900, which was sandwiched between the Reconstruction era and the Progressive Era. It was a time of rapid economic growth, especially in the Northern and We ...

Early life

Fernand Paillet was born in 1850 in

Niort Niort (; Poitevin: ''Niàu''; oc, Niòrt; la, Novioritum) is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department, western France. It is the prefecture of Deux-Sèvres. The population of Niort is 58,707 (2017) and more than 177,000 people live in the ...

, France.Martin Wolpert, Jeffrey Winter
''Modern Figurative Paintings: The Paris Connection''
Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 2004, p. 205 He was trained by

Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (born Albert-Ernest Carrier de Belleuse; 12 June 1824 – 4 June 1887) was a French sculptor. He was one of the founding members of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, and was made an officer of the Legion of H ...

Career

Marcus & Co - Watch Pendant Painting - Walters 58292 - View A

Paillet established a studio in Paris.Gérard Aubisse
''Les peintres des Charentes, du Poitou et de Vendée: XIXe-XXe siècles : dictionnaire et notices biographiques''
2001, p. 318 He became renowned for his figurines, made with ivory and ceramic. He painted portraits of American socialites of the Gilded Age,Barbara Dayer Gallati, Bucerius Kunst Forum
''High society: American portraits of the Gilded Age : Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, June 7-Aug. 31, 2008''
Hirmer, 2008, pp. 185-186 including miniatures for the

Peter Marié Peter Marié ( – January 13, 1903) was an American socialite, philanthropist, and collector of rare books and miniatures from New York City. He commissioned nearly 300 miniature portraits of Gilded Age socialites. Early life Peter Marié was bo ...

collection, now preserved by the

New-York Historical Society The New-York Historical Society is an American history museum and library in New York City, along Central Park West between 76th and 77th Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The society was founded in 1804 as New York's first museum ...

. He did a miniature portrait of

Edith Wharton Edith Wharton (; born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and interior designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portra ...

.Laura Rattray
''Edith Wharton in Context''
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012, p. 212 Paillet also designed jewelry.Penny Prodrow
''Diamonds: A Century of Spectacular Jewels''
New York City: Harry N. Abrams Publishers, 1996, p. 39 A pendant he designed for Marcus & Co., a luxury jewelry retailer, is exhibited at the

Walters Art Museum The Walters Art Museum, located in Mount Vernon-Belvedere, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, is a public art museum founded and opened in 1934. It holds collections established during the mid-19th century. The museum's collection was amassed ...

in Baltimore, Maryland.Walters Art Museum: Watch Pendant Painting
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Death

He died in 1918.

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* 1850 births 1918 deaths People from Niort Painters from Paris 19th-century French painters French male painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century French male artists 19th-century French male artists {{France-painter-19thC-stub