Fernande Sadler

Fernande Sadler (7 July 1869 – 2 December 1949) was a French painter and engraver. She established the art collection at Grez-sur-Loing and became the mayor of that town in 1945.

Fernande Sadler
Born7 July 1869
Toul
Died2 December 1949 (1949-12-03) (aged 80)
Nemours
Known forPainting, collecting and mayor

Life

Sadler was born in 1869 in Toul.[1]

Young Girls On The Edge Of Loing - Oil On Canvas

She trained at the Julian Academy[2] and studied with Marcel Baschet and Henri Lucien Doucet.[3] She exhibited at the Nancy and Paris Salons. She began at the Paris Salon in 1894 and exhibited miniature paintings at the Nancy Salon.[3]

She made her home in Grez-sur-Loing and painted pictures of the area. The town was popular with artists including the visitors like the Glasgow Boys.[4]In 1910 she began to collect paintings for the town prompted by a suggestion and donations by Charles Moreau-Vauthier. The local museum now houses the collection which still receives donations by visiting artists.[5]

She had showed an interest in art documenting the role of local and visiting artists.[2] In 1907 she was awarded a silver medal for her monograph on the artists of Grez-sur-Loing.[6] Sadler became Grez-sur-Loing's mayor in 1945.[5] The town has her self portrait in their collection.[3]

Sadler died in 1949 in Nemours.[1]

References
  1. Sadler at BNF.
  2. "Fernande Sadler The Young Girls On The Edge Of Loing - Oil On Canvas - genre works painting, nude". www.proantic.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  3. "Fernande SADLER | Art Lorrain". artlorrain.com. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  4. "Pioneering Painters: The Glasgow Boys 1880-1900, Royal Academy, London". The Independent. 2010-10-31. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  5. "Musée de la Ville de Grez-sur-Loing – La Scandibérique Sud Seine-et-Marne". Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  6. Revue générale des sciences pures et appliquées (in French). 1907.

Bibliography
  • Harcos "Painters and engravers from Lorraine"
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