A Space of Their Own

Marie-Geneviève Bouliar

Selected Works

A man, a woman, and two very young children, all with light skin and hair, are seated together on a red velvet couch. The man wears a green coat and looks at the woman seated next to him, with one arm around the shoulder of a young child standing near his knee. The woman is wearing a white dress and a large white bow in her hair, and she is holding an infant in her lap as she looks out at the viewer.

Portrait de Monsieur Olive, trésorier des États de Bretagne, avec sa famille

1791-92
Marie-Geneviève Bouliar, Portrait de Monsieur Olive, trésorier des États de Bretagne, avec sa famille, 1791-92. Oil on canvas. Musée des beaux-arts, Nantes
Musée des beaux-arts, Nantes

A woman with light skin and dark blonde or light brown hair is shown from the chest up. She wears a white shawl tied around her shoulders, and looks slightly away from the viewer.

Self-Portrait

1792
Marie-Geneviève Bouliar, Self-Portrait, 1792. Oil on canvas, 55.5 x 46 cm. Norton Simon Art Foundation, Gift of Mr. Norton Simon, M.1979.43.P
Norton Simon Art Foundation

Head of a Young Woman Crowned with Roses

1792

A seated, light-skinned woman with dark hair and wearing a white dress with gold clasps at the shoulders is holding up a gold hand mirror to look into. She is wrapped in a long red cloth, and the shoulder of her dress has slipped down and exposed her breast. In one hand she holds a written document, and around the room behind her are flowers.

Aspasia

1794
Marie-Geneviève Bouliar, Aspasia, 1794. Oil on canvas, 123 x 127. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Arras
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Arras

Portrait of Adelaide Binart

1796

Self-Portrait

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