Camille Berlin
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Camille Berlin was born on 6 February 1866 in the 4th arrondissement of Paris to Félicie Léontine Esmieu and Étienne Napoléon Berlin.[1] Her parents married in 1863[2] and her older sister, Berthe Antoinette Félicie, was born nine months later.[3] Her father, a primary school teacher, was headmaster of the local school at the time of her birth.
Camille Berlin studied painting with Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and Jean-Paul Laurens at the Académie Julian,[4] and with Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin.[5]
Career
Camille Berlin exhibited at the Salon des artistes français from 1889[5] and her work was awarded a honorable mention in 1900.[6] She won a silver medal at l'exposition internationale d'Angers in 1895.[5] She exhibited works in exhibitions in Troyes, Nantes, Angers and Montauban.[4]
Her painting studio was at 65, rue de Malte, in the 11th arrondissement of Paris.[7][8]
Berlin joined the Union of Women Painters and Sculptors in 1892.[4]
In 1901, Berlin was appointed Ordre des Palmes académiques[9] then Officier de l'instruction publique in 1912.[10]
In 1914, her painting Autoportrait dans l'atelier (Self-portrait in the studio) was exhibited at the 3rd Salon of the Union of Women Painters and Sculptors.[11]
Later life
Berlin moved to Toulon around 1920,[12][13] and lived at 1 impasse Jeanne, faubourg du Mourillon.[14] She later moved to villa Clair Logis, on avenue Frédéric-Mistral, La Seyne-sur-Mer around 1928.[15] After selling her property on 5 June 1930, by 1931 she was living at 14 quai du Port in Marseille.[16] She disappears from the public record after this date.
Works in public collections
- Fillette aux cerises, 1907, huile sur toile, 46 × 55 cm; Musée Saint-Nazaire de Bourbon-Lancy.[17]
- Autoportrait dans l'atelier, huile sur toile, 100 × 80 cm; Musée d'Art de Toulon.
- Œuvres de Camille Berlin
Autoportrait (1914), musée d'Art de Toulon.
Fillette aux cerises (1907), musée Saint-Nazaire de Bourbon-Lancy.
