Marie Jeanne Clemens
Danish artist (1755–1791)
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Marie Jeanne Clemens (née Crévoisier, 16 November 1755 – 20 March 1791) was a French-Danish painter, engraver and pastel artist.
Born
16 November 1755
Marie Jeanne Crévoisier
16 November 1755
Paris, France
Died20 March 1791 (aged 35)
Berlin, Germany
KnownforEngraving, Painting
Spouse
Johan Frederik Clemens
(m. 1781)Marie Jeanne Clemens | |
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Portrait of Marie Jeanne Clemens by Carl Loffler | |
| Born | Marie Jeanne Crévoisier 16 November 1755 Paris, France |
| Died | 20 March 1791 (aged 35) Berlin, Germany |
| Known for | Engraving, Painting |
| Spouse |
Johan Frederik Clemens
(m. 1781) |
She was the daughter of the clock maker Claude Joseph Crévoisier and his wife Marie Thérèse (Blot) in Paris. From 1773 she was the student and from 1781 the spouse of the Danish artist Johan Frederik Clemens, with whom she moved to Denmark after their wedding.
She was inducted as one of its first female members to the Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1782.[1]
In 1788, she moved to Berlin, where she died of consumption (tuberculosis) in 1791. She was also a member of the Berlin Academy.[2]
