Fernande Sadler

Fernande Sadler (July 7, 1869 – December 2, 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
BornJuly 7, 1869
Toul
DiedDecember 2, 1949
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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