Adèlaïde Salles-Wagner
Born
Adèlaïde Salles

1825
Dresden, Germany
Died2 July 1890
Paris, France
NationalityGerman

Adelheid Wagner or Adelaïde Salles-Wagner (1825–1890) (born Adélaïde Salles) was a German-born painter active in France. She was a pupil of Claude Jacquand in Lyon, and Joseph Bernhardt in Munich or Paris.[1]

She married the painter Jules Salles from Nîmes, France, in 1865.[2]

She is known for portraits and genre works of children. Her work Breton Girl Praying was included in the book Women Painters of the World.[3]

Her sister Elise Puyroche-Wagner also became a painter.

Works in public collections

  • Grenoble, Musée de Grenoble: La Petite Villageoise, 1853, oil on canvas[4]
  • Lyon, musée des Beaux-Arts: Élie dans le désert, oil on canvas[5]
  • Le Puy-en-Velay, Musée Crozatier: Portrait de Monsieur le comte de Macheco, oil on canvas[6]
  • Narbonne, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire: Addio Teresa, 1865, oil on canvas
  • Toulon, Musée d'Art: Sainte Madeleine bercée par les anges, 1868, oil on canvas
  • Roanne, Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie Joseph-Déchelette, Portrait de Mme Raoul Chassain de la Plasse, née Meugniot, vers 1869-1870.

References

  1. Adelaïde Salles-Wagner in Bénézit
  2. "Adélaïde Salles-Wagner (24384) | Musée d'Orsay". www.musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  3. Women Painters of the World on Project Gutenberg
  4. Base Joconde: La Petite villageoise, French Ministry of Culture. (in French).
  5. Base Joconde: Élie dans le désert, French Ministry of Culture. (in French).
  6. Base Joconde: Portrait de Monsieur le comte de Macheco, French Ministry of Culture. (in French).
  7. « Portrait d'une dame de la société lyonnaise » sur damienlibert.com.
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