Séraphine Louis
French painter
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- Séraphine Louis , known as Séraphine de Senlis ( Séraphine of Senlis ; 3 September 1864 – 11 December 1942), was a French painter and artist.
- Early life Louis was born in Arsy (Oise) on 3 September 1864.
- Louis's mother died on her first birthday and her father, who remarried, also died before she was seven; at which point, she came under the charge of her eldest sister.
- Beginning in 1901, she was employed as a housekeeper for middle-class families in the town of Senlis.
Séraphine Louis, known as Séraphine de Senlis (Séraphine of Senlis; 3 September 1864 – 11 December 1942), was a French painter and artist. Self-taught, she was inspired by her religious faith and by stained-glass church windows and other religious art.
Early life
Louis was born in Arsy (Oise) on 3 September 1864. Her father was a manual laborer and her mother came from a farmworking background. Louis's mother died on her first birthday and her father, who remarried, also died before she was seven; at which point, she came under the charge of her eldest sister. She first worked as a shepherdess but, by 1881, she was engaged as a domestic worker at the convent of the Sisters of Providence in Clermont, Oise. Beginning in 1901, she was employed as a housekeeper for middle-class families in the town of Senlis.
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