Artist

Louise Catherine Breslau

Portrait of Louise Catherine Breslau
Portrait of Louise Catherine Breslau

Swiss, 1856–1927

Louise Catherine Breslau was a Swiss Post-Impressionism artist. 3 works are cataloged here, principally at Kunsthaus Zürich. Louise Catherine Breslau was born in Munich.

Louise Catherine Breslau (6 December 1856 – 12 May 1927) was a German-born Swiss painter, who learned drawing to pass the time while bedridden with chronic asthma. She studied art at the Académie Julian in Paris, and exhibited at the salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, where she became a respected colleague of noted figures such as Edgar Degas and Anatole France.

Works by Louise Catherine Breslau

Collections represented

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