Comments on: Marie-Denise Villers

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:37:17 +0000

Your comment piqued my curiosity as to whether many resources had appeared on the web in the three years since I wrote the original post. There are a few more scattered sources, and I’ve added them to the post; but unfortunately, I think there is just very little known about this artist.

By: Marie

Marie — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:33:39 +0000

I love you so much right now. I’ve been searching the internet for info about Villers for an art project and you’re the first website that has actually been helpful. siefar.org took down their bio page on her though so right now you’re pretty much my only resource. You wouldn’t happen to know another website with a bio on her, would you? It would help me sooooooo much. I have to write a paper on the artist I choose for my project and I really want to do her. Once I saw the painting I knew it was the one I wanted to use.

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:43:54 +0000

Glad it was helpful. It’s unfortunate how little we know about this remarkable painter.

By: kathryn

kathryn — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:06:28 +0000

thank you so much for the Villers bio link! I am trying to do some research on this picture for my grad class and your site is the only place I’ve seen this link.

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:26:24 +0000

I don’t know the details. You could contact the Met. They would be the authoritative source on the change in attribution. They’ve had the painting since 1917.

By: ruth henderson

ruth henderson — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:30:48 +0000

Do you know how, when or why this painting got re-attributed to Villers after it was attributed (from David) to Constance Blondelu Charpentier by Charles Sterling in 1951?

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:36:56 +0000

Thenks for th eocmment, emma-rose. I hope my article turned out to be helpful as well as entertaining.

By: emma-rose

emma-rose — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:21:47 +0000

hey i love this piece of art because it inspired me to do my art project on it guess what i got an A+! immeadiatly as soon as i saw it i was like “Wow there could be so many stories behind this!” my art teacher likes it too.