Lucienne Bisson (6 July 1880 – 14 August 1939) was a French artist.
Bisson was born in Paris. She was the illegitimate daughter of French painter and sculptor Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 – 1919)[1] and Frédérique Vallet-Bisson (1862 – 1948), also a French painter who was leading the Société Féminine des Artistes.[2][nb 1]
Lucienne Bisson exhibited her works in many French Salons, among them the Salon des Indépendants.[2] She is famous for her Paris city views, beautiful landscapes and colorful still lifes.[citation needed] For instance, a Bisson painting captured the "heavy atmosphere" on a cloudy Paris street in 1920s.[1]
Lucienne Bisson, Madame Griffon, pastel, c. 1930
She died in August 1939, roughly one year before Nazi Germany occupied France during World War II. Her mother outlived Lucienne by 9 years, dying in 1948.
Notes
^Frédérique Vallet-Bisson (1862 - 1948) studied with Jules Lefebvre. She exhibited Two Roses at the 1893 Columbian World Exposition and in 1914 received the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur as a successful painter. Lucienne may have been born in 1884.[3]
References
^ ab"New Stuff".New York Times. May 16, 2004. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
