Adelaïde Salles-Wagner
French painter of German origin (1825–1890)
Adelaïde Salles-Wagner (1825–1890; born Adelheid Wagner) was a German-born painter active in France. She was a pupil of Claude Jacquand in Lyon, and Joseph Bernhardt in Munich or Paris.
She married the painter Jules Salles from Nîmes, France, in 1865.
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.
Her sister Elise Puyroche-Wagner also became a painter.
Works in public collections
Grenoble, Musée de Grenoble: La Petite Villageoise, 1853, oil on canvas
Lyon, musée des Beaux-Arts: Élie dans le désert, oil on canvas
Le Puy-en-Velay, Musée Crozatier: Portrait de Monsieur le comte de Macheco, oil on canvas
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.
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