Anne Vallayer-Coster

DecAnne Vallayer-Coster was born in Paris on December 21, 1744, and died there on February 28, 1818, at the age of seventy-three.¹

Anne Vallayer-Coster moved to Paris with her family in 1754.¹

Anne Vallayer-Coster was elected to the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1770 at the age of twenty-six.¹

In 1775, Anne Vallayer-Coster exhibited her first floral still life and subsequently became known especially as a painter of flowers.¹

Anne Vallayer-Coster married Jean-Pierre Silvestre Coster in 1781, with Queen Marie Antoinette signing the marriage contract as a witness.¹