Moreau-Nélaton, Étienne

Date born:   1859

Place Born: Fère-en-Tardnois or Paris

Date died:   1927

Place died:   Fère-en-Tardnois or Paris

Painter, collector and Corot scholar, published a series of monagraphs on 19th century painters based on archival documents. Moreau-Nélaton was the son of Adolphe Moreau and Camille Moreau-Nélaton, both of whom were artists. After 1871 he studied in the studio of Albert Maignant. He became an etcher and ceramicist.

Home Country:  France

Sources:  Bazin 484; Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris. De Corot aux impressionnistes : donations Moreau-Nélaton. Paris: Bibliothèque nationale/Réunion des musées nationaux, 1991.

Bibliography:  and Robaut, Alfred. Histoire de Corot et de ses œuvres. Paris: H. Floury, 1905.