Marie Octavie Paigné Still Life With Plums Pastel 19th Century Metz School

Marie Octavie Paigné (Octavie Sturel Paigné) 1819 Metz- 1854 Metz

Still life with plums

pastel on paper mounted on canvas, in its frame

signed, dated, located lower right: Metz, 1846

26.1 x 34.2 cm

with original antique frame : 40.3 x 48.5 cm

A pupil of her sister Mélanie Paigné and Laurent Charles Maréchal, Marie Octavie Sturel Paigné had a brief career as a painter and pastellist due to her untimely death  at the age of 34. She belongs to the Metz School (1830-1870), demonstrating extreme sensitivity and refinement in her intimate pastels.

It is generally agreed that she produced around 130 works and this pastel is a rare and precious example .of her talent.

She exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1844 to1853 and was awarded a gold medal in July 1853.

She exhibited at the 1853 Salon two still lifes with flowers, which were acquired by Empress Eugénie

The museums of Metz and Troyes keep some of her works in their collections.

Bibliographical orientation : Robert Joseph Henri Scoutetten: "Notice sur Madame Sturel née Marie Octavie Paigné", in L'Austrasie, revue de Metz et de Lorraine, Pallez et Rousseau, Metz, 1854

Benezit, éditions Gründ,  Paris 1999