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Eugénie-Désirée Fournier Manet
(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2018 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Eugénie-Désirée Fournier Manet

French, 1811 - 1885
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BiographyEugénie-Désirée Fournier, mother of the painter Édouard Manet, was born in Paris on February 11, 1811, 7 rue des Saints-Pères, division of Unity. She was the daughter of Joseph Antoine Ennemond Fournier, former vice-consul in Sweden, and Adèle Delanoue. Her father died in Brétigny-sur-Orge on October 24, 1824.

She married Auguste Manet, lawyer, in Paris (former 10th arrondissement) on January 18, 1831, and had three sons, Edouard, Eugène and Gustave.

Eugénie-Désirée Fournier died on January 8, 1885, at her home, 40 rue Villejust in Paris (16th arrondissement), aged 73.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fournier-1740; accessed 12/9/2020
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