Thérèse-Mirza Allix

Thérèse-Mirza Allix
Born	(1816-09-16)September 16, 1816 Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France
Died	September 16, 1882(1882-09-16) (aged 66) Poitiers, Vienne or Germany (conflicting accounts)
Occupation(s)	School founder, painter
Family	Augustine Allix (sister) Jules Allix (brother)

Thérèse-Mirza Allix, sometimes Mirza Allix, (September 16, 1816 – September 16, 1882) was a French painter of portraits, known for her miniature paintings on enamel, porcelain and earthenware.

Along with her sisters, she founded a boarding school for girls in her hometown of Fontenay-le-Comte.

Early life and education

Brother Jules Allix, c. 1854

Sister Augustine, c. 1852

Sister Eudoxie, 1864

Brother Émile, 1855

Allix was born on September 16, 1816, at Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France[1] to parents Pierre-François Allix and Gabrielle-Thérèse Vexiau.[2] She was the sister of Augustine Allix (born 1823), Jules Allix (born 1818), Émile Allix [fr] (born 1836), Bathilde Allix [fr], Eudoxie Allix-Dubruel [fr] and Céline.^[citation needed]

She studied with Charles de Steuben and Gustave Wappers.[1][3]

Career

With her sisters, she ran an institution for young girls in Fontenay-le-Comte from 1842 to 1847.[4] The Allix sisters' boarding school then moved to Paris in 1847.[5]

Allix is known for her miniature portraits[3] in porcelain, and enamel. She exhibited her fantasy portraits and copies of portraits by old masters at the Salon de Paris in 1877 and 1882.[3] She is also known for her ceramics.[6] In the 1877 salon she exhibited a work depicting Mary Stuart based on a work from the 16th century.[7][8] Her portrait of her great uncle, Abbé Garnereau was acquired by the Museum of Fontenay-le-Compte in 1945[9] and is held in the museum's collection.[10]

Death

While French archives record that she was pronounced dead after arriving on a train from Paris to Poitiers, Vienne on September 16, 1882,[11] the Orsay Museum website states that she died in Germany.[6]

References

1. "Allix, Mlle Thérèse Mirza, Database of Salon Artists". humanities-research.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
2. "Fontenay-le-Compte 1816". Vendée Le Département Etat Civil Archives Vendee. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
3. Bénézit, Emmanuel (1939). Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs. Paris. pp. 109–110. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
4. "Descriptive note Three speeches addressed to the families by Mesdemoiselles Allix, at the time of the prize distributions which took place at their institution, the first three years of its foundation, on 17 August 1843, 16 August 1844 and 19 August 1845. Fontenay-le-Comte: Institution Allix, 1845.". recherche-archives.vendee.fr. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
5. "Le journal des dames / revue musicale". BNF. February 1848. pp. 83–84. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
6. "Therésé-Mirza Allix". Museum Orsay. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
7. Proth, Mario (1877). Voyage au pays des peintres, Salon de 1877. H. Vaton. p. 154.
8. Marie Stuart, une figure romantique la destinée artistique de la reine d'Écosse au XIXe siècle. Musée des beaux-arts de La Rochelle. 2009. pp. 85–86. ISBN 9782854953923. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
9. "Le mystère des impacts de balles révélé". Ouest France. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
10. Lamblé, Kévin (17 August 2014). "Le portrait de l'abbé Garnereau se dévoile". Ouest France. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
11. "Poitiers (Vienne, France) Décès - 1882". Archives deux sèvres Vienne France. Retrieved 2 January 2023.