Camille METRA or METRA-HUBBARD
(Paris, 1864 – Paris, 1936)
The cup of the King of Thule
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right and dated
113.5 x 146 cm
1896
Exhibition: Salon de l'Union des Femmes Peintres et Sculpteurs de 1896 (N°627)
Camille Métra, eldest daughter of the chemist Louis Métra and Rosalie Merny, was born on November 28, 1864 in Paris. We know nothing to this day of her artistic training, however she was recognized in Parisian circles for her qualities as a figure painter and pastellist. Camille married for the first time on January 18, 1887 in Paris with Adolphe Fernand Blayn...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Louis Henri Deluermoz Art