She exhibited portraits, religious scenes and history paintings at the Salon from 1819 to 1850.
Born in Paris, rue d'Enfer in the Île de la Cité, on 19 October 1797,[1] Louise Jeanne Amélie Legrand, known as Legrand de Saint-Aubin, is the eldest daughter of Pierre Jean Hilaire Legrand known as Legrand de Saint-Aubin (1772–1839),[2] head of direct contributions,[a][3][4] and his wife Denise Marie Claudine Legrand (1772–1855).
In her workshop located at the Sorbonne, she worked alongside, among others, Louise Hersent (1784–1862), Aimée Brune-Pagès (1803–1866) and Jenny Larivière (1801–1885).
[7] She died unmarried at the age of 80 on 3 October 1878, at her home in the 5th arrondissement of Paris.
She was buried the next day in the Montparnasse cemetery; her concession was recovered by the town hall in 1957 and her remains were then transferred to the ossuary of the Père-Lachaise cemetery.