Clara Filleul

[1][2] Born on 18 March 1833 in Nogent-le-Rotrou as Claire Pauline Filleul, she was the daughter of the lawyer François Adrien Filleul and Pauline de Pétigny de Rivery, who came from a noble Picard family.

From 1842, she accompanied Monvoisin on journeys to South America for stays in Peru, Chile and Brazil.

Over the next 10 years, Filleul became one of the principal painters in Chile, with notable works such as Una guasa (c.1855).

Several of her books were reprinted, including Récits au coin du feu and La Palestine.

[1] Clara Filleul died in Paris on 7 August 1878 but was buried in Nogent-le-Rotrou.