Marie Antoinette Marcotte

Marie Antoinette Marcotte (31 May 1867 – 1929) was a French painter who lived and worked mainly in Belgium.

She is known for her paintings of gardens and flowers, portraits and genre scenes that show her interest in the living conditions of disadvantaged social classes.

Marie Antoinette moved there too and later received instructions from the prominent painter Emile Claus.

She later studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels under Jean-François Portaels and Joseph Stallaert.

[2] She lived and worked in Antwerp where she also studied in the studio of the portrait painter Pieter Van Havermaet.