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Updated: May 17, 2025

Among her portraits of well-known women are those of Jane Hading, Elsie de Wolfe, Bessie Abbott of the Opera, Rachel Boyer of the Theatre Français, Marguerite Durand, Editeur de la Fronde, Mlle. Richepin, and many others. Mme. Marlef has the power of keen observation, so necessary to a painter of portraits.

Clara Erskine Clement Waters - Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.

Pupil of A. Roll, Benjamin Constant, Puvis de Chavannes, and Dagnaux. Mme. Marlef is a portrait painter. Her picture, "Manette Salomon," is in the Hotel de Ville, Paris; the "Nymphe Accroupie" is in the Municipal Museum of Nantes.

Clara Erskine Clement Waters - Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.

Many of her drawings are in possession of her family. She also executed some lithographs, such as "Souvenirs of 1812," 1831, etc. <b>MARIE LOUISE, EMPRESS OF FRANCE.</b> 1791-1846. She studied under Prud'hon. Her "Girl with a Dove" is in the Museum of Besançon. <b>MARLEF, CLAUDE.</b> Bronze medal at Paris Exposition, 1900. Born at Nantes.

Clara Erskine Clement Waters - Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.