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	Topics Sophie Gengembre Anderson Topic Home Sophie Gengembre Anderson was a FrenchFrance Summary France, officially the French Republic, is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and whi... -born BritishUnited Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country and sovereign state that lies off the northwest coast... artist who specialised in genreGenre A genre is a division of a particular form of art or utterance according to criteria particular to that form.... painting of children and women, typically in rural settings. Her work is loosely associated with the Pre-RaphaelitePre-Raphaelite Brotherhood The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of English painters, poets and critics, founded in 1848 by John Everett Millais, ... movement. She was the daughter of Charles Gengembre, a Parisian architect, and his English wife. She was largely self-taught, but briefly studied portraiturePortraiture Portraiture is the process of painting, sculpting or photographing a portrait.... with Charles Auguste de Steuben in Paris in 1843. The family left France for the United StatesUnited States The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., and America, is... to escape the 1848 revolutionRevolutions of 1848 in France The February 1848 revolution put an end to the July monarchy, replaced by the Second Republic, while the June Days Uprising ... , They first lived in CincinnatiCincinnati, Ohio Summary Cincinnati is a southwestern Ohio city in the United States that lies on the Ohio River and is the county seat of Hamilton C... , OhioOhio Ohio is a Midwestern state of the United States.... , then in ManchesterManchester, Pennsylvania Overview Manchester is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States.... , PennsylvaniaPennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a state in the northeastern part of the United States.... , where she met and married the British genre artist Walter Anderson. She initially worked in portraiture, including work for the chromolithographersChromolithography Chromolithography was the first method for making true multi-color prints.... Louis Prang & Co.Facts About Louis Prang Louis Prang was an American printer, lithographer, and publisher.... . In 1854 the Andersons moved to London, where she exhibited her works in the Royal AcademyRoyal Academy The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Piccadilly, London.... . They returned to New York in 1858, then finally settled in London around 1863. Over the next three decades, her work was widely shown at venues including the Royal Academy, the Society of British Artists and many regional galleries. Her early works showed strong attention to botanical and other detail, in common with the Pre-Raphaelites. She died at home in Falmouth in 1903. See also List of Pre-Raphaelite paintingsList of Pre-Raphaelite paintings This is a list of paintings produced by members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and other artists associated with th... - including the works of Sophie Gengembre Anderson.