Francine Charderon

Francine Charderon, born Françoise Pauline Charderon, was a French painter who worked in Lyon between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She was born in Lyon on 6 April 1861, the daughter of a merchant, and died in the same city on 25 October 1928. She specialised in portraits, above all of women and children.

She first trained with Rey and Jean Louis Loubet and later took lessons in Paris with Ernest Hébert and Carolus-Duran. Back in Lyon she opened her own studio in the rue du Bât-d'Argent, which was also her home until her death. She exhibited regularly at painting salons as a member of the Société des artistes lyonnais, winning medals at Lyon in 1886, 1892, 1894 and 1902, and a bronze medal at Tunis in 1898.

Among her works are Petite fille aux roses, held by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, and Le préféré, shown at the Salon of 1895 and linked to the Musée du Luxembourg. Her legacy is modest, preserved mainly in local collections and a few bibliographic references; her work Sleep was included in the book Women Painters of the World.