Louise Bovie | |
|---|---|
| Born | Josine Natalie Louise Bovie 1810 |
| Died | 11 January 1870 (age 59-60) Ixelles, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Occupation | writer |
Louise Bovie, full name Josine Natalie Louise Bovie (1810 – 11 January 1870), was a Belgian writer. She published a novella (un petit roman) called "La Perdrix" (The Partridge) under the pen name Marie Sweerts. She also wrote poetry and short stories, and contributed to the monthly literary journal Revue de belgique, where she was eulogized as having "a distinguished spirit."[1]
Bovie was the elder sister of the painter and arts patron Virginie Bovie, with whom she toured Italy in 1855.[2] Neither of the sisters ever married, and Louise eventually moved into Virginie's home on the rue du Trône in Ixelles,[3] a suburb of Brussels, and they lived there together for many years. A third sister, Hortence, had married but was soon widowed.[3] Louise Bovie died at Ixelles and is interred at Dilbeek.
- ^ D'un esprit distingué: Revue de belgique 4 (January 1870), p. 76 online.
- ^ Dictionnaire des femmes belges: XIXe et XXe siècles (Éditions Racine, 2006), p. 75.
- ^ a b Anne-Marie ten Bokum, "Virginie Bovie, een vergeten Brusselse schilderes," Art&fact 24: Femmes et créations (2005) retrieved Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine 26 July 2010.
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