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Tassaert.
French family of artists of Flemish origin, active in Germany. The Flemish sculptor Félix Tassaert was the father of (1) Jean-Pierre-Antoine Tassaert, one of the leading portrait sculptors working in Berlin in the late 18th century. Tassaert’s wife was the miniature painter Marie-Edmée Moreau (1736–91). Their children (2) Jean-Joseph-François Tassaert, who worked mainly in Paris, and (3) Henriette-Felicité Tassaert were pupils of their father and also became notable portraitists, the former specializing in engraving and the latter in pastels. Jean-Joseph-François Tassaert’s son (4) Octave Tassaert achieved success as a genre painter, depicting the widespread poverty prevalent in 19th-century Paris. The following members have entries:
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