| Description |
237 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-220) and index. |
| Contents |
Early years -- First successes -- Marriage -- Marie-Antoinette's portraitist -- Vigée Le Brun salonnière -- 1789 -- Rome -- Naples, Venice, Milan -- Vienna -- The Russian experience -- Homeward bound -- The English interlude -- Return to imperial France -- An active old age. |
| Summary |
The foremost woman artist of her age, Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842) exerted her considerable charm to become the friend, and then official portraitist, of Marie Antoinette. Though profitable, this role made her a public and controversial figure, and in 1789 it precipitated her exile. In a Europe torn by strife and revolution, this singularly gifted and high-spirited woman nevertheless managed to thrive as an independent, self-supporting artist, doggedly setting up studios in Rome, Naples, Venice, Milan, Vienna, St. Petersburg, and London. Long overlooked or dismissed, Vigée Le Brun's portraits now hang in the Louvre, in a room of their own, as well as in all leading art museums of the world. Illustrations include sixteen of her portraits presented in full color.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Vigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth, 1755-1842.
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Portrait painters -- France -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Vigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth, 1755-1842.
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| ISBN |
0300108729 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780300108729 hardcover alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780300108729 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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