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Author : William Henry Helm
Release : 1915
Genre : Painters
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Book Synopsis Vigée-Lebrun, 1755-1842 by : William Henry Helm
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Author : Joseph Baillio
Release : 1982
Genre : Art
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Book Synopsis Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1755-1842 by : Joseph Baillio
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Author : Gita May
Release : 2008-10-01
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun by : Gita May
Download or read book Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun written by Gita May. This book was released on 2008-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Vigée Le Brun a public and controversial figure, and in 1789 it precipitated her exile. In a Europe torn by strife and revolution, she 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. This gripping biography tells the story of a singularly gifted and high-spirited woman during the revolutionary era and explores the development and significance of her art. The book also recounts the public and private lives of Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, connecting her with such personalities of her age as Catherine the Great, Napoleon, and Benjamin Franklin, and setting her experiences in the context of contemporary European politics and culture. A generous selection of illustrations, including sixteen of Vigée Le Brun’s portraits presented in full color, completes this exceptional volume.
Author : Joseph Baillio
Release : 2016-02-15
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Vigée Le Brun by : Joseph Baillio
Download or read book Vigée Le Brun written by Joseph Baillio. This book was released on 2016-02-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842) was one of the finest eighteenth-century french painters and among the most important women artists of all time. Celebrated for her expressive portraits of French royalty and aristocracy, and especially of her patron Marie Antoinette, Vigée Le Brun exemplified success and resourcefulness in an age when women were rarely allowed either. Because of her close association with the queen Vigée Le Brun was forced to flee France during the French Revolution. For twelve years she traveled throughout Europe, painting noble sitters in the courts of Naples, Russia, Austria, and Prussia. She returned to France in 1802, under the reign of Emperor Napoleon I, where her creativity continued unabated. This handsome volume details Vigée Le Brun's story, portraying a talented artist who nimbly negotiated a shifting political and geographic landscape. Essays by international scholars address the ease with which this self-taught artist worked with monarchs, the nobility, court officials and luminaries of arts and letters, many of whom attended her famous salons. The position of women artists in Europe and at the Salons of the period is also explored, as are the challenges faced by Vigée Le Brun during her exile. The ninety paintings and pastels included in this volume attest to Vigée Le Brun's superb sense of color and expression. They include exquisite depictions of counts and countesses, princes and princesses alongside mothers and children, including the artist herself and her beloved daughter, Julie. A chronology of the life of Vigée Le Brun and a map of her travels accompany the text, elucidating the peregrinations of this remarkable, independent painter.
Author : Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
Release : 1903
Genre : Portrait painters
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Book Synopsis The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by : Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
Download or read book The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun written by Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun. This book was released on 1903. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
