Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun : the odyssey of an artist in an age of revolution / / Gita May.
The foremost woman artist of her age, Elisabeth Vigee 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 Euro...
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| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 237 p., 16 p. of plates :; ill. (some col.). |
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| Summary: | The foremost woman artist of her age, Elisabeth Vigee 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, Vigee 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. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-220) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300108729 0300108729 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Gita May. |