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Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun [electronic resource] : the odyssey of an artist in an age of revolution / Gita May.
May, Gita.; Vigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth, 1755-1842.
2005
ND553.V5325 M39 2005eb
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Title Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun [electronic resource] : the odyssey of an artist in an age of revolution / Gita May.
Author May, Gita.
ISBN 9780300108729
0300108729 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Imprint New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2005.
Language English
Description 237 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Call Number ND553.V5325 M39 2005eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 759.4 B
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-220) and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Added Author Vigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth, 1755-1842.
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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.

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