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Apr 12, 2024 · Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, French painter, one of the most successful women artists (unusually so for her time), especially known for her portraits of women. She notably painted Marie-Antoinette more than 20 times and made numerous self-portraits. Learn more about Vigee-Lebrun’s life and work.
Apr 2, 2014 · Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun was one of the best-known and most fashionable portraitists of 18th century France; her clients included the queen Marie Antoinette. Updated: May 18, 2021. Photo: ©...
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French: [elizabɛt lwiz viʒe lə bʁœ̃]; 16 April 1755 – 30 March 1842), also known as Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun or simply as Madame Le Brun, was a French painter who mostly specialized in portrait painting, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. Katharine Baetjer. Department of European Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. May 2016. Élisabeth Louise Vigée was born in Paris in 1755. Her father, Louis Vigée, was a pastelist and member of the artists’ guild, the Académie de Saint-Luc, while her mother, Jeanne Maissin, was a hairdresser ...
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. French Painter, Portraitist. Born: April 16, 1755 - Paris, France. Died: March 30, 1842 - Paris, France. Movements and Styles: The Rococo. , Neoclassicism. , Grand Manner Portraiture. "But I could now paint no longer; my broken spirit, bruised with so many horrors, shut itself entirely to my art." 1 of 3.
Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, the daughter of a minor painter, Louis Vigée, was born and brought up in Paris. She became a member of the Académie de St-Luc in 1774 and of the French Academy in 1783. She was a highly fashionable portrait painter, patronised particularly by Queen Marie Antoinette.
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. Title. Portraitist of the Queen. Life. 1755 - 1842. Her traces in Versailles. Her work. Élisabeth Louise Vigée was the daughter of Louis Vigée, a pastel artist and member of the Académie de Saint-Luc, and his wife Jeanne Maissin, of countryman origin.
