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  1. Jun 29, 2024 · Daughter of the painter Louis Vigée, Elisabeth had married the greatest art dealer of the time, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun. In 1789 she was at the height of her career, when she left Paris to escape the revolutionary uprisings.

  2. Jun 30, 2024 · Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842) is arguably the most important portrait painter of late 18th-century France. The quality and quantity of her œuvre place her among the greatest portrait painters of all time. She easily mixed fashionable elegance and emotional naturalism within her subjects’ images while capturing their individual personalities.

  3. Jun 18, 2024 · A Meandering Journey through the World of Art. Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Elisabeth-Louise Vigee-Lebrun: Back in Paris. "Woman's Head" by Vigee-Lebrun. After a twelve year exile, Elisabeth-Louise Vigee Lebrun alights from her carriage in Paris and writes:

    • Linda Crank
  4. Jun 21, 2024 · Elisabeth-Louise Vigee-Lebrun wrote: "I had come to England with the intention of remaining but five or six months, I had now stayed nearly three years, held, not solely by my interests as a painter, but also by the kind treatment bestowed upon me.

    • Linda Crank
  5. Jun 10, 2024 · Elisabeth-Louis Vigee-Lebrun reminisced about painting Emperor Paul's wife, Maria Feodorovna: "The Emperor ordered me to make a portrait of his wife. I represented her standing, wearing a court dress, and a diamond crown on her head.

    • Linda Crank
  6. Jun 11, 2024 · Pastoral Portrait. Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Marie Antoinette in a Chemise Dress, 1783, Kronberg, Hessische Hausstiftung. Source: flickr , Art Gallery ErgsArt, Public domain. This muslin dress was very controversial . For a scholarly. interpretation, see Ashelford, Jane. “‘Colonial Livery’ and the Chemise à La Reine, 1779–1784.”

  7. Jun 7, 2024 · A Masterpiece of Rococo Art. Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-LeBrun 's Self-Portrait with Her Daughter, Julie is a stunning example of Rococo art. Painted in 1789, this oil on canvas masterpiece measures 130 x 94 cm and is housed in the prestigious Musée du Louvre in France. A Timeless Composition.