Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun: The Odyssey of an Artist in an Age of Revolution by May, Gita
Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun: The Odyssey of an Artist in an Age of Revolution by May, Gita

Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun: The Odyssey of an Artist in an Age of Revolution

The story of Marie Antoinette's portraitist, a remarkable woman living in dangerous times The foremost woman artist...
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Author: Gita May
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Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun: The Odyssey of an Artist in an Age of Revolution by May, Gita

Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun: The Odyssey of an Artist in an Age of Revolution

CHF 35.33
Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun: The Odyssey of an Artist in an Age of Revolution by May, Gita

Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun: The Odyssey of an Artist in an Age of Revolution

CHF 35.33
Author: Gita May
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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The story of Marie Antoinette's portraitist, a remarkable woman living in dangerous times

The foremost woman artist of her age, Elisabeth Vig e Le Brun (1755--1842) exerted her considerable charm to become the friend, and then official portraitist, of Marie Antoinette. Though profitable, this role made Vig e 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, Vig e 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 Vig e 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 Vig e Le Brun's portraits presented in full color, completes this exceptional volume.



Author: Gita May
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 10/01/2005
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.34h x 5.78w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780300108729


Review Citation(s):
New Yorker (The) 10/17/2005 pg. 173
Booklist 11/01/2005 pg. 22

About the Author

Gita May is professor of French literature, Columbia University. She has taught and published extensively on late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century French literature, art, and culture.




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