Daring: The Life and Art of Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun
Marie Antoinette painter fled the Revolution and spent twelve years working through Rome, Vienna, St Petersburg and London, painting her way across the exile.
Marie Antoinette court painter fled the Revolution and spent twelve years working across Europe, moving between Rome, Vienna, St Petersburg and London and painting her way through exile. Part biography and part illustrated catalogue, it makes the case for an artist who has been treated as a court decorator rather than a serious portraitist.
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Tyler Cowen
Both a book and a picture book rolled into one. This new release is a very good introduction to her life, her art, and her role as semi-official court painter for Marie de Antoinette. She remains an underrated artist.
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