02793nam 22005894a 450 991081808440332120200520144314.01-281-72240-597866117224010-300-13000-710.12987/9780300130003(CKB)1000000000471758(EBL)3420144(OCoLC)923590782(SSID)ssj0000145465(PQKBManifestationID)11158172(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000145465(PQKBWorkID)10181811(PQKB)10957530(MiAaPQ)EBC3420144(DE-B1597)485255(OCoLC)1024022637(DE-B1597)9780300130003(EXLCZ)99100000000047175820050217d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrElisabeth Vigee Le Brun the odyssey of an artist in an age of revolution /Gita May1st ed.New Haven [Conn.] Yale University Pressc20051 online resource (266 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-300-10872-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-220) and index.Early years -- First successes -- Marriage -- Marie-Antoinette's portraitist -- Vigee Le Brun salonniere -- 1789 -- Rome -- Naples, Venice, Milan -- Vienna -- The Russian experience -- Homeward bound -- The English interlude -- Return to imperial France -- An active old age.The foremost woman artist of her age, Elisabeth Vigee 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, Vigee 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.Portrait paintersFranceBiographyPortrait painters759.4BMay Gita197114Vigee-Lebrun Louise-Elisabeth1755-1842.490250MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818084403321Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun3912954UNINA