The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun
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Souvenirs of Madame Vigée Le Brun
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Memoirs of Madame Vigee-Lebrun (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)
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DescriptionElisabeth-Louise Vigee-Lebrun (1755-1842) was a French painter. Her style is generally considered Rococo and shows interest in the subject of neoclassical painting. By the time she was in her early teens, she was painting portraits professionally. After her studio was seized, for practicing without a license, she applied to the Academie de Saint Luc, which unwillingly exhibited her works in their Salon. In 1783, she was made a member of the Academie. She painted portraits of many of the nobility of the day and as her career blossomed, she was invited to the Palace of Versailles to paint Marie Antoinette. After the arrest of the royal family during the French Revolution Vigee-Lebrun fled France with her young daughter Julie. She lived and worked for some years in Italy, Austria, and Russia. She was welcomed back to France during the reign of Emperor Napoleon I. She visited England at the beginning of the nineteenth century and painted the portrait of several British notables including Lord Byron. She published her memoirs in 1835 and 1837, which provide an interesting view of the training of artists at the end of the period dominated by royal academies.
Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun
 List Price: Price: $19.99 DescriptionBook may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1903. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX List Op Mme. Vigee Lebrun's Paintings [This list is as complete and accurate as the material available for its compilation allowed. The authoress's own catalogue of her works, which necessarily formed the principal source of information, is itself conspicuous for errors and omissions. To rectify all of these beyond doubt and make an absolutely perfect list would have been impossible.] FROM 1768 TO tjja i Mme. Lebrun's mother, large pastel. i The same, back view. a Mme. Lebrun's brother as a schoolboy. i M. Le Sevre. 3 M., Mme. and Mlle. Bandelaire. i M. Bandelaire, half-length pastel. i M. Vandergust. i Mlle. Pigale, milliner to the Queen. 1 Her clerk. i Mme. Lebrun's mother in white cloak. i Mme. Raffeneau. 1 Baroness d'Esthal. 2 Her two children. i Mme. d'Aguesseau with her dog. i Mme. Suzanne. i Countess de la Vieuville. i M. Mousat. i Mlle. Mousat. 1 Mlle. Lespare. 2 Mme. de Fossy and her son. 2 Viscount and Viscountess de la Blache. i Mlle. Dorion. i M. Tranchart. i Marquis de Choiseul. i Count de Zanicourt. Studies of heads and copies from Raphael, Van Dyck, Rembrandt, etc. 1773 i M. and Mme. de Roissy. i M. de la Fontaine, i Count Du Barry. 5 Count de Geoffr6. i Marshal de Stainyille. 3 Mme. de Bonneuil. i Mme. de Saint-Pays, i Mme. Paris. 1 M. Perrin. 2 Copy of Marquis de VeVac An American lady. Mme. Thilorie, half-length Copy of the same. Mme. Tetare. Copy of the Bishop of Beauvais. M. de Vismes. M. Pernon. Mlle. Dupetitoire. Mlle. BaiUot. 1774 Abb6 Girpux. Little Roissy. Copy of Chancellor d'Agucsseau. Copy of M. de la Marche. Mme. Damcrval. Count de Brie. Mme. Maingat. Baroness de Lande. Mme. Lc Normand. Mme. de la Grange. M. Meraut. Viscount de Boisjelin. M. de Saint-Malo. M. Desmarets. Countess d'Harcpurt. Mlle, de Saint-Brie and Mlle, de Sence...
Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun: The Odyssey of an Artist in an Age of Revolution
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