Gita May; G May Additional Author mixed material bibliography Yale University Press 2005

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237 The foremost woman artist of her age, Elisabeth Vige�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 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, Vige�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. Illustrations include sixteen of her portraits presented in full color.--From publisher description. Portrait painters - Biography 300108729 C2O library Online catalog (BETA) 759.4 MAYG 1200 C2O library & collabtive ((Auto) biography & Memoir; Art & Design) ElisabethVigeeLeBrunGita11349_f.jpg 1198 2015-01-02 09:50:52 2015-01-02 09:50:52 machine generated