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Anne Vallayer-Coster BIOGRAPHY
1744 Paris - 1818. Known for: Portrait, nature morte painting.
With Vigée Le Brun and Adélaide Labille-Guiard, Anne Vallayer-Coster was among the most celebrated and successful female painters in France in the years leading up to the Revolution and, with Chardin... Read full biography
With Vigée Le Brun and Adélaide Labille-Guiard, Anne Vallayer-Coster was among the most celebrated and successful female painters in France in the years leading up to the Revolution and, with Chardin and Oudry, indisputably one of the finest still life painters of the era. The daughter of a... Read full biography
With Vigée Le Brun and Adélaide Labille-Guiard, Anne Vallayer-Coster was among the most celebrated and successful female painters in France in the years leading up to the Revolution and, with Chardin and Oudry, indisputably one of the finest still life painters of the era. The daughter of a goldsmith who worked for the Gobelins tapestry manufacturer, she grew up in artistic circles, but is not known to have had either a teacher or an official patron. Nevertheless, she was unanimously accepted... Read full biography
With Vigée Le Brun and Adélaide Labille-Guiard, Anne Vallayer-Coster was among the most celebrated and successful female painters in France in the years leading up to the Revolution and, with Chardin and Oudry, indisputably one of the finest still life painters of the era. The daughter of a goldsmith who worked for the Gobelins tapestry manufacturer, she grew up in artistic circles, but is not known to have had either a teacher or an official patron. Nevertheless, she was unanimously accepted into the Académie royale in 1770 with the submission of a pair of ambitious still lifes, The Attributes of Painting and The Allegory of Music (both Louvre, Paris). Remarks from the painter Johann-George Wille, who voted in favor of her admission,... Read full biography
With Vigée Le Brun and Adélaide Labille-Guiard, Anne Vallayer-Coster was among the most celebrated and successful female painters in France in the years leading up to the Revolution and, with Chardin and Oudry, indisputably one of the finest still life painters of the era. The daughter of a goldsmith who worked for the Gobelins tapestry manufacturer, she grew up in artistic circles, but is not known to have had either a teacher or an official patron. Nevertheless, she was unanimously accepted into the Académie royale in 1770 with the submission of a pair of ambitious still lifes, The Attributes of Painting and The Allegory of Music (both Louvre, Paris). Remarks from the painter Johann-George Wille, who voted in favor of her admission, gives a sense of the enthusiasm with which she was received into that august body and the patronization... Read full biography
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With Vigée Le Brun and Adélaide Labille-Guiard, Anne Vallayer-Coster was among the most celebrated and successful female painters in France in the years leading up to the Revolution and, with Chardin and Oudry, indisputably one of the finest still life painters of the era. The daughter of a goldsmith who worked for the Gobelins tapestry manufacturer, she grew up in artistic circles, but is not known to have had either a teacher or an official patron. Nevertheless, she was unanimously accepted into the Académie royale in 1770 with the submission of a pair of ambitious still lifes, The Attributes of Painting and The Allegory of Music (both Louvre, Paris). Remarks from the painter Johann-George W...But wait, there's more...
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