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1755 Paris, France - 1842 Paris, France. Known for: Portrait painting, royal court artist.
The following exhibition review is from The New York Times, Art & Design section, February 11, 2016. She Painted Marie Antoinette (and Escaped the Guillotine). By Roberta Smith. Official portraiture... Read full biography
The following exhibition review is from The New York Times, Art & Design section, February 11, 2016. She Painted Marie Antoinette (and Escaped the Guillotine). By Roberta Smith. Official portraiture took a hit last week, at least in the United States. Congress just renewed its 2014 prohibition on... Read full biography
The following exhibition review is from The New York Times, Art & Design section, February 11, 2016. She Painted Marie Antoinette (and Escaped the Guillotine). By Roberta Smith. Official portraiture took a hit last week, at least in the United States. Congress just renewed its 2014 prohibition on spending public money on the portraits of politicians that by long tradition have graced the walls of the United States Capitol. Members of Congress and the executive branch must continue to pay for... Read full biography
The following exhibition review is from The New York Times, Art & Design section, February 11, 2016. She Painted Marie Antoinette (and Escaped the Guillotine). By Roberta Smith. Official portraiture took a hit last week, at least in the United States. Congress just renewed its 2014 prohibition on spending public money on the portraits of politicians that by long tradition have graced the walls of the United States Capitol. Members of Congress and the executive branch must continue to pay for the images by which they want to be remembered. Things were very different when monarchies ruled Europe. Painted portraits were serious affairs — whether of state, commerce, historical record or private life, and whether for royalty, aristocrats and... Read full biography
The following exhibition review is from The New York Times, Art & Design section, February 11, 2016. She Painted Marie Antoinette (and Escaped the Guillotine). By Roberta Smith. Official portraiture took a hit last week, at least in the United States. Congress just renewed its 2014 prohibition on spending public money on the portraits of politicians that by long tradition have graced the walls of the United States Capitol. Members of Congress and the executive branch must continue to pay for the images by which they want to be remembered. Things were very different when monarchies ruled Europe. Painted portraits were serious affairs — whether of state, commerce, historical record or private life, and whether for royalty, aristocrats and their hangers-on, or the bourgeoisie, who usually could afford only pastel. The career of the French portraitist... Read full biography
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Name variants
Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun, Louise Elizabeth Vigee-Le Brun, Marie-Louise-Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun
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The following exhibition review is from The New York Times, Art & Design section, February 11, 2016.
She Painted Marie Antoinette (and Escaped the Guillotine)
By Roberta Smith
Official portraiture took a hit last week, at least in the United States. Congress just renewed its 2014 prohibition on spending public money on the portraits of politicians that by long tradition have graced the walls of the United States Capitol. Members of Congress and the executive branch must continue to pay for the images by which they want to be remembered.
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