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Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun
(1755-1842)
Who Was Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun?
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun achieved early success as an artist. Her ability to depict her subjects in a flattering, elegant style made her one of the most popular portraitists in France. Her clientele included aristocracy and royalty, including Marie Antoinette, whose portrait she painted 30 times. After the French Revolution, Vigée Le Brun worked abroad for 12 years. She returned to Paris for her later life and continued to enjoy a grad of fame and success that was very rare for a female artist.
Early Life and Artistic Training
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun was born in Paris on April 16, 1755, to Louis and Jeanne (née Maissin) Vigée. Her father was a successful artist who encouraged her interest in art. She took lessons from Gabriel Briard, and she received encouragement from well-known artists Joseph Vernet, Hubert Robert and Jean-Baptiste Greuze.
When she was still a teenager, Vigée Le Brun ha
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Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun
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Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun.
By Louise-ElisabethVigée-Lebrun, 1755-1842. Translated by LionelStrachey, 1864-1927. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1903.
A Celebration of Women Writers
Memoirs
of
Madame Vigée Lebrun
| Uniform with this volume: |
| MEMOIRS OF COUNTESS POTOCKA |
| Illustrated. Translated by Lionel Strachey. |
| MEMOIRS OF A CONTEMPORARY |
| Illustrated. Translated by Lionel Strachey. |
MME. VIGEE LEBRUN AND HER DAUGHTER
Memoirs
of
Madame Vigée Lebrun
Translated by
Lionel Strachey
With Numerous Reproductions of
Paintings by the Authoress
New York
Doubleday, Page & Company
1903
Copyright, 1903, by
Doubleday, Page & Company
Published, October, 1903
PREFATORY NOTE
Madame Lebrun brought out her Memoirs at the suggestion of her friend, the Princess Dolgoruki, in 1835. The authoress was born in 1756, at Paris, where she died in 1842. She was the daughter of Louis Vigée, an obscure portra