The Odyssey of an Artist in an Age of Revolution
by
Gita May
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
The foremost woman artist of her age, Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842) exerted her considerable charm to become the friend, and then official portraitist, of Marie Antoinette. Though profitable, this role made Vigée Le Brun a public and controversial figure, and in 1789 it precipitated her exile....