Description
| Lois Oliver will give a talk about Elisabeth - Louise Vigee le Brun - a trailbrailbazer in Portrait Painting. Elisabeth was mostly self taught and when she was nineteen years old, she became a member of the Académie de Saint-Luc. Her early success attracted the attention of the foremost dealer in Paris, Jean Baptiste Pierre Le Brun (1748-1813), whom she married in 1776.
Le Bruns lived on an opulent scale. The artist's stylish salon became one of the most popular in Paris and was attended by artists, writers, foreign visitors, and prominent figures of Parisian society and the court of Versailles. |
Event Location
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Hastings TN34 2SA, UK
Address
- The Ridge, Opposite Conquest Hospital
- Hastings
- TN34 2SA
