18th Century Art History- Vigee LeBrun and how she used her art work to tailor her idenity to meet the expectaions of Roussuan society

18TH CENTURY ART HISTORY - VIGEE LEBRUN

VIGEE-LEBRUN AND HOW SHE USED HER ART WORK TO TAILOR HER IDENTITY TO MEET THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE ROUSSUAN SOCIETY

Introduction

This will bring into focus the life (personal life ) of Elisabeth-Louise Vigee , who is considered one of the most successful and famous female artist of the eighteenth century . The Brown one her family history , the extensive travel she did both in Europe and other parts of the continent . It will also dwell on the drawings , images of different personalities of her time including the

queen of France and her two children . Others are Portraits of Calonne , little Dauphin , Madame de Stael as Corinne , Lord Byron , Caroline Murat , Grand Duchess Elisabeth-Queen of Russia , herself and her exile implications and the revolution that caused her expulsion . The political , economic , cultural and economic implications of her artistic work in all , it will portray her as an intelligent , talented , exceptional and fun loving who enjoyed her life and that of the people she painted

Childhood

Marie-Louise Elisabeth Vigye LeBrun was born in Paris Coquillire Street on April , 16th 1755 in Paris . Her father , Louis Vigye who was also a painter , and her mother Jeanne Graissin who was also a beautiful and wise woman whose profession was hairdressing , were good parents to her although they were of a middle class family . Vigye LeBrun inherited a talent and good taste of the art and a gift of wit . With this , her parents knew that she could perfect the talent that her father had started . Little did her parents know that their young baby could become a famous artist and they even shunned her off to relatives in the country not because she was bad but her parents had no time for her artwork But when her parents after retirement began to provide lessons for her after she returned to Paris Vigye LeBrun was baptized at the St Eustace church in Paris and then entrusted to peasants at Espernon . Six years later , she came back to Paris and entered the convent of the trinity like boarder as a sign of commitment to her parent 's wishes . At the age of nine years , her father who had keenly monitored the drawings of her daughter in the walls of their house , her school books and everywhere , declared that his daughter would be a great painter . By the age of about eleven years , she decided to leave the convent and she came to live with her parents . Barely three years later , had her father died leaving her to take care of their mother who was also aging The young child suffered a poignant grief from the loss of her father who was passionately to her . A close friend of her dad , Doyen , then provided the necessary advice , guidance to the youthful lady who was now creating more mature artistic images . She was so grown up in her profession that she was ready to step up to her father 's shoes at...