Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
“The Prussians are right; poor Joseph and I had to answer for that.”
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Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, also known as Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun or simply Madame Le Brun, was a French painter who mostly specialized in portrait painting, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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culture · French portrait painter (1755–1842) · painter · salonnière · writer · artist · also Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun, Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Elisabeth Louis Vigee Le Brun
Born 16 April 1755 · Died 30 March 1842 · Q213163
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2026· 4 entries
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
“I hated this man; even more so since he made use of my father”
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Public attention spiked: 4,840 Wikipedia readers in one day, 18.5× the usual 262, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: Added the important comparison with and influence by Rubens "Het strooien hoedje"
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2021· 1 entry
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
To accompany the History Detective Podcast, Season 2, Episode 3 Marie Antionette's Portrait Artist: Vigée Le Brun
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2019· 1 entry
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
Observer: Elisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun
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1982· 1 entry
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
At the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas
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1842· 2 entries
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
Died 1842-03-30.
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Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
“Pintar e viver sempre foi a mesma coisa pra mim.”
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1819· 1 entry
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
Sold her portrait of Lady Hamilton as the Comaean Sibyl to the Duc de Berri, despite it being her favorite, because she wished to satisfy the Duke
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1808· 1 entry
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
With her desire for travel still not sated, Vigée Le Brun re-entered Switzerland in 1808 via Neuchâtel, and then visited Lucerne, where she was enchanted by the picturesque and wild town
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1807· 1 entry
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
In July 1807, the artist crossed to Switzerland, arriving first at the town of Basel, where she was received by Christoph Ehinger, a local banker, who threw a banquet to welcome the artist
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1802· 1 entry
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
Demanded the refund of her dowry from her husband, whose gambling habits had dissipated a significant portion of the wealth she had accumulated in her early career as a portraitist
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1776· 1 entry
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
Career landmark: court painter (1776).
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1755· 1 entry
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
Born 1755-04-16.
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