Elisabeth Le Brun

Elisabeth Le Brun

Over a while, there has been a variety of female artists. Through them, their work has defined the art of their time. In medieval times, it was a hard period for female artists to stand out. However, some like Elisabeth Le Brun stood the test of her time and gave exceptional artwork. It is through her works that we learn much about her likes in life. In this exhibition, nature through which she uses her hands to re-introduce the Rococo style in a time that it was declining is appreciated.

On choosing Vigee Le Brun, it is due to her work that received a great reception in France. The level that Marie Antoinette, the last Queen of France, took particular interest in Le Brun is a reason behind being interested in her works.  She presents her works with compositions of full beauty, replete with total expressivity addressing concerns from revolution and her love for children. She reflects a whole period and infinite research source that she offers. There is a lot of research that has been done on Elisabeth Le Brun, therefore, making it easier to make the exhibition to address her revolution themes.  Her work Peace Bringing Back Abundance of 1780 will be commonly referred.

Lastly, the scholarly articles to be used are Conditional Acceptance by Dunn herein more on her acceptance back to the Academy is elaborated, and her dedication to art (Dunn, 8). In the second material of Julia, the exceptional woman that Le Brun lived to be with the context of the cultural politic of art is the primary concern (Douthwaite, 113).

 

 

Works Cited

Douthwaite, Julia. “The Exceptional Woman: Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun and the Cultural Politics of Art.” L’Esprit Créateur 37.1 (1997): 114-115.

Dunn, Lindsay Meehan. Conditional acceptance: Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun and theAcadémie Royale. Texas Christian University, 2008.