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Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
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This striking self-portrait with painter's palette is one of a number executed by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun. A brilliant artist, she lived in a period restrictive for women. Her strong will enabled her to strike a sometimes precarious balance between the demands of her work and society. Despite all she lived to carve out a long, successful career.
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Students will be introduced to the remarkable parallels and meaningful connections between self-portraits and autobiographies through a self-portrait and memoirs of artist Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun. Then they will write autobiographical poems both as a class and individually.
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It turns out Yale University press has just come out with a book on this fascinating artist: Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun - The Odyssey of an Artist in an Age of Revolution. Here is the book description from Amazon:
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The props are allegorical, the laurel wreath representing peace and - in its heart shape - romantic love, perhaps a symbol for Elisabeth of a hoped-for truce between the two and her wish for Julie's happiness. Painted the year before Julie's marriage, it was the last one she made of her daughter.
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