Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
Great Artists
Online Lecture
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Lecturer: Dr Sophie Oosterwijk
Date: Saturday 12 October, 2024
Duration: 1 hour
Start Time: 4.00pm AEDT | 3.00pm QLD | 3.30pm SA | 1.00pm WA | 6.00pm NZST
Price: $25 AUD
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Overview
By the tender age of fifteen, the extraordinarily talented artist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was already earning enough money from her portrait painting to support not only herself, but her whole family.
Born in Paris in 1755, at a time when very few women became respected professional artists, Le Brun was appointed the official artist of Marie Antoinette in 1788, and thereafter the French Queen was not only a patron, but also a close confidante.
Forced to flee Paris following the outbreak of the French revolution, Le Brun thrived in exile, where she was handsomely paid to produce portraits of the most celebrated residents of Rome, Vienna, Moscow and Berlin.
Join art historian Dr Sophie Oosterwijk for a look at the dramatic life of one of Europe's most celebrated society portrait painters, as well as her luminous Neoclassical artworks.
Your Expert lecturer
Dr Sophie Oosterwijk is a Dutch art historian who has lived and worked in the UK for over 20 years. She specialises in Medieval, Flemish and Dutch art and has led and designed tours to Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Spain and the United Kingdom since 1994.
Sophie holds an MA and PhD in English literature from Leiden University, an MA in Medieval Studies from the University of York, and a PhD in Art History from the University of Leicester. She has taught at the universities of Leicester, Manchester and St Andrews, and is a regular guest lecturer in Continuing Education for the University of Cambridge.
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