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Memoirs (Hardcover)
Louise-Elisabeth Vig ee-Lebrun
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R1,293
Discovery Miles 12 930
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The most accomplished female painter of her age, Elisabeth
Vigee-Lebrun (1755-1842) is best remembered for her many portraits
of Queen Marie Antoinette of France. Her two-volume autobiography
was published in France in 1835-7, and this English version (of
which the translator is unknown) in 1879. It begins with a series
of ten letters to a Russian friend, Princess Kourakin, describing
her family and early life, her artistic training, and her rise to
the position of portraitist to the queen. The letters end with the
Revolution and Vigee-Lebrun's flight abroad: the 'souvenirs' which
follow describe her years of exile and her eventual return to
France. Throughout her life, she supported herself and her family
by her painting. Volume 1 ends with her staying in Austria, after a
tour of the cities of Italy, during which she studied art as well
as participating in the life of high society.
The most accomplished female painter of her age, Elisabeth
Vigee-Lebrun (1755-1842) is best remembered for her many portraits
of Queen Marie Antoinette of France. Her two-volume autobiography
was published in France in 1835-7, and this English version (of
which the translator is unknown) in 1879. It begins with a series
of letters to a Russian friend, Princess Kourakin, describing her
family and early life, her artistic training, and her rise to the
position of portraitist to the queen. The letters end with the
Revolution and Vigee-Lebrun's flight abroad: the 'souvenirs' which
follow describe her years of exile and her eventual return to
France. Throughout her life, she supported herself and her family
by her painting. Volume 2 recounts her extended stay in Russia,
where she painted many of the aristocracy, a brief return to Paris,
a visit to England, and her final return to France.
Cette uvre (edition relie) fait partie de la serie TREDITION
CLASSICS. La maison d'edition tredition, basee a Hambourg, a publie
dans la serie TREDITION CLASSICS des ouvrages anciens de plus de
deux millenaires. Ils etaient pour la plupart epuises ou uniquement
disponible chez les bouquinistes. La serie est destinee a preserver
la litterature et a promouvoir la culture. Avec sa serie TREDITION
CLASSICS, tredition a comme but de mettre a disposition des
milliers de classiques de la litterature mondiale dans differentes
langues et de les diffuser dans le monde entier.
Cette uvre (edition relie) fait partie de la serie TREDITION
CLASSICS. La maison d'edition tredition, basee a Hambourg, a publie
dans la serie TREDITION CLASSICS des ouvrages anciens de plus de
deux millenaires. Ils etaient pour la plupart epuises ou uniquement
disponible chez les bouquinistes. La serie est destinee a preserver
la litterature et a promouvoir la culture. Avec sa serie TREDITION
CLASSICS, tredition a comme but de mettre a disposition des
milliers de classiques de la litterature mondiale dans differentes
langues et de les diffuser dans le monde entier.
Cette uvre (edition relie) fait partie de la serie TREDITION
CLASSICS. La maison d'edition tredition, basee a Hambourg, a publie
dans la serie TREDITION CLASSICS des ouvrages anciens de plus de
deux millenaires. Ils etaient pour la plupart epuises ou uniquement
disponible chez les bouquinistes. La serie est destinee a preserver
la litterature et a promouvoir la culture. Avec sa serie TREDITION
CLASSICS, tredition a comme but de mettre a disposition des
milliers de classiques de la litterature mondiale dans differentes
langues et de les diffuser dans le monde entier.
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Memoirs (Paperback)
Louise-Elisabeth Vig ee-Lebrun
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R854
Discovery Miles 8 540
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
Cette uvre fait partie de la serie TREDITION CLASSICS. La maison
d'edition tredition, basee a Hambourg, a publie dans la serie
TREDITION CLASSICS des ouvrages anciens de plus de deux
millenaires. Ils etaient pour la plupart epuises ou unique-ment
disponible chez les bouquinistes. La serie est destinee a preserver
la litterature et a promouvoir la culture. Avec sa serie TREDITION
CLASSICS, tredition a comme but de mettre a disposition des
milliers de classiques de la litterature mondiale dans differentes
langues et de les diffuser dans le monde entier.
Cette uvre fait partie de la serie TREDITION CLASSICS. La maison
d'edition tredition, basee a Hambourg, a publie dans la serie
TREDITION CLASSICS des ouvrages anciens de plus de deux
millenaires. Ils etaient pour la plupart epuises ou unique-ment
disponible chez les bouquinistes. La serie est destinee a preserver
la litterature et a promouvoir la culture. Avec sa serie TREDITION
CLASSICS, tredition a comme but de mettre a disposition des
milliers de classiques de la litterature mondiale dans differentes
langues et de les diffuser dans le monde entier.
Cette uvre fait partie de la serie TREDITION CLASSICS. La maison
d'edition tredition, basee a Hambourg, a publie dans la serie
TREDITION CLASSICS des ouvrages anciens de plus de deux
millenaires. Ils etaient pour la plupart epuises ou unique-ment
disponible chez les bouquinistes. La serie est destinee a preserver
la litterature et a promouvoir la culture. Avec sa serie TREDITION
CLASSICS, tredition a comme but de mettre a disposition des
milliers de classiques de la litterature mondiale dans differentes
langues et de les diffuser dans le monde entier.
Premier volume des Memoires de Louise-Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
(1755-1842), portraitiste francaise consideree comme l'egale de
Quentin de La Tour et Jean-Baptiste Greuze. Peintre officielle de
la reine et de la famille royale, les annees d'exil succedent au
succes fulgurant de ses debuts mais son talent et sa celebrite lui
ouvriront les portes de toutes les cours d'Europe et de Russie.
Temoin privilegiee du regne de Louis XVI, de la Revolution
francaise, de l'Empire, ecrivain de talent, elle fait revivre dans
ses lettres et dans ses portraits l'epoque et ses bouleversements,
les changements profonds qui altererent sa vie. " Je vous parlerai
d'abord, chere amie, de mes premieres annees, parce qu'elles ont
ete le presage de toute ma vie, puisque mon amour pour la peinture
s'est manifeste des mon enfance. Je me souviens qu'a l'age de sept
ou huit ans, je dessinai a la lampe un homme a barbe, que j'ai
toujours garde. Je le fis voir a mon pere qui s'ecria transporte de
joie: Tu seras peintre, mon enfant, ou jamais il n'en sera. "
Edition annotee et illustree (couleur) avec biographie de
l'auteure.
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