Louis Vigée
French painter
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Born | 2 February 1715 |
Died | 9 May 1767 (52 years) |
Nationality | French |
Children | Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun Étienne Vigée |
Relatives | Julie Le Brun (granddaughter) |
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Louis Vigée (2 February 1715 – 9 May 1767) was a French portraitist, fan painter, artist in pastels and a member of the Académie de Saint-Luc.
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In 1750, he married Jeanne Vigeé (1728–1800). In 1755, Jeanne gave birth to their first child Élisabeth Louise Vigée (1755–1842), whom became a painter, and in 1758, Jeanne gave birth to their second child Étienne Vigée (1758–1820), whom became a playwright and man of letters.
External links
- http://www.artnet.com/artist/644753/louis-vigee.html
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- Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat (c. 1782)
- Marie Antoinette with a Rose (1783)
- Madame Grand (1783)
- Marie Antoinette and Her Children (1787)
- Portrait of Muhammad Dervish Khan (1788)
- Comtesse de la Châtre (1789)
- Portrait of Countess Yekaterina Skavronskaya (1790)
- Portrait of Princess Maria Christina (c. 1790)
- Portrait of Countess Yekaterina von Engelhardt (1796)
- The Interior of an Atelier of a Woman Painter (Lemoine)
- Julie Le Brun (daughter)
- Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Lebrun (husband)
- Louis Vigeé (father)
- Étienne Vigée (brother)
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