ELISABETH VIGÉE LE BRUN ✨ NG200 NATIONAL GALLERY ART HISTORY VIDEO ✨HISTORYWITHMEGS скачать в хорошем качестве

ELISABETH VIGÉE LE BRUN ✨ NG200 NATIONAL GALLERY ART HISTORY VIDEO ✨HISTORYWITHMEGS

#AD This is an art history post that I am beyond excited to share! Recently I was granted special access to the National Gallery where I delved into the work of an incredible woman from history, Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. ✨ Elisabeth was one of the most important painters in 18th century Europe and a pioneer for women artists during this period. ✨ The beautiful portrait featured in the video is held in the National Gallery is a signed copy by Elisabeth of her famous ‘self portrait in a straw hat’ c.1782. ✨ In this painting Elisabeth gazes directly at the viewer in a pose that imitates that of the sitter in Rubens’s famous ‘Portrait of Susanna Lunden (?)’. Elisabeth had viewed this artwork for herself when visiting Antwerp and in her own piece she deliberately aligns her work with Rubens. ✨ Here she asserts the duality and complexity of her identity in this unapologetic portrayal of herself as both a fashionable society lady and an accomplished artist, akin to the likes of cultural greats such as Rubens. ✨ Elisabeth did indeed enjoy great success during her lifetime; in 1774 she became a member of the Académie de St-Luc and in 1783 she became a member of the French academy, one of only four women to do so in the 18th century. ✨ Before the revolution she was patronised by the French Queen, and it was also Elisabeth who painted the notorious and scandalous portrait of Marie Antoinette in a Muslin Dress in 1783. ✨ Elisabeth was comfortable with pushing artistic boundaries though, particularly in regards to asserting female agency in male dominated spaces. In her own self portrait here, she is shown as the confident creator of her own identity, boldly smiling at whoever looks her way. ✨ Far from simply objects of shallow admiration, Elisabeth depicts the women and girls in her works as living, thinking, humans, far more than muses. ✨ #NG200 #200creators #nationalgallery #nationalgallerylondon #arthistory #womenshistory #socialhistory #historyblog #historyblogger