Adelaide Labille-Guiard, Study of a Seated Woman Seen from Behind (Marie-Gabrielle Capet), 1789, @me
Adelaide Labille-Guiard, Study of a Seated Woman Seen from Behind (Marie-Gabrielle Capet), 1789, @metmuseumThis exquisite drawing is by one of the three women to be admitted into the Academie Royale in 1783. Adelaide Labille-Guiard’s work was so admired that some believed her oil paintings were painted by her lover. This delicate study contradicts the reference of her brushstrokes to being masculine. Labille-Guiard learned the art of pastel from the preeminent Maurice Quentin de la Tour. She was admitted into the Academie, without any royal patronage, at the same time as Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun who was the favorite portraitist of Marie-Antoinette. The Metropolitan Museum also has a large scale oil painting, Self Portrait with Two Pupils, which is one step away from being a history painting. Labielle-Guiard was a remarkable artist and woman who succeeded in a field that was one of the most competitive for men and almost impossible for women. -- source link
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