Memoirs of Madame Vigee Lebrun - Hardcover

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9780807612217: Memoirs of Madame Vigee Lebrun

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807612219 ISBN 13: 9780807612217

Publisher: George Braziller, 1989

Traces the life of the eighteenth century French artist and describes her friendships with the leading intellectuals of the day

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Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

From Library Journal:

Unfortunately, this is but a reprint of the 1903 abridged, translated version of Vigee Lebrun's Souvenirs de Madame Vigee Le Brun . This first-hand account, written late in life, appeared in three volumes, the first in 1835, the others in 1837. Lebrun was a fine artist primarily known as painter to Marie Antoinette and for having been elected to the French Academy. Thus, her Souvenirs were reprinted, in two volumes, in 1869. The edition under review cuts corners to reprint instead the stilted and even silly version prepared for the English-speaking audience, which came out as one volume bearing more illustrations than this 1989 book. Acquire instead Joseph Baillio's outstanding Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun (Univ. of Washington Pr., 1983).
- Mary Hamel-Schwulst, Goucher Coll., Towson, Md.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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