Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
- 1755–1842
- 18th–19th century
- France
- Rococo
Vigée Le Brun paints charm with a straight face — fresh, smiling sitters, powdered hair and straw hats, warm skin against loose Neoclassical dress, and many self-portraits.
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842) was a painter from France, associated with Rococo.
An ornate 18th-century style of pastel colour, feathery brushwork, and playful, sensual lightness. Rococo →
More Rococo painters: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, François Boucher, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, William Hogarth.
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