During a recent trip to the Met (thanks to Susan & VVE!), we wandered through the European portrait gallery and found so much colour inspiration there.
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| Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Self-portrait with two pupils, 1785 |
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| Olive and sky blue kitchen |
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| Robert Allen Alepy, Crystal |
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| Robert Allen Adrasteia - Patchouli |
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| Robert Allen Vintage Plumes - Jade |
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard was a French miniaturist who lived from 1749 to 1803. She was made a member of the
Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1783 along with three other women, which created a stir among the
male members, divorced her first husband in 1793, got "artist's lodgings" in the Louvre (imagine!) and then married her painting teacher, François-André Vincent. All the while somehow supporting the Revolution but accepting commissions from the royal family.....
A film script waiting to be written, I think.
