biography
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Labille-Guiard, Adélaïde
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pronunciation:
[labeey gweeyah(r)]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1749–1803)
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| biography:
| Portrait painter in oil and pastels, born in Paris, France. She was elected to the Academy in 1783, with her rival Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun. Working in oils and pastels, Labille-Guiard had a successful career as official portrait painter during the Revolution, and was a committed teacher of other female artists. In 1793 her ‘Reception of a Knight of St Lazare’ was ordered to be destroyed because it contained a portrait of Louis XVI's brother, effectively ending her career as a historical painter. |
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