Louis Vigée
Louis Vigée | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 February 1715 |
| Died | 9 May 1767 (52 years) |
| Children | Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun Étienne Vigée |
| Relatives | Julie Le Brun (granddaughter) |
Louis Vigée (2 February 1715 – 9 May 1767) was a French portraitist.[1] He was also a fan painter, artist in pastels and a member of the Académie de Saint-Luc.
In 1750, he married Jeanne Maissin Vigée (1728–1800).[1] In 1755, Jeanne gave birth to their first child Élisabeth Louise Vigée (1755–1842), who became a painter and portraitist,[2][3] and in 1758, Jeanne gave birth to their second child Étienne Vigée (1758–1820),[4] whom became a playwright and man of letters.[5]
Gallery
Louis Vigée, Portrait of a young widowed woman
References
- 1 2 Jeffares, Neil (21 December 2024). "VIGÉE, Louis" (PDF). Dictionary of pastellists before 1800 (Online ed.).
- ↑ "Louis Vigee". Galerie Didier Aaron. 25 March 2026. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
- ↑ Le Ray, Gisèle (7 June 2022). "Être peintre : Elisabeth Vigée Lebrun (1)". Gallica (in French). Archived from the original on 5 December 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
- 1 2 Baillio, Joseph; Baetjer, Katharine; Lang, Paul (2016). Vigée Le Brun. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press, New Haven and London. ISBN 978-1-58839-581-8.
- ↑ "The Artist's Brother". Saint Louis Art Museum. Retrieved 28 June 2026.
- ↑ Hœfer, Jean-Chrétien-Ferdinand (1852). Nouvelle Biographie générale: Depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu’à nos jours (in French). Paris: Firmin-Didot. p. 138 – via Internet Archive.
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