This is Self-Portrait With Two Pupils by Adelaide Labille-Guiard. I picked this painting out of the book because it represents best what I admire so much about paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries. I love the skill artists had then with portraying light and shadow, textures and faces although they may be somewhat idealized.Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Self-portrait
This is Self-Portrait With Two Pupils by Adelaide Labille-Guiard. I picked this painting out of the book because it represents best what I admire so much about paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries. I love the skill artists had then with portraying light and shadow, textures and faces although they may be somewhat idealized.
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Hi Denise,
ReplyDeleteYou seldom see female painters. As stated in the book she successfully petitioned to end the restriction on women. So are there other women painters of that time if she was successful? Have to wonder.
Chris
Hi Denise,
ReplyDeleteI really like this painting. There is so much detail in it. The fabric of their dresses looks so real. And the fact that it was painted by a woman way back then makes it even more amazing.
-Joanna