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Discover the story of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard - a long-ignored artist and feminist of eighteenth-century France - in this imaginative and illuminating biography from an award-winning writer.. Born in Paris in 1749, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard rose from shopkeeper's daughter to an official portraitist of the royal court - only to have her achievements reduced to ash by the French Revolution. While she defied societal barriers to become a member of the exclusive Académie Royale and a mentor for other ambitious women painters, she left behind few writings, and her legacy was long overshadowed by celebrated portraitist and memoirist Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun.. But Adélaïde Labille-Guiard's story lives on. In this engaging biography, Bridget Quinn applies her insightful interpretation of art history to Labille-Guiard's life.
About the Author
BRIDGET QUINN is author of She Votes: How U.S. Women Won Suffrage, and What Happened Next, and the award-winning Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art and Made History (in That Order) , an Amazon pick for Best Art & Photography Books 2017 and a 2018 Amelia Bloomer Book List selection of recommended feminist literature by the American Library Association. A graduate of New York University's Institute of Fine Arts and a regular contributor to online arts magazine Hyperallergic, Quinn is a sought-after speaker on women and art. She's an avid sports enthusiast and Iron(wo) man triathlete, and her Narrative magazine essay "At Swim, Two Girls" was included in The Best American Sports Writing 2013. She lives in San Francisco with her family.
