Vigee Le Brun

Question 1

Parker and Pollock on Le Brun’s self portrait
Old mistress: women, art and ideology
1981

Answer 1

She offers herself as a beautiful object to be looked at, enjoyed and admired, but conveys nothing of the activity, the work, the mindfulness of the art that she purports to pursue

Question 2

What inspired her straw hat self portrait

Answer 2

Le chapeau de paille- Peter Paul Rubens

Question 3

WHAT did le brun love about the Rubens painting

Answer 3

The “two different light sources, simple daylight and the bright light of the sun” according to her memoirs

Question 4

Gill perry “gender and art” 1999 on vigee straw hat portrait and the paintbrushes featured

Answer 4

You could say that they serve to show not just that she paints but that she is responsible for this very work. This is emphasised by the way that the colours on the brushes in her hand echo the colours elsewhere in the painting with the blue brush, in particular picking up the bright colour of the sky behind her

Question 5

Who’s idea was it for Marie to be depicted con niños

Answer 5

Commissioned by the Batiments de Roi

Question 6

Whose dress is MARIE wearing

Answer 6

THE red one of Queen Marie Lesczynskd who was loved for her generosity and piety

Question 7

What was the biggest painting vigee undertook

Answer 7

Portrait of Marie Antoinette with her children

Question 8

Date of “portrait of Marie Antoinette with her children”

Answer 8

1787