Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
(2) Adélaïde Labille-Guiard was born on April 11, 1749 in Paris. She was the daughter of a French haberdasher, Claude Labille. When she was 14, she studied under the miniature painter, François-Elie Vincent, whose studio happened to be next door to her father’s shop. In 1769, Adélaïde married a financial clerk, Louis-Nicolas Guiard, and in that same year, became a member of the Académie de St Luc. Between 1769 and 1774, she studied the technique of pastel. In 1777, she apprenticed under François-André Vincent and began to learn oil painting, a medium that she had mastered by 1780. In 1783, she was admitted to the Académie Royale. Not long after, the Académie began limiting its number of female students and Labile-Guiard campaigned against this and protested against limiting the privilege
s open to a woman. In 1787, she painted many portraits for Louis XVI’s aunts. The following year, she was commissioned by the future Louis XVIII to create her first large-scale history piece. She worked on this painting for two years and, in 1793, revolutionaries destroyed it. She never again commenced a project of such significance and enormity. In 1800, she married François-André Vincent and in 1803, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard died. (6) I believe that Adélaïde Labille-Guiard not only painted for herself, but also painted for all women. When researching about her, I found that she was very concerned with a woman’s privileges in society (esp. those in art) and she was also a very dedicated teacher. She strived to make a name for herself in a time when very few women were regarded as indiv
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