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Happy Birthday, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard!
Posted: April 11, 2017
Category: Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749–1803) was a celebrated female artist in 18th-century France. Labille-Guiard’s artistic career was hindered by the changes in power surrounding the French Revolution and was somewhat restricted due...
A light-skinned woman with grey hair stands in front of a dark landscape. She smiles slightly, wearing a blue dress with long sleeves, white lace, and a brown belt with a dark buckle. A large white feather perches on her blue hat, a gold earring hangs from her right ear.

The Legacy of Élisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun
Posted: March 17, 2016
Category: Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
Salon Style: French Portraits from the Collection presents portraiture by 18th-century French women artists, who struggled past a lack of training, negative opinion, and political turmoil to attain professional success.
A portrait of a light-skinned woman with powdered brown hair tucked under a white wrap with a golden border. She is wearing a blue jacket with a red sash tied around her waist.

Venetian Virtuoso: Rosalba Carriera
Posted: October 6, 2015
Category: Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
Born in Venice, Rosalba Carriera (1675–1757) was the daughter of a clerk and a lace-maker. Largely self-taught, she began her artistic career painting miniature portraits. Carriera employed ivory as the...
A woman with light-skin and brown hair stands slightly angled and stares straight out to the viewer. In her right hand, she holds an upward-pointing arrow and carries a quill of bows on her back. She wears light feathers in her hair and a delicate jeweled crown.

Art Fix Friday: September 25, 2015
Posted: September 25, 2015
Category: Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

Art Fix Friday: September 18, 2015
Posted: September 18, 2015
Category: Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

Art Fix Friday: September 11, 2015
Posted: September 11, 2015
Category: Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

Art Fix Friday: September 4, 2015
Posted: September 4, 2015
Category: Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

Royalists to Romantics: Spotlight on Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
Posted: April 10, 2012
Category: Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
In Royalists to Romantics: Woman Artists from the Louvre, Versailles, and Other French National Collections, 77 works by 35 artists display the talents of French Revolution-era women artists. Their paintings are windows into their...
View of a gallery space with red walls. A golden mirror with plenty of ornaments is hanging to the left, large historical portraits of women are hanging to the right.