New exhibition at Grand Palais : the painter E.L. Vigée Le Brun

New exhibition at Grand Palais : the painter E.L. Vigée Le Brun

This first retrospective devoted to the works of Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun presents an artist whose life stretched from the reign of Louis XV to that of Louis-Philippe (one of the most eventful and turbulent periods in European and above all French history of modern times).

Self-portraits by Vigée Le Brun abound: paintings, pastels and drawings that elegantly associate feminine grace and pride. With the Ancien Régime and its School of Fine Arts coming to an end, she supplanted most of her rival portrait artists.

At Grand Palais: from 23 September 2015 to 11 January 2016