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The latter half of the 18th century continued to see French preeminence in Europe, particularly through the arts and sciences, and the French language was the lingua franca of the European courts. The French academic system continued to produce artists, but some, like Jean-Honoré Fragonard and Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin , explored new and ...
Furthermore, art historian Anne Higonnet argued in 2011 that the work is a self-portrait. [6] Villers exhibited Study of a young woman sitting on a window and two other works at the Salon of 1801, followed at the Salon of 1802 by a genre painting entitled A child in its cradle and A Study of a Woman from Nature. [7]
In the mid-18th century, it was problematic for female artists to exhibit their work; the prestigious Académie Royale seldom admitted work created by women. [3] Therefore, many women sought exhibition opportunities at the Académie de Saint-Luc , which was more welcoming, counting 130 women among its 4,500 artist-members. [ 3 ]
In the late 18th century Joseph Strutt wrote of her prints: If they be not executed with that precision and neatness, which are found in the best French masters, they possess such beauties as overbalance all defects of that nature. The naked parts of the figures are exceedingly well-drawn; and the characters of the heads are finely expressed.
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Most of the 18th-century portraits occupy a placid middle ground between the styles of the two dominant male artists of the time, Thomas Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds, typified by Katherine ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:18th-century French artists. It includes French artists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. See also: Category:18th-century French male artists