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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 246406, member: 2844"]Angelica Kauffmann was very famous, but by no means Victorian.</p><p>She was Swiss, born in Chur (eastern Switzerland) in 1741 and died in Rome, Italy in 1807. She was very much an 18th century artist, and a famous painter in a period when there were very few women artists.</p><p>She was well known throughout Europe and traveled and worked in various countries, including Britain. She is still one of the foremost portrait painters of art history.</p><p>Her paintings are attractive not just because of the artistry, but also because she knew how to paint the psyche of the sitter. Her people are real people, in spite of the romantic setting. That is why her paintings are often used for porcelain transfers, etc.</p><p>And for fan lovers, she also painted some beautiful fan leaves, although most Angelica Kauffmann fan paintings are 'after Angelica Kauffmann'.</p><p>This is her self portrait:</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Angelica_Kauffmann_006.jpg/800px-Angelica_Kauffmann_006.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 246406, member: 2844"]Angelica Kauffmann was very famous, but by no means Victorian. She was Swiss, born in Chur (eastern Switzerland) in 1741 and died in Rome, Italy in 1807. She was very much an 18th century artist, and a famous painter in a period when there were very few women artists. She was well known throughout Europe and traveled and worked in various countries, including Britain. She is still one of the foremost portrait painters of art history. Her paintings are attractive not just because of the artistry, but also because she knew how to paint the psyche of the sitter. Her people are real people, in spite of the romantic setting. That is why her paintings are often used for porcelain transfers, etc. And for fan lovers, she also painted some beautiful fan leaves, although most Angelica Kauffmann fan paintings are 'after Angelica Kauffmann'. This is her self portrait: [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Angelica_Kauffmann_006.jpg/800px-Angelica_Kauffmann_006.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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