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- Remembered primarily as a history painter, Kauffman was a skilled portraitist, landscape and decoration painter. She was, along with Mary Moser, one of two female painters among the founding members of the Royal Academy in London in 1768.
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Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann RA (/ ˈ k aʊ f m ə n / KOWF-mən; 30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, [a] was a Swiss Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome.
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- The Legacy of Angelica Kauffman
Angelica Kauffman, christened Maria Anna Angelika Catharina Kauffmann, was born October 30, 1741 in Switzerland. Her parents were painter Johann Josef Kauffman and Cleophea, née Luz, who came from a noble family. Kauffman would inhabit and glean the best parts from both of her parents' respective worlds in order to form her own identity. As such sh...
Johann Kauffman was instrumental in his daughter's early training. Upon the death of Cleophea in 1757, father and daughter moved to her father's birthplace in Schwarzenberg, Austria. Kauffman assisted her father in completing a fresco painting of the Twelve Apostles for a parish church in Schwarzenberg - a rare and exciting opportunity for a girl h...
During Kauffman's travels in Italy she made an important contact. In October 1765 she met Lady Bridget Wentworth Murray, wife of an English envoy, in Venice who persuaded her to travel back to London with her. Kauffman arrived in the capital in 1766 and was to remain there for the next fifteen years of her life. Almost as soon as she had arrived sh...
Following her second marriage Kauffman returned to Italy, settling in Rome with Zucchi in 1782. Although she had enjoyed her 15-year stay in Britain, Kauffman felt that history painting was held in much better esteem on the continent and as such it was easier for her to build a good client base and receive regular commissions if she moved there. As...
Often described as ''a pioneer'' Angelica Kauffman took everywhere that she went by storm and has a long-lasting legacy. During her lifetime she was one of the highest paid and most sought after portrait artists, second only to her great friend and colleague, Sir Joshua Reynolds. Her skill and dedication to painting was phenomenal and unfailing and...
- Swiss
- October 30, 1741
- Chur, Switzerland
- November 5, 1807
Mar 1, 2021 · As famous for her charm as she was for her artistic gifts, she became a fashionable portraitist for British tourists in Rome – then the centre of the Western art world – and became best friends with Joshua Reynolds (they painted each other's portraits). Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792), PRA 1767.
Jan 24, 2024 · Follow Angelica Kauffman from child prodigy to one of Europe's most sought-after painters in our major exhibition. Book now. Meet Angelica Kauffman, founding member of the Royal Academy and one of the most celebrated artists of her day.
Jun 30, 2024 · Known for her celebrity portraits and pioneering history paintings, Angelica Kauffman helped to shape the direction of European art. She painted some of the most influential figures of her day – queens, countesses, actors and socialites – and she reinvented the genre of history painting by focusing largely on female protagonists from ...
Apr 4, 2024 · Angelica Kauffman: a young painter in Italy who was coming to England. Prodigiously talented, it was said. She was Swiss, apparently, though some said Austrian. She spoke at least four languages. She had studied in the galleries of Milan, and Bologna, and Rome.
Feb 28, 2024 · Angelica Kauffman was a boundary breaker and brilliant social networker. As a new exhibition of her works opens at London’s Royal Academy, curator Annette Wickham reveals seven must-know facts about her.
