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The Pastel Portrait Delights of Rosalba Carriera
European Art

The Pastel Portrait Delights of Rosalba Carriera

March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 A Scholarly SkaterLeave a comment

I feel like I'm seeing Rosalba Carriera everywhere these days, and now I'm fully on the bandwagon. Learn about the "Queen of Pastel", her innovation in portraiture, and her distinctly feminine take on 18th-century pin-ups.

Flora Whitney by Cecilia Beaux My Two Pieces About Female Artists Published by Daily Art
American Art · European Art

My Two Pieces About Female Artists Published by Daily Art

January 10, 2018March 2, 2020 A Scholarly SkaterLeave a comment

My articles about Cecilia Beaux and Anna Dorothea Therbusch, two successful female portrait painters, have been recently published by Daily Art.

Elizabeth Vigee Le Brun at the Met Elizabeth Vigée Le Brun at the Met
European Art · Exhibitions

Elizabeth Vigée Le Brun at the Met

April 19, 2016March 2, 2020 A Scholarly Skater2 Comments

My experience at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's major 2016 exhibition of works by Elizabeth Vigée Le Brun. Vigée Le Brun French Neoclassical and Rococo portrait painter and one of the first women to succeed as a professional portrait painter on a grand scale.

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