Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

French painter

Died when: 54 years 13 days (648 months)
Star Sign: Aries

 

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (née Labille; 11 April 1749 – 24 April 1803), also known as Adélaïde Labille-Guiard des Vertus, was a French miniaturist and portrait painter.

She was an advocate for women to receive the same opportunities as men to become great painters.Labille-Guiard was one of the first women to become a member of the Royal Academy and was the first female artist to receive permission to set up a studio for her students at the Louvre.

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