Souvenirs (memoirs)

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*Souvenirs* is the multi-volume memoir of celebrated French portraitist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, offering detailed recollections of her life, artistic career, and encounters with European high society before and after the French Revolution.

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instanceOf autobiographical work
memoir
about cultural life of pre-revolutionary France
exile and travel of Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
history of portrait painting in late 18th century Europe
author Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun
surface form: Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
contains anecdotes about royal courts
reflections on art and aesthetics
travel narratives across Europe
countryOfOrigin France
describes encounters with European aristocracy
encounters with royal patrons
impact of the French Revolution on artists
social life of European high society
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun’s artistic training
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun’s portrait commissions
genre autobiography
memoir
hasAuthorNationality French
hasAuthorOccupation portrait painter
hasPerspective artist’s viewpoint
personal recollections
literaryForm first-person narrative
literaryTradition artist’s memoir
mainSubject European high society
French Revolution
artistic career of Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
life of Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
narrativeLocation France
various European courts
notableFor detailed recollections of European high society
firsthand account of the French Revolution’s social effects
insight into the career of a celebrated French portraitist
numberOfVolumes multiple volumes
originalLanguage French
relatedWorkOfArt portraits by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
timePeriodDescribed 18th century
French Revolution era
post–French Revolution period

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Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun wrote Souvenirs (memoirs)