Angelica Kauffmann
Also known as A. Kauffmaun, A. Kauffmann, Maria Anna Angelica Catharina Kaufmann, Anjelica Kauffman, Angelique Kauffman, A. Kauffman, Maria Anna Angelica Catherina Kauffman, Maria Angelica Kaufmann Zucchi
Swiss artist (1741–1807)
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Angelica Kauffmann was a Swiss painter who lived from 1741 to 1807 and became one of the most successful and respected artists of her time. She matters because she was a rare example of a woman achieving prominence and recognition in the European art world during an era when few women had such opportunities.
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- Born
- 1741
- Died
- 1807
- Works
- 27
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- Pädagogische Ideen
- Angelica Kauffman in British collections
- Angelika Kauffmann, 1741-1807
- Angelika Kauffmann, Heldinnen
- Anmut und Aufklärung
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Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann (/ˈkaʊfmən/ KOWF-mən; 30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. 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 of Art in London in 1768.
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1741 births1807 deaths18th-century British painters18th-century British women artists18th-century British women painters18th-century Roman Catholics18th-century Swiss painters18th-century Swiss women artists18th-century women painters19th-century British painters19th-century British women painters19th-century Roman Catholics