Marguerite Gérard : 1761-1837 / Carole Blumenfeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blumenfeld, Carole, author.

Contributor:

Mellor, Barbara, translator.

Hyde, Melissa, writer of preface.

Gérard, Marguerite, 1761-1837.

National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.), sponsor.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Gérard, Marguerite, 1761-1837--Criticism and interpretation.

Gérard, Marguerite.

Gérard, Marguerite, 1761-1837--Catalogues raisonnés.

Gérard, Marguerite, 1761-1837.

Painting, French--18th century.

Painting, French.

Painting, French--19th century.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Catalogues raisonnés.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

277 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreuil : Éditions Gourcuff Gradenigo, [2019]

Language Note:

Appendices in French.

Summary:

"One of the most accomplished and interesting artists of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Marguerite Gérard has been unjustly neglected by art historians, who have tended to view her merely as the sister-in-law and pupil of the more illustrious Fragonard. This monograph traces the exceptional life of an independent woman who forged an outstanding career for herself. Choosing to follow a professional path that was resolutely opposed to those of her predecessors Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun and Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, both Academicians, Gérard displayed a unique awareness of the potential offered by intimist portraits and scenes from daily life for engagement in public debate. The commitment to female emancipation that is evident in her work makes her one of the most astute contemporary guides to the radical changes in French political, social and cultural life and attitudes from the end of Louis XVI's reign to the July Monarchy. The first work to be dedicated exclusively to Marguerite Gérard, this volume presents a complete catalogue raisonné of her paintings, supported by numerous hitherto unpublished documentary sources, and introduced by a penetrating and detailed analysis of the development of her remarkable career." Publisher

Contents:

Preface / Melissa Hyde

Determined to make her own good fortune

Fragonard's "interesting student"

Subjects in tune with the culture of the 1780s

Portraitist, patriot, and provençale

"Love, friendship, nature, all are there"

Liberty and the women of France

Nostalgia for paradise lost

The only female artist never to exhibit a self-portrait

Catalogue raisonné

Appendices

Chronology and principal events in the life of Marguerite Gérard

Sources and bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Translated from the French by Barbara Mellor.

Contains bibliographical references (pages 264-273) and index.

"The translation and distribution of this book in the United States have been made possible by the Suzanne and James Mellor Prize awarded by the National Museum of Women in the Arts"--Acknowledgments.

Related Work:

Gérard, Marguerite, 1761-1837. Works.

ISBN:

9782353402731

2353402739

9782353402724

2353402720

OCLC:

1079183982