Vigee LeBrun
 

Can anyone help? I just love Vigee LeBrun's portrait of Countess de Grammont-Caderousse. She has a large straw hat with a veil underneath and she is holding a basket of ivy and fruit. I would like to copy this. Does anyone know where I could get a copy of this portrait that would not make me blind trying to see it?

I have looked on Art Renewal Centers web site because I know you can buy posters there, but unfortunately she is not listed as one of the artists.

This link gives you all of the many paintings of Vigee LeBrun. Maybe you can find it here: http://www.batguano.com/Vigeegallery.html

I'm amazed by her output. She makes me feel lazy. :( I took a stroll during lunch to see her work at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. What great work! I did a search on the internet and couldn't find a high resolution image. Maybe try a poster retailer? Good luck in finding an image and the work itself. Hope you post it when complete.

Thanks, Mike and Gene.

I found the batguano.com files, Mike, but I was looking for posters or a better image to work from. Can you imagine doing this much work and lugging kids around with you AND having to dodge the French Revolution! What a woman.

Lance Armstrong, who just won the Tour de France for the fourth consecutive time, said something interesting in his book, "It's not about the Bike, My Journey Back to Life" - to paraphrase - "What freaks us out is that we haven't yet begun to tap into human potential. We don't yet know what we are capable of as humans."

For those of you who don't know his story, it's a great read about a guy who was a pro cyclist, was diagnosed with testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs and his brain, and who won the battle with cancer and then went on to win what is arguably the most grueling sports event on the planet, the Tour.

As I just looked at a painting on this forum by William Whitaker, I know we are capable of unimaginable things.

Mari,

Your post reminded me of something I experienced three years ago. I attended a week-long watercolor workshop and met an amazing woman. She was in her thirties and learning how to paint. Her name is Gail and she had suffered what I think would have conquered most people. She had suffered a particularly deadly form of viral pneumonia of which the after-effects are gangrene. She had both arms and legs amputated to save her life from the deadly disease. After recovering from this she discovered she had breast cancer and survived that along with chemo.

She was totally unassuming, drove her own truck, carried all of her own supplies on field trips and also had a full time job. Her husband had abandoned her after this terrible tragedy because he could not deal with it. She forgave him. She also liked to make and serve coffee for the group in the afternoon. The instructor Judi Betts was so impressed with her, she asked her if she would be willing to share with other handicapped people who would like to study art.

Her love of painting was so genuine and meant so much to her. Last year I saw an article in the paper announcing the opening of her show at a gallery. She is doing just fine.

Duchesse de Caderousse
 

Hi,

The painting is owned by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City Missouri. They have the painting on their website under collections, European Art before 1900. http://www.nelson-atkins.org/collect...n/european.htm

The image is a little small but I'm sure that they must have a print or poster of this painting for sale at their gift shop.

Thanks so much Angela, I will take a look see.