Anne Vallayer-Coster - Hardcover

Name: Anne Vallayer-Coster - Hardcover
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SKU: 9798887120102
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by Kelsey Brosnan

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Book Overview

The first English-language monograph on Vallayer-Coster in two decades offers a renewed feminist lens on one of eighteenth-century France's most celebrated painters.

Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818) was a renowned French still-life painter who earned the patronage of Queen Marie Antoinette. She began her career as one of just four female artists admitted to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in the late eighteenth century before making her debut at the Paris Salon. Vallayer-Coster's still lifes, which depicted a wide range of objects, including food, guns, game, shells, and flowers, captivated critics. Her talent ultimately won her commissions from the French royal family and her very own studio at the Louvre.

In this book, the first English-language monograph dedicated to Vallayer-Coster in over twenty years, author Kelsey Brosnan closely examines the artist's still-life paintings. Brosnan's analysis provides a fresh feminist reevaluation of Vallayer-Coster, situating her alongside contemporaries such as Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, and Jean-Siméon Chardin. Anne Vallayer-Coster is an astute, accessible introduction to the artist that offers a new framework for experiencing the visceral qualities of her paintings.

ISBN	9798887120102
Author	Kelsey Brosnan
Publisher	Getty Publications
Genre	Arts
Format	Hardcover
Published	April 2026
Language	ENG- English
Pages	152
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print

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