Angelica Kauffman

The Royal Academy fetes a founding female member, one of the most celebrated painters of the 18th century. Internationally renowned, highly educated and very well connected, Angelica Kauffman (1741?1807) led a brilliant career as a pioneering history painter, an innovative portraitist and one of only two women among the founding membership of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1768. 'The whole World is angelicamad' ? thus a Danish diplomat described the effect of her art and personality during her lifetime. Kauffman was admired by Goethe and Herder, and her clients included queens and emperors from across the continent. Her extraordinary life and work are beautifully presented in this handsome volume, which contains her finest paintings and drawings. AUTHORS: Bettina Baumgärtel, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf. Annette Wickham, Royal Academy of Arts, London. SELLING POINTS: . Born in Switzerland, and later living in London and Rome, Angelica Kauffman was a Neoclassical painter and one of only two women to be elected a founding member of the Royal Academy. Kauffman is considered to be one of the most influential female painters of her time. . This hardcover book, with a stunning full-bleed cover, features Angelica Kauffman's finest drawings and paintings, and celebrates her life as a pioneering painter and well-connected personality. . Accompanies a major exhibition of Kauffman's work at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, March?June 2024. 60 colour illustrations