Angelica Kauffmann
1741 – 1807 · aged 66
Swiss artist (1741–1807)
- Born
- 30 Oct 1741 · Chur
- Died
- 5 Nov 1807 · Rome
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- 30 Oct 1741BornBorn in Chur
- 5 Nov 1807DiedDied in Rome
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- 1756 – 1763Seven Years' War
- c. 1760 – 1840Industrial Revolution
- 1765 – 1783American Revolution
- 1789 – 1799French Revolution
Biography
Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann ( 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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