One Painting, One Story
Vigée Le Brun’s ‘Self Portrait in a Straw Hat'
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'One Painting, One Story' is a new National Gallery book series that looks closely at some of our beloved paintings.
Continuing the popular series of events, artist and author Aliki Braine speaks to art writer, Lucy Davies about Vigée Le Brun’s ‘Self Portrait in a Straw Hat'.
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun is an icon. At 15 she was painting the aristocracy, in her 20s she was the favoured painter of Marie Antoinette, and by her 30s she was fleeing the French Revolution.
Her work ‘Self Portrait in a Straw Hat’ depicts her not just as a fashionable young woman but a professional – and talented – artist.
Listen to a live discussion that investigates the life of a woman well-recognised for her talent, yet buffeted by the changing politics of 18th and 19th-century Europe.
A copy of each book will be available to purchase at each event. Books are also available in our online shop.
This episode can be viewed online for those who would like to enjoy the event at home. For more information, please see here and below.
Your hosts
Lucy Davies is a journalist and the author of several books on women artists, most recently the Edwardian painter Mabel Nicholson.
Aliki Braine has an MFA from The Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford University, an MA from The Slade School of Fine Art, London and an MA from The Courtauld Institute of Art. Recent exhibitions include solo shows in Oxford, London, Birmingham, Vienna, Madrid and Paris. Her work is featured in a number of publications including British Art and the Environment, Charlotte Gould and Sophie Mesplède (Routledge, 2022), Pauline Martin, L’Évidence, le vide, la vie; La photographie face à ses lacunes (Ithaque Editions, 2017) and Robert Shore, Post-Photography: The Artist with a Camera (Laurence King Pub, 2014.) Aliki is a regular lecturer for Christie’s Education, the Wallace Collection and the National Gallery. She lives and works in London.
Online events: One Painting, One Story
Iterations of this series have also been programmed for those wanting to enjoy online. Please note that these online events are not the same as the in-person events. For more information, please see below.