{"product_id":"9781947440104-daring","title":"Daring","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Life and Art of Elisabeth Vig e Le Brun\u003cbr\u003eThis young adult biography tells the dramatic story of Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, who overcame tragedy and broke gender barriers to reach the height of success as a portrait painter.\u003cbr\u003eSupremely  talented and strategically charming, Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun (1755-1842)  overcame tragedy and broke gender barriers to reach the height of success as  a portrait painter, first in Paris, and then across Europe. After losing her  father at age twelve and facing financial insecurity, she fought to gain  access to artistic training and opportunity. She was pressured to marry at  age twenty, to an art dealer who both helped and harmed her career. Vigee Le  Brun deployed her intelligence and beauty to attract powerful clients, who  relied on her to style the personal identities they projected to the  world.\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e    Vigee Le Brun's salons were the talk of Paris, and she became court painter  to Marie Antoinette. Then came the French Revolution, when marginalized  groups demanded change to centuries-old systems of oppression. Vigee Le Brun  was forced to reexamine her alliances and run for her life, taking her young  daughter but leaving her husband behind. Making her way through the  countrysides and capitals of Europe and Russia-including a stay at the  imperial court of Catherine the Great-the artist conquered fear and adversity  to refashion her life and her art.\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e    Ages thirteen and up\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57267417088374,"sku":"9781947440104","price":23.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_35408037.jpg?v=1770755184","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781947440104-daring","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}