Angelica Kauffmann

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Angelica Kauffmann

Swiss painter

Also known as: Angelica Kauffman, Kaufmann, Angelica, Maria Anna Catharina Angelica Kauffmann

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In full:: Maria Anna Catharina Angelica Kauffmann

Kauffmann also spelled:: Kauffman or Kaufmann

Angelica also spelled:: Angelika

Born:: Oct. 30, 1741, Chur, Switz.

Died:: Nov. 5, 1807, Rome, Papal States [Italy] (aged 66)

Angelica Kauffmann (born Oct. 30, 1741, Chur, Switz.—died Nov. 5, 1807, Rome, Papal States [Italy]) was a painter in the early Neoclassical style who is best known for her decorative wall paintings for residences designed by Robert Adam. The daughter of Johann Joseph Kauffmann, a painter, Angelica was a precocious child and a talented musician and painter by her 12th year. Her early paintings were influenced by the French Rococo works of Henri Gravelot and François Boucher. In 1754 and 1763 she visited Italy, and while in Rome she was influenced by the Neoclassicism of Anton Raphael Mengs. She was ...(100 of 275 words)

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