Kirsten Tambling: Sense & Sensibility
Kirsten Tambling discusses Mrs Kauffman and Madame Le Brun: The Entwined Lives of Two Great Eighteenth-Century Women Artists by Franny Moyle.
18th Century Women Artists
In the 18th century, Angelica Kauffman was a talented artist with multiple skills. She was adept with a glass harmonica, and visitors to her London studio in 1768, such as the Danish poet Helfrich Peter Sturz, described her playing the instrument with 'her large expressive eyes devoutly cast upwards'.
- She also played the cittern.
- Delighted guests with poetry recitations.
She eliciting haunting chimes from a set of gradated glasses
Her artistic skills were also evident in her portraits, such as the one of the Duchess of Brunswick in 1767, depicting her in flowing classical drapery of sumptuous white and blue, holding her infant son.
Author's summary: Kirsten Tambling reviews a book on 18th-century women artists.
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