Anne Art
Anne Vallayer-Coster (21 December 1744 – 28 February 1818) was an 18th-century French painter best known for still lifes . She achieved fame and recognition very early in her career, being admitted to the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1770, at the age of twenty-six. [1] Despite the low status that still life painting had at this time, Vallayer-Coster’s highly developed skills, especially in the depiction of flowers, soon generated a great deal of attention from collectors and other artists. [1] Her “precocious talent and the rave reviews” earned her the attention of the court, where Marie Antoinette took a particular interest in Vallayer-Coster's paintings. [1] Her life was determinedly private, dignified and hard-working. She survived the bloodshed of the Reign of Terror , [2] but the fall of the French monarchy, who were her primary patrons, caused her reputation to decline. Read more at Wikipedia: ...