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Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun was one of those rare acknowledged geniuses who successfully navigated the stormy sea that was European politics at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. She lived through the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars and the Bourbon Restoration, travelling the world, finding friends and patrons in a divided, warring world, and she left us an enormous creative legacy: more than 600 portraits of her contemporaries and extensive memoirs - an invaluable testimony to this fascinating and complex era. Support my channel on Boosty and Patreon and get access to additional materials: Boosty: https://boosty.to/elevated Patreon: / julia_bolchakova Download my books from Etsy (e-pub or pdf): https://www.etsy.com/shop/Aleutie?ref... FOR BOOSTY AND PATREON SUBSCRIBERS MY BOOKS ARE FREE! If you have problems with files - write me a PM inside Boosty or Patreon. Time codes: 00:00 - portrait painter of all Europe 00:52 - childhood of a genius 05:50 - marriage, success and scandals 10:41 - portraits of Marie Antoinette and flight from the revolution 16:02 - in Italy and Russia 20:38 - in Great Britain and Switzerland 25:47 - Return to France and the end of the war My social networks: Instagram: / perpetual_foreigner Facebook (please follow): / julia.bolchakova Telegram: https://t.me/juliabolchakova All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement intended. If you are, or represent, the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and feel that they were used inappropriately, please, contact me and I'll do all necessary changes.