Angelica Kauffman

Angelica Kauffman
Self-portrait by Kauffman, 1770–75
Born
Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann

(1741-10-30)30 October 1741
Died5 November 1807(1807-11-05) (aged 66)
NationalitySwiss
Known forPainting
MovementNeoclassicism
Spouses
(m. 1767; sep. 1768)
(m. 1781; died 1795)
FatherJoseph Johann Kauffmann
Signature

Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann RA (/ˈkfmən/ KOWF-mən; 30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman,[a] was a Swiss Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Remembered primarily as a history painter, Kauffman was a skilled portraitist, landscape and decoration painter. She was, along with Mary Moser, one of two female painters among the founding members of the Royal Academy in London in 1768.[2][3]


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