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Angelica Kauffman

Swiss-born history painter and Royal Academy founder

Angelica Kauffman

Nathaniel Dance-Holland (Life time: 1735-1811) · via Wikipedia: Angelica Kauffman · Public domain

Angelica Kauffman was a Swiss painter who worked in London and Rome, known for history painting, portraiture, and decoration.[1]

Quick Facts

Birth name
Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann
Born
30 October 1741
Birthplace
Chur, League of God's House, present-day Graubünden, Switzerland
Died
5 November 1807
Place of death
Rome, Papal States
Field
Painting
Movement
Neoclassicism
Father
Joseph Johann Kauffmann

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

Kauffman was born in Chur, Switzerland, and her family moved to Morbegno in 1742, then to Como in 1752.[2] She learned German, Italian, French and English from her mother, Cleophea Lutz.[3] She moved to London in 1766 and achieved immediate success as a portraitist.[4][5] Kauffman was among the signatories to the petition for the Royal Academy's establishment.[6]

She married Antonio Zucchi in 1781 and retired to Rome.[7][4] She died in Rome in 1807 and was honored with a funeral directed by Antonio Canova.[8][9] Joseph Johann Kauffmann, her father, worked as a skilled Austrian muralist; he provided her training and she served as his assistant.[10][3]

What the cited sources add

The same source notes that Zucchi succeeded her father as her business manager after their marriage.[4] The Angelika Kauffmann Museum in Schwarzenberg was built in 2007 to mark the 200th anniversary of her death.[11] The museum's exhibitions reveal that her paintings appeal to both the eye and the mind, inviting viewing and reading.[11] The museum occupies the "Kleberhaus", a farmhouse constructed in 1556.[12]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Angelica Kauffman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The Royal Academy n.d.; NMWA n.d. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Angelica Kauffman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Datei:Angelika Kauffmann Geburtshaus.jpg – Wikipedia", commons.wikimedia.org, 22 July 2008 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Angelica Kauffman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: AKRP: Biography (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. "Angelica Kauffman – Artist Profile", NMWA. facts only, no text reused. nmwa.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Angelica Kauffman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rosenthal 2006, p. 59 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Angelica Kauffman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Dobson 1911, p. 697; Roworth 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Angelica Kauffman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Dobson 1911, p. 697; Dobson 1911, p. 697 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Angelica Kauffman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Dobson 1911, p. 697 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Angelica Kauffman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Angelica Kauffman – Artist Profile", NMWA (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Angelica Kauffman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: AKRP: Chronology (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. "The Angelika Kauffmann Museum in Schwarzenberg", Bregenzerwald in Vorarlberg. facts only, no text reused. bregenzerwald.at
  12. Wikipedia, "Angelica Kauffman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Angelika Kauffmann Museum – Tourismus Schwarzenberg", www.schwarzenberg.at, 28 August 2019; "The Angelika Kauffmann Museum in Schwarzenberg", Bregenzerwald in Vorarlberg; "Angelika Kauffmann Museum – Tourismus Schwarzenberg", www.schwarzenberg.at, 28 August 2019 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Angelica Kauffman (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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