Self-Portrait - Angelica Kauffman
In the year 1741 in Chur, Switzerland a female artist by the name of Angelica Kauffman was born. Known as a child prodigy for her excelled work Kauffman was proficient in both art and music. Angelica received early exposure to art from her father who went by the name of Johann Joseph Kauffman. Johann specialized in mural paintings. Johann taught his daughter everything she needed to know about art making her his young protégée. Growing up she was her fathers assistant which gave her the opportunity to travel all over to different countries like Italy and Austria. Through her travel Angelica learned a new type of art by the name of Neoclassicism.
What is Neoclassicism? Neoclassicism was the name of the Western movements in different types of art such as, literature, theatre and architect. The art movement of Neoclassicism draw inspiration from classical art and culture of ancient Greece and/or Rome.
Angelica's most famous work is that of a self portrait of herself torn between both music and painting. She named this painting "Self-Portrait Torn Between Music and Painting, 1792."
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