Angelica Kauffman
Angelica Kauffman | |
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| Born | Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann 30 October 1741 |
| Died | 5 November 1807 (aged 66) |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Neoclassicism |
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| Father | Joseph Johann Kauffmann |
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Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann RA (/ˈkaʊfmən/ KOWF-mən; 30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss 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 of Art in London in 1768.