History painting · Switzerland / Britain
Angelica Kauffman
1741–1807 · Founding academician of the grand manner
NeoclassicismHistory paintingMythologyRoyal Academy
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The short version
A founder member of the Royal Academy, Kauffman claimed history painting, the most prestigious and most male genre, and filled it with women reasoning, mourning and deciding.
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