Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (April 11, 1749 –  April 24, 1803) was a French history and portrait painter.Born in Paris, the daughter of a haberdasher, she studied miniature painting with François-Elie Vincent and oils with his son François-André. Her early works were exhibited at the Académie de Saint-Luc, and after it closed in 1776, at the Salon de la Correspondance.She married Louis-Nicolas Guiard in 1769, but separated from him in 1777. Thereafter, she earned a living by teaching painting.
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