{"product_id":"anne-vallayer-coster-hardcover","title":"Anne Vallayer-Coster - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKelsey Brosnan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first English-language monograph on Vallayer-Coster in two decades offers a renewed feminist lens on one of eighteenth-century France's most celebrated painters.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818) was a renowned French still-life painter who earned the patronage of Queen Marie Antoinette. She began her career as one of just four female artists admitted to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in the late eighteenth century before making her debut at the Paris Salon. Vallayer-Coster's still lifes, which depicted a wide range of objects, including food, guns, game, shells, and flowers, captivated critics. Her talent ultimately won her commissions from the French royal family and her very own studio at the Louvre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this book, the first English-language monograph dedicated to Vallayer-Coster in over twenty years, author Kelsey Brosnan closely examines the artist's still-life paintings. Brosnan's analysis provides a fresh feminist reevaluation of Vallayer-Coster, situating her alongside contemporaries such as Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, and Jean-Siméon Chardin. \u003ci\u003eAnne Vallayer-Coster\u003c\/i\u003e is an astute, accessible introduction to the artist that offers a new framework for experiencing the visceral qualities of her paintings.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKelsey Brosnan is a writer and art historian specializing in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French paintings, works on paper, and decorative arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 10 x 7.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47927066493149,"sku":"9798887120102","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/4Jm0L5K3n19798887120102.webp?v=1778885745","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/anne-vallayer-coster-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}