Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
Timeline
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Born on April 11 in Paris.
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Studies with the painter François-Elie Vincent.
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Becomes on of a group taught by Quentin de la Tour.
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Marries Nicolas Guiard.
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Joins the Académie de Saint-Luc.
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Enters the studio of the academically trained history painter and portraitist François André Vincent.
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Exhibits at the Salon de la Correspondance.
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Admitted to the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture.
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Begins exhibiting at the Salon.
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Named official painter to Louis XVI's maiden aunts, Mesdames Adélaïde and Victoire.
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Takes an active role in reforming the regulations of the Académie.
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Presents a series of portraits of prominent members of the Assemblée National.
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Divorces Nicolas Guiard.
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Returns to an altered Paris after a countryside refuge during the Reign of Terror.
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Obtains artist's lodging at the Louvre.
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Marries former teacher, François-Elie Vincent.
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Dies on April 24 in Paris.