Angelica Kauffman

Angelica Kauffman by Bettina Baumgärtel is the definitive monograph on one of the eighteenth century’s most remarkable artists — a Swiss-born painter who became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy of Arts in London and one of the most celebrated portraitists and history painters of her era. Kauffman’s achievement is extraordinary: in an age when women were systematically excluded from professional art training and institutional recognition, she became a genuinely major figure in Neoclassical painting, with clients and admirers across Europe. Baumgärtel’s scholarly study examines her work, her career strategies, and her significance in the history of women in the arts. Published by Prestel with comprehensive illustration, this is an essential contribution to the recovery of art history’s overlooked women.