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People: Angelika Kauffmann
Topic: Western Art: 1744 to 1756

Angelika Kauffmann

Swiss Neoclassical painter who has a successful career in London and Rome
Years: 1741 - 1807

Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann RA (October 30, 1741 – November 5, 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, is a Swiss Neoclassical painter who has a successful career in London and Rome.

Remembered primarily as a history painter, Kauffmann is a skilled portraitist, landscape and decoration painter.

She is one of the two female founding members of the Royal Academy in London in 1768.