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Kauffmann, Angelika
© Copyright Angelika Kauffmann, self-portrait, painting, around 1781 (Ferdinandeum, provincial museum of Tyrol, Innsbruck) Kauffmann, Angelika, b. Chur (Switzerland), Oct. 30, 1741, d. Rome (Italy), Jan. 5, 1807, painter, daughter and pupil of the Vorarlberg painter Joseph Johann K. from Schwarzenberg (family home and A. K. documentation in the museum of local history and culture), further studies in Lombardy, from 1763 stayed in the most important European art centres, 1766-1781 in London, where she became a member of the Royal Academy in 1768. From 1782 permanent residence in Rome, where she maintained close contact with Goethe, Herder, Winckelmann and others. Especially famous for her paintings influenced by English portrait paintings and for her works based on classical motifs. Her works, which also included altar paintings and frescos, combined rococo elements with classicist formal principles. 
© Copyright Angelika Kauffmann, Tod der Alkestis, painting, 1790 (provincial museum of Vorlarlberg, Bregenz) Works: apostle paintings and the high altar painting in the parish church of Schwarzenberg; paintings in the provincial museum of Vorarlberg in Bregenz and the provincial museum of Tyrol in Innsbruck. Literature: B. Baumgärtel, A. K., 1990; W. Wassyng Roworth (ed.), A. K. A Continental Artist in Georgian England, 1992; W. Maierhofer, A. K., 1997; O. Sandner (ed.), A. K. und Rom, exhibition catalogue, Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rom 1998; B. Baumgärtel (ed.), A. K., 1998; NDB.
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