Daring: The Life and Art of Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Jordana Pomeroy ’84

Daring: The Life and Art of Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun by Jordana Pomeroy ’84 is a biography of Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, who overcame tragedy and broke gender barriers to reach the height of success as a portrait painter, including in the courts of Marie Antoinette and Catherine the Great, as she conquered fear and adversity to re-fashion her life and art. For ages 13 and up.

(2025, Getty Publications) 

Daring book by Jordana Pomeroy