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French artist who was one of the great pastel portraitists. Name variations: Adélaïde Labille-Guiard. Born in Paris, France, in 1749; died in 1803; youngest of eight children (three of whom survived infancy) of Claude Edmé Labille (a haberdasher) and Marie Anne (Saint-Martin) Labille; married Louis Nicolas Guiard (a financial clerk), in 1769 (legally separated in 1779); no children.

Considered by some to be the greatest woman pastel portraitist after Rosalba Carriera , Adelaide Labille-Guiard overcame numerous obstacles to become one of the most respected artists in Paris during the mid-1780s.

A devoted teacher as well as a working artist, she served as both a role model and an advocate for her female students, the most famous of whom was Gabrielle Capet (1761–1817), one of the most distinguished miniature painters of her day.

Labille-Guiard was born in Paris in 1749, the daughter of a haberdasher and one of eight children, of whom on The Portraitist: A Novel of Adelaide Labille-Guiard LESE