Daring: The Life and Art of Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun

$21.95 at The Getty Museum.

Jordana Pomeroy Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year 2026 The dramatic life story of Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, one of the greatest portrait painters of all time. Supremely talented and strategically charming, Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842) overcame tragedy and broke gender barriers to reach the height of success as a portrait painter, first in Paris, and then across Europe. After losing her father at age twelve and facing financial insecurity, she fought to gain access to…