Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, also known as Adélaïde Labille-Guiard des Vertus, was a French miniaturist and portrait painter. She was an advocate for women to receive the same opportunities as men to become great painters. Labille-Guiard was one of the first women to become a member of the Royal Academy, and was the first female artist to receive permission to set up a studio for her students at the Louvre.

11 April 1749

Born on the same birth day (11 April): Brian Noble (bishop) • David Jassy • Emilio Colombo • Ferdinand Lassalle • Guy Verhofstadt • Jennifer Esposito • Johann Sebastian Paetsch • John Levy (musician) • Mark Keppel • Mark Teixeira • Michel Riesen • Nicky Pastorelli • Peter Windsor • Veronica Pyke • William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg