Bellagio Treats for Poker Playing Art Lovers

Poker playing art lovers going to Vegas now have one more reason to stay at the @Bellagio - the beautiful exhibition organized together with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, showcasing 34 works by some of the best-known female artists and spanning three centuries. "Painting Women" is on view at the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art (BGFA) through October 26.

#womenINpoker  are certain to be insipred by, and particularly appreciative of, one of the painters represented - Marie-Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755-1842), a veritable pioneer and role model for all women aspiring to gain independence and recognition in the art world (and any other male-dominated area of life).  Lebrun was a member of France's Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture; the official painter, friend and confidante of Queen Marie Antoinette; she survived the French Revolution, travelled extensively, painted the members of the most important royal courts of Europe and ultimately left a legacy of 660 portraits and 200 landscapes.

Self-portrait in a Straw Hat, 1782. National Gallery, London (Lebrun scandalized critics and the public with some of her self-portraits because, contrary to painting conventions, "in smiling, she showed teeth")

Generally regarded as the most important and successful female artist of the 18th century, Lebrun is especially noted for her portraits of women. One such highly representative work is on display at the BGFA:

Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Le Brun, Portrait of a Young Woman, Robert Dawson Evans Collection, Photography©2013 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Other featured artists  - Mary Cassatt, Georgia O’Keeffe and Berthe Morisot, among others - need no further introduction. Poker players will no doubt find a visit to this exhibition a great way to clear and refresh their mind and senses in-between sessions at the tables! 

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