Étienne Vigée, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Étienne Vigée

French playwright

Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1758

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 08-Aug-1820

Profession: playwright

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Louis-Jean-Baptiste-Étienne Vigée (2 December 1758 – 8 August 1820) was a French playwright and man of letters. Born into an artistic family, he was the son of the pastellist Louis Vigée and the brother of the celebrated painter Élisabeth Vigée.
He was popular in the salons for his pleasant personality and quick wit.
Although employed as a secretary to the Countess of Provence, he wrote verse in praise of the French Revolution, but his enthusiasm quickly faded and he was at one point arrested as a Girondist.
He would live long enough to write poetry both in praise of Napoleon and Louis XVIII. He succeeded Sautreau de Marsy as editor of the Almanach des Muses in 1794, and replaced La Harpe at the Lycée, but had nowhere near the same success as a teacher.
A skilled imitator of Dorat and Gresset, he put together several clever plays with many points of interest both in style and plotting.



Alternative names	Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun; Vigée-Le Brun; Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun
Description	French portrait painter
Date of birth/death	16 April 1755	30 March 1842
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Authority control	: Q213163 VIAF: 59113411 ISNI: 0000 0001 1651 5656 ULAN: 500010070 LCCN: n82110153 NLA: 36535545 WorldCat