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Mar 1, 2024 · Let’s take a look at some of the most iconic women in art history, beginning with the very first. Prehistoric Time: Venus of Willendorf. Venus of Willendorf, 24,000-22,000 BCE, Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria. Photograph by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
The gender gap in art history . In a collection of over 2,300 paintings spanning the 13th to early 20th century, why are there so few, 27 to be precise, by women? We explore the representation of women in the collection; the artists, the patrons, and the women who inspired our paintings.
Apr 11, 2024 · Coinciding with “Wild: Women Abstractionists on Nature,” our list highlights 10 artists exploring the allure of our earthly environment through abstract forms.
- Olympia by Édouard Manets. 1863. Dimensions. 130 cm × 190 cm. Musée d’Orsay, Paris France. When Édouard Manet’s “Olympia” was first showcased in Paris it created quite a scandal.
- Whistlers Mother by James McNeill Whistlers. 1871. Dimensions. 144.3 cm × 162.4 cm. Musée d’Orsay, Paris France. In this depiction of Whistler’s mother, we can see a moment of tranquility and deep reflection.
- The Kiss by Gustav Klimts. 1907–1908. Dimensions. 180 cm × 180 cm. Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria. In this masterpiece by Gustav Klimts, we encounter a symbol of love and sensuality.
- Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by Pablo Picasso. 1907. Dimensions. 243.9 cm × 233.7 cm. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA. This artwork challenges representations of the form, with its angular and distorted figures.
- Sofonisba Anguissola
- Artemisia Gentileschi
- Judith Leyster
- Angelica Kauffman
- Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
- Rosa Bonheur
- Berthe Morisot
- Mary Cassatt
- Hilma Af Klint
- Georgia O'Keeffe
Painter Sofonisba Anguissola was a trailblazer during the Italian Renaissance. Born into a relatively poor noble family, her father made sure that she and her sisters had a well-rounded education that incorporated fine art. This included apprenticeships with respected local painters. This set a precedent for future female artists, who until that po...
As the daughter of an accomplished painter, Artemisia Gentileschi was afforded access to the art world at a young age. Early on she was in her father's workshop mixing paints and he supported her career when he noted that she was exceptionally gifted. As a noted painter of the Italian Baroqueperiod, Artemisia Gentileschi did not let her gender hold...
Born in Haarlem, Judith Leyster was a leading artist during the Dutch Golden Age. Typical of Dutch artists during this period, Leyster specialized in genre paintings, still life, and portraits. The details behind her artistic training are unclear, but she was one of the first women admitted to the painter's guild in Haarlem. She later ran a success...
Born in Switzerland, Angelica Kauffmanwas the daughter of the muralist Johann Joseph Kauffman. She received artistic training while acting as her father's assistant from a very young age and copying the works of Old Masters as they traveled for commissions. As a young woman, she also trained in Italy where her historical paintings and portraits wer...
French portrait artist Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun created an impressive body of work totaling nearly 1,000 portraits and landscape paintings. As the daughter of a painter, she received early instruction from her father and was painting portraits professionally by the time she was a teenager. Her big career break came when she was named as Marie Antoin...
Like many female artists, Rosa Bonheur‘s father was a painter. The French Realist painteris considered one of the most famous female artists of the 19th century, known for her large-format paintings that featured animals. She exhibited regularly at the acclaimed Paris salon and found success abroad in both the United States and Britain. Bonheur spe...
Considered one of the great female Impressionists, Berthe Morisot had art running through her veins. Born into an aristocratic French family, she was the great-niece of celebrated Rococo painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard. Initially, she exhibited her work at the respected Paris Salon before joining the first Impressionist exhibit with Monet, Cézanne, R...
American painter Mary Cassattspent her adult life in France, where she became an integral part of the Impressionism movement. Cassatt was born into an affluent family who first protested against her desire to become an artist. She eventually left art school after being frustrated by the separate treatment that the female students received—they coul...
Although Wassily Kandinsky and Piet Mondrian are often regarded as the pioneers of European abstract art, it was actually Swedish artist Hilma af Klintwho was the first trailblazer of the movement. The radical female painter began creating bold and colorful works in 1906 and continued working during the final years of her life. However, even Af Kli...
As an artist at the forefront of American Modernism, Georgia O'Keeffe is one of the most celebrated female artists in history. Her early drawings and paintings led to bold experiments in abstraction, with her focus on painting to express her feelings ushering in an era of “Art for Art's Sake.” During her lifetime, her career was intertwined with he...
Sep 4, 2019 · Throughout art history, depictions of women in nature have been a way to represent traditional ideas about femininity. More recently, contemporary women artists have placed their bodies in pastoral settings to create narratives that rupture that convention.
May 22, 2022 · Artists have expressed deep connections to nature throughout history. This interest in the natural world is best exemplified in the genre of landscape painting, which focuses on natural settings like mountains, forests, and rivers as subject matter. The most famous landscape paintings encompass works from China, Europe, and beyond that have ...
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