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Apr 11, 2024 · As contemporary women artists continue to build on the legacy of nature-inspired abstraction, for our increasingly international world, we explore the work of 10 women artists whose abstract work explores the beauty of the earth.
- Mothers
- Women Going Out: Parisiennes
- Berthe Morisot: Threshold Spaces
- Working Women: Laundresses
- Berthe Morisot Herself
This painting of a mother and child was shown at the First Impressionist Exhibition of 1874. It appeared alongside the work of male contemporaries such as Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas. A woman sits on a chair, bent over a cot, in which a baby is sleeping. It is Morisot’s sister Edma with her young child. Both E...
Berthe Morisot painted women all her life. Many of her paintings depict Morisot’s family or friends in the Passy area of Paris, where she lived from the 1850s to 1895. She often painted the figure known as the Parisienne: a chic, urban, sophisticated woman dressed in the latest fashion, who represents Paris modernity. The color scheme in Woman with...
In Woman and Child on a Balcony, a woman and her daughter stand behind a railing, looking out over Paris. The mother’s black dress and her fashionable headpiece contrast with her daughter’s simple, white dress. This painting illustrates another important theme in Berthe Morisot’s paintings: the separation between public and private life. Morisot wa...
Berthe Morisot also painted other working women, such as laundresses. Lower-class workers were not often deemed worthy enough to be the subjects of paintings. Here, however, women are seen hanging the laundry in the fields outside of Paris. The linen is aptly painted as splashes of white. This painting does not depict the women up close; it shows t...
This is the only self-portrait that Morisot painted, at the age of 44. Her hair is already greying, held back in a bun. The colors of the portrait are strong: red flowers on her light-brown blouse, a black scarf around her neck. Her torso is depicted in profile, but her head is turned to face the viewer, confidently returning our gaze. The brushwor...
- Girl with the Pearl Earring – Johannes Vermeer (1665) Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with the Pearl Earring” is a captivating portrait that has intrigued viewers for centuries.
- Mona Lisa – Leonardo da Vinci (1506) Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” is perhaps the most famous painting in the world. The enigmatic smile of the subject and the intricate details of the landscape in the background have captivated audiences for centuries.
- The Birth of Venus – Sandro Botticelli (1484 – 1486) Sandro Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” is a triumph of Renaissance art. Depicting the birth of the goddess Venus from a seashell, this painting showcases Botticelli’s exceptional skill in portraying the female form.
- Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I – Gustav Klimt (1907) Gustav Klimt’s “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I” is a stunning example of his decorative and symbolic style.
- 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.
Sep 13, 2024 · The Artling presents 10 contemporary artists who use a range of media, from photography to graphite pencil, to capture the essence of nature and express their connection with the environment!
Dec 30, 2023 · Female artists like Joyce Kozloff and Miriam Schapiro incorporated textiles, patterns, and domestic imagery into their work, reclaiming traditionally feminine art forms and questioning the dominant narrative of modern art.
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Sep 21, 2022 · Sahara Longe, Tala Madani, Jenna Gribbon, and more are redefining the canon and centering female perspectives that eschew rigid definitions of feminist art.
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