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Period: 500 to 1500
MEDIEVAL / MIDDLE AGES
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1165
Hildegard of Bingen, German born, (1098-1179)
She became a Benedictine Nun in 1117 and elected abbess in 1136, she was a mystic, a visionary, and had a deep religious faith. She didn't question the female role in the church.
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Period: 1400 to
THE RENAISSANCE
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1560
Levina Teerlinc, Flemish born, (1510 – 1576)
Miniaturist, for the Queen's Court (Elizabethan period).
Here, Queen Elizabeth I is receiving Dutch ambassadors, in the 1560's and was painted quite a bit by Teerlinc.
Teerlinc provided various portraits of Elizabeth I in the years 1559, 1562, 1563, 1564, 1567 ("a full-length portrait"), 1568 ("with Knights of the Order"), 1575 ("with other personages"), and 1576, but there are no "known" works of hers that exist. -
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17th Century
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Artemisia Gentileschi
Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura)1638-1639, https://images.app.goo.gl/et7QuGPgpxDZLsGV7 -
Elisabetta Sirani, B. 1638, Bologna • D. 1665, Bologna
The 27 year old phenom who died of mysterious causes intrigued me. I am wondering why we haven't seen a film about her written. Her art of Mary Magdalene, another historical figure that I feel has not been given full credit for her place because of her questionable morality. By Elisabetta Sirani - http://mujerespintoras.blogspot.com, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7412967 -
“The Straw Hat” Self Portrait by Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun’s self-portrait titled, is an exquisite piece of history that defines the 18th Century. Vigée Le Brun was (another) independent female that had multiple commissions from the Grande Dame herself, Maria Antoinette which led her to be invited into the Académie de St-Luc in 1774 and of the French Academy in 1783 (National Gallery.com).
Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun: Painting royalty, fleeing revolution | National Galleryhttps://youtu.be/sqhrpkhX2uA
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Élisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun, Portrait of Marie Antoinette with Her Children, 1787, Musée National du Château de Versailles
Ordered by the King Louis XVI, this state portrait of the Queen with her three children was used to promote her image to France. Vigee-LeBrun was the first woman to be named a Royal Painter. It hangs in the Versailles Palace Museum.
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The 19th Century
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Berthe Morisot, Born in France, 1841
The French Impressionist, Berthe Morisot was very famous for her depictions of the modern female and mystique. The portrait, Woman at Her Toilette (1875-8), shares the personal space of this woman as she works her magic. It's a very soft aesthetic and feels romantic. -
Mary Cassatt, American Born, The Corner Loge
This portrait of the female attending the opera is from Cassatt's collection, where she kept the Impressionist theme that was her calling.
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Mary Cassatt, American Born, 1844
The 19th Century Impressionist Painter, Mary Cassatt gave us glimpses into women's private quarters and lives. She left for Paris in 1865, there she met, Edgar Degas who invited her to show her art with other Impressionists and became part of his inner circle.
I chose the Five O'Clock Tea, for its ability to capture this moment in time of two upper-class women with their silver tea set, who seem to have run out of idle chit-chat. https://images.app.goo.gl/V1EVdZAw5pHAx33b9 -
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20th Century (Europe), 1901 - 2000
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The 20th Century (America), 1901 -2000
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Geogia O'Keeffe, American born, 1887 - 1986
From NY skyscrapers to the flowers of New Mexico, O'Keeffe is considered one of the greatest artists of early Modernism.
I was more familiar with O'Keeffe's paintings of the single flower - these natural forms and the association with the female body, have been debated but the artist resisted the "female imagery." This photograph, "Hands" of her, is by Alfred Stieglitz, her husband. -
Romaine Brooks, An American, Born in Rome (1874 - 1970)
Modern artist. She was very bohemian and a Lesbian. In this self-portrait she’s donning an equestrian suit – stating that her independence and style would not be tempered. There is an unpublished autobiography by Brooks titled, “No Pleasant Memories” which details her life’s struggles – it would be wonderful to read. -
Florine Stettheimer, American born, (1871 - 1944)
A contemporary, modernist, from a New York, German-Jewish Family, she studied in NY and Europe until 1914 brought her home, to paint the social circles in which she ran. She was avant-garde and eccentric and she was so wealthy that she really didn't exhibit or sell her art. The Studio Party (1917) includes her artistic colleagues; Stein, Sterne, & Lachaise. Below is the (unfinished) Cathedrals of Art (1942). -
Elizabeth Catlett, American born, (1915 - 2012)
"The Mother and Child" portrait is her most familiar work. ("and, apparently not on view") Catlett's was an African-American graphic-artist and sculptor of color, she studied at the Univ. of Iowa and the art of Mexican muralists, studying with Francisco Zuniga. She became a Mexican citizen after being investigated by the U.S. for her socialist beliefs. -
Frida Kahlo, Mexican born, (1907 - 1954)
The “Two Fridas” (1947) is considered the “37th” most famous painting in the world by the YouTube educational channel, “kiddopedia.” In the painting, there are two identities, two Fridas, one modern and polished and the other traditional and subservient in a Maya style dress. -
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Late 20th Century/21st Century
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Jay De Feo, American Born, Abstract Expressionist, 1929-1989
A Visual Artist, Jay De Feo's The Rose is her most famous, which took her eight years to finish, it weighs over a ton and stands over 10 feet. Jay, born "Mary Joan" rose up in the 60's with the Beat Poets, and the San Francisco scene. -
Lee Krasner, American Born, 1908 - 1984
From the 2nd wave of abstract-expressionists, Krasner was married to the very famous, Jackson Pollock. Highly critical of her own work, she is known to have destroyed numerous pieces in the 40's/50's and would not her sign, or use genderless initials "L.K.", to not emphasize her status as a woman and as a wife to another painter. Christie’s in N.Y. is selling “Shattered Light” ('54) for an estimated 5M, it is signed twice and dated (on the reverse). "Charred Landscape" is featured here.
