Remembering Diane Arbus
Arbus is most known for her photographs of social deviants or “freaks.” “There’s a quality of legend about freaks,” Arbus said. “Like a person in a fairy tale who stops you and demands that you answer a riddle. Most people go through life dreading they’ll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They’ve already passed their test in life. They’re aristocrats.”
http://darkroom.baltimoresun.com/2015/03/remembering-diane-arbus/#1
Category Archives: #5WomenArtists
March 14~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Katsushika Oi (c.1800-c.1866)
Daughter of ukiyo-e artist Hokusai and one of the few female artists of the Edo period
https://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Katsushika_Oi
Harriet Hosmer (1830-1908)
The foremost American female sculptor of the 19th century
https://nmwa.org/explore/artist-profiles/harriet-goodhue-hosmer
Puck / modeled 1854, carved 1856 / Marble / 30 1/2”x16 5/8”x19 5/8”
March 13~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Maria Hadfield Cosway (1760-1838), British painter, miniaturist, draughtswoman, etcher, and musician
http://www.19thcenturypaintings.com/artists/31-maria-cosway/biography/
A Persian Lady Worshipping the Rising Sun / 1784 / Oil on canvas / 24”x29”
Marianne North (1830-1890)
Victorian naturalist, botanical artist, and author
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/marianne-north-early-female-explorer
Papyrus or Paper Reed Growing in the Ciane, Sicily / c.1870-1879 / Oil on board / 13.94”x10”
March 12~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Chen Shu (1660-1736)
Chinese painter during the early Qing dynasty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Shu_(painter)
http://www.chinaonlinemuseum.com/painting-flowers-signs.php
Violante Siriès Cerroti (1709-1783)
Eighteenth-century portraitist for Tuscan nobility
http://advancingwomenartists.org/artists/violante-siries-cerroti
https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/captain-edward-hughes-c-17161794-175629
March 11~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Rosalba Carriera (1673/5-1757)
Italian portrait painter and miniaturist best known for her work in pastels
https://nmwa.org/explore/artist-profiles/rosalba-carriera
Susanna Drury (c.1698-c.1770)
Landscape painter, illustrator; best known for 2 gouache drawings of the Giant’s Causeway
https://vulcan.lindahall.org/16.shtml
A View of the Giant’s Causeway: East Prospect / 1740 / Gouache on vellum / dimensions?
March 10~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665), Italian artist supported her parents, three siblings, and herself entirely through her art
https://nmwa.org/explore/artist-profiles/elisabetta-sirani
Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), Botanical & natural history illustrator; the first to record metamorphosis
https://www.botanicalartandartists.com/about-maria-sibylla-merian.html
March 9~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Judith Leyster (1609-1660)
Dutch Golden Age painter
https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1485.html#biography
Two Children with a Cat / 1629 / Oil on canvas / 24”x20”
Louise Moillon (1610-1696), French painter in the Baroque era, known for her still lifes
https://www.museothyssen.org/en/collection/artists/moillon-louise
Basket of Peaches, with Quinces, and Plums / after 1641 / Oil on canvas / 26”x33 1/4”
March 8~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-c.1656)
Italian Baroque painter, and important second-generation follower of Caravaggio
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Artemisia-Gentileschi
Giovanna Garzoni (1600-c.1670)
Considered to be one of the greatest Italian miniaturists of the seventeenth century
https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/person/103M0R
Still Life with Bowl of Citrons / late 1640s / Tempera on vellum / 10 7/8”x14”
March 7~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Chiara Varotari (1584-c.1663)
Italian Baroque painter, author, and founder of a school for the arts
https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/v/varotari/chiara/biograph.html
Portrait of a Lady, probably Pantasilea Dotto Capodilista / c.1630 / Oil on canvas / 79”x46”
Fede Galizia (c.1574-c.1630)
Italian printmaker, painter, and a pioneer of the still life genre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fede_Galizia
Cherries in a Silver Compote / 1610 / Oil on Panel / 11”x16.5”
March 6~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Marietta Robusti (c.1555/1560-1590)
Venetian painter of the Renaissance period; daughter of Tintoretto
https://bit.ly/3mbq8tC
Portrait of Ottavio Strada / 1567-1568 / Oil on canvas / 50”x40”
Esther Inglis (1571-1624)
Scottish embroiderer, calligrapher, & miniaturist
https://collation.folger.edu/2012/02/spotlight-on-a-calligrapher/
Portrait in Cinquante Octonaires / 1607 / Royal Collection Trust
The Misty Miss Christy 