Making Her Mark, part 3

Posted in Exhibitions, Women Artists by Christy

Continuing with photos from the recent Baltimore Museum of Art exhibition “Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800”: today I’m sharing artwork of plants and animals from the exhibition. As usual, I’ll link to online references for each painting so you can read more about them (and see professionally shot images).

[And here’s another reminder that the show will be traveling to the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.]

^^ Clara Peeters (Flemish, c.1587-after1636 / A Still Life of Lilies, Roses, Iris, Pansies, Columbine, Love-in-a-Mist, Larkspur and Other Flowers in a Glass Vase on a Table Top, Flanked by a Rose and a Carnation, c.1610 / Oil on wood panel / National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
https://nmwa.org/art/collection/still-life-lilies-roses-iris/

^^ Louise Moillon (French, c.1610–c.1696) / Still Life with a Basket of Fruit and a Bunch of Asparagus, 1630 / Oil on panel / Art Institute of Chicago, IL
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/62450/still-life-with-a-basket-of-fruit-and-a-bunch-of-asparagus

^^ Maria-Theresia van Thielen (Flemish, 1640–1706) / Still Life with Parrot, 1661 / Oil on canvas / Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
https://blog.mam.org/2015/04/07/from-the-collection-maria-theresia-thielen-still-life-with-parrot/

^^ Maria van Oosterwijck (Dutch 1630-1693) / Flower Still Life, 1669 / Oil on canvas / Cincinnati Art Museum, OH
https://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/art/explore-the-collection?id=20843376

^^ Rachel Ruysch (Dutch, 1664–1750) / A Vase of Flowers, 1689 / Oil on canvas / The San Diego Museum of Art, C
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ruysch-still-life-of-flowers.jpg

^^ Rachel Ruysch (Dutch, 1664–1750) / Still Life with Flowers, c.1700-1750 / Oil on panel / Private collection
https://www.artnet.com/artists/rachel-ruysch/stillleben-mit-blumen-recOsCPxCEE9stjPJTG8_A2

^^ Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647-1717) / Pineapple with Cockroaches in Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium / Bound volume of hand-colored engravings and etchings, 1719 / Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, VA
Article from The Guardian~ https://bit.ly/3O4Sbbg

^^ Mary Moser (British, 1744-1819) / Flowers in a Basket: Chrysanthemums, Lilies, Nigella, Convulvulus, Delphiniums, 1765 / Opaque watercolor and watercolor on paper / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O45592/flowers-in-a-basket-watercolour-moser-mary/

^^ Anne Vallayer-Coster (French, 1744-1818) / Still Life with Lobster, 1781 / Oil on canvas / Toledo Museum of Art, OH
http://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/55369/still-life-with-lobster

^^ Sarah Stone (British, c.1760-1844) / Blue and Yellow Macaw, c.1789 / Watercolor heightened with opaque watercolor and glazes, with a black ink border on paper / Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/sarah-stone-1762-1844-a-blue-and-yellow-macaw

^^ Mary Linwood (British, 1755-1845 / Tygress, after George Stubbs, c.1798 / Worsted wool needlework / Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:11688941

Part 1~ Making Her Mark at the Baltimore Museum of Art

Part 2~ Making Her Mark at the Baltimore Museum of Art

13Jan2024

Making Her Mark, part 2

Posted in Exhibitions, Women Artists by Christy

In my last post, I shared some portraits and self-portraits from the exhibition “Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800”, which I visited twice at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
https://schristywolfe.com/2024/01/05/i-have-returned/

If you missed it, the show will be traveling to the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. I can’t recommend it enough.

Today I’m sharing some paintings of allegories and religious scenes from that same exhibition. Just like last time, I’ll link to online references for each painting so you can read more about them (and see professionally shot images).

^^ Barbara Longhi (Italian, 1552-c.1638) / Madonna and Child, c.1575-1580 / Oil on canvas / Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto
https://ago.ca/agoinsider/broadening-our-european-collection

^^ Lavinia Fontana (Italian, 1552–1614) / Holy Family with Saints Margaret and Francis, 1578 / Oil on Canvas / Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/lavinia-fontana-holy-family-with-saints-margaret-and-francis

^^ Fede Galizia (Italian, 1578-c.1630) / Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1596 / Oil on canvas / John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the State Art Museum of Florida, Florida State University, Sarasota
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judith_with_the_Head_of_Holofernes,_by_Fede_Galizia,_1596,_oil_on_canvas_-_John_and_Mable_Ringling_Museum_of_Art_-_Sarasota,_FL_-_DSC00633.jpg

^^ Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, 1593-after 1654) / Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, c.1623-1625 / Oil on canvas / Detroit Institute of Arts, MI
https://dia.org/collection/judith-and-her-maidservant-head-holofernes-45746

^^ Elisabetta Sirani (Italian, 1638-1665) / Virgin and Child, 1663 / Oil on canvas / National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
https://nmwa.org/art/collection/virgin-and-child/

^^ Elisabetta Sirani (Italian, 1638–1665) / Personification of Music, 1659 / Oil on Canvas / Private collection
https://www.artnet.com/artists/elisabetta-sirani/personification-of-music-fPyVGRBAgYfQowxm1l9RVg2

^^ Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, 1741-1807) / Sappho Inspired by Love, 1775 / Oil on canvas / John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the State Art Museum of Florida, Florida State University, Sarasota
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sappho_Inspired_by_Love_by_Angelica_Kauffmann.jpg

5Jan2024

Making Her Mark, part 1

Posted in Exhibitions, Women Artists by Christy

After a somewhat lengthy hiatus, I have returned. Among the things that have kept me busy was attending some great exhibitions. I thought I’d get back in the swim by sharing some of the art I have photographed.

For my first few posts now that I’m back, I’m going to tackle “Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800”, which I visited twice, once in November and once last week. The second visit was primarily to take photos and to revisit some of my favorite works.

I took so many photos that I’ll need to break this up into a few chapters, and even then it won’t be all of them. This is a wonderful show! Unfortunately, it is closing January 7th but will be traveling to Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. I can’t recommend it enough.

Today I’m sharing some of the painted portraits and self-portraits from the exhibition. I’ll link to online references for each painting so you can read more about them (and see professionally shot images).

^^ Judith Leyster (Dutch, 1609-1660) / Self-Portrait, c. 1630 / Oil on canvas / National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/leyster-self-portrait.html

^^ Anna Maria van Schurman (Dutch, 1607-1678) / Self-Portrait, 1633 / Engraving on paper / Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/self-portrait-200230

^^ Mary Beale (British, 1633-1699) / Portrait of a Woman with a Black Hood, c.1660 / Oil on canvas / National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
https://nmwa.org/art/collection/portrait-woman-black-hood/

^^ Amalia von Königsmarck (Swedish, 1663-1740) / Allegory with Self-Portrait and Profile Portrait of Ulrika Eleonora the Elder, 1689 / Oil on canvas / Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden https://bit.ly/48I2KsM

^^ Rosalba Carriera (Italian, 1673-1757) / Allegory of Painting, 1730s / Pastel and red chalk on blue paper mounted on canvas (on strainer) / National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.277.html

^^ Attributed to Catherine Lusurier (French, c.1753-1781) / Portrait of a Woman Drawing, c.1770-1781 / Oil on canvas / Philadelphia Museum of Art
https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/102599

^^ Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun (French, 1755-1842) / The Marquise de Pezay, and the Marquise de Rougé with Her Sons Alexis and Adrien, 1787 / Oil on canvas / National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.50215.html

^^ Anne Guéret (French, 1760-1805) / Portrait of an Artist with a Portfolio (Self-Portrait?), c.1793 / Black chalk, pen and gray ink and wash, heightened with white opaque watercolor on paper / Katrin Bellinger Collection
https://katrinbellingercollection.com/explore/#image:4016

^^ Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (French, 1749-1803) / Portrait of a Woman (Presumed Portrait of the Marquise de Lafayette), 1793-94 / Oil on canvas / National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
https://nmwa.org/art/collection/portrait-woman-presumed-portrait-marquise-de-lafayette/

^^ Catherine Andras (British, 1775-1860) / Rose Bruce, of Dublin, 1799 / Painted wax, set in the original shadow box / Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:13057491