International Women’s Day 2017
Category Archives: Women Artists
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
March 5~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614)
Among the first women to execute publicly commissioned figure paintings
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lavinia-Fontana
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene / 1581 / Oil on canvas / 31”x25”
Xue Susu (c.1564-c.1650)
Chinese courtesan, painter, and poet, noted for her skill at mounted archery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xue_Susu
Flowers / 1615 / Handscroll; Ink on paper / 10 1/4”x249”
March 4~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1532-1625)
Italian painter; arguably the first female artist to achieve international fame
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sofonisba-Anguissola
Ma Shouzhen (1548-1604)
Renowned Chinese courtesan, painter, poet, and composer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Shouzhen
Folding fan / Ming dynasty / Ink and colors on paper / 7”x18.89”
March 3~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Levina Teerlinc (1510–1520?-1576)
Flemish miniaturist; painter to English royal courts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levina_Teerlinc
Caterina van Hemessen (1528-after 1565)
Renaissance painter; one of the earliest female painters with extant work
https://bit.ly/3z7PxI0
March 2~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Guan Daosheng [Kuan Tao-sheng] (1262–1319)
Chinese artist, poet, and the most famous female painter in Chinese history
https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/guan-daosheng-1262-1319
Catherine of Bologna (1413-1463)
Italian cloistered nun, artist, and patron saint of artists
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Bologna
March 1~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
Illuminations in “Scivias” Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
German abbess, writer, composer, mystic, and perhaps artist; it is unclear how involved she was in the illustrations
https://www.wikiart.org/en/hildegard-of-bingen
Das Weltall (The Universe) / c.1165 / Manuscript illumination from “Scivias” by Hildegard of Bingen
Herrad von Landsberg (c.1130-1195)
Alsatian abbess, artist, author, poet, composer, and educator
https://www.wikiart.org/en/herrad-of-landsberg
Hell / c.1180 / Colored pen and ink drawing on paper, original no longer available
Photographer Captures 100 Female Artists In Their Homes And Studios
A great portrait is more than just a frozen reflection of the subject’s appearance. It’s a chance moment, blanketed in natural light, in which the subject’s authentic self is visible in her expression, her stance, her aura. A great portrait blurs the line between a subject and her surroundings, all contributing equally to the overall impression of a singular human being.
Photographer Barbara Yoshida captured not one great portrait, but 100. And to make it all the more glorious, her subjects are all female artists, groundbreaking in their own right.
Source: Photographer Captures 100 Female Artists In Their Homes And Studios | HuffPost
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