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Making Her Mark, part 3

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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

Making Her Mark, part 2

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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

 

Making Her Mark, part 1

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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

^^ Fanny Guillaume de Bassoncourt, Baronne de Molaret (French, 1820-1888) / Landscape Painter at Her Easel, 1837 / Graphite on vellum paper / Katrin Bellinger Collection
https://katrinbellingercollection.com/blog/reflections-artists-work-brief-address-delivered-exhibitions-private-view/

^^ Sarah Biffin (British, 1784-1850) / Self-Portrait, 1842 / Watercolor and opaque watercolor on paper / Baltimore Museum of Art
https://stories.artbma.org/making-her-mark-a-history-of-women-artists-in-europe-1400-1800/

I’ll finish today’s post with some miscellaneous shots from “Making Her Mark”~

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Takehisa Yumeji

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Japanese artist and poet Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934)

With mandolin, 1911. Image from https://arthistorypi.org/books/yumeji-modern

“He is known foremost for his Nihonga illustrations of bijin, beautiful women and girls, though he also produced a wide variety of works including book covers, serial newspaper illustrations, furoshiki, postcards, and patterned washi paper.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yumeji_Takehisa

Illustrated book of poems by artist/author Takehisa Yumeji,1912

Good Morning, 1915 / Shōjogahō (Girls’ illustrated magazine) January 1915

Sheet music for Johannes Brahms’ “Meine Liebe ist Grün”, July 1923

Saint Mary, November 1924 / Woodblock illustration tipped into The Ladies Graphic magazine

Cover for The Ladies Graphic magazine, 1927 / Color woodblock, offset lithography

Cover for Kuro Neko magazine, 1929 / Offset lithography

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The Lavenberg Collection of Japanese Prints~
https://www.myjapanesehanga.com/home/artists/takehisa-yumeji-1884-1934.html
Taisho Romanticism and the Roots of Kawaii~
https://japanesekawaiiculture.com/takehisa-yumeji-taisho-romanticism-and-the-roots-of-kawaii/

Alma Thomas by Laura Wheeler Waring

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Working with her friends, such as photographer Ida Jervis or painter Laura Wheeler Waring, [Alma] Thomas was ever aware of the power of the portrait. Through pose, prop and expression, she collaborated with her colleagues to generate images that seem self-assured and formidable, demonstrating the values that she held for herself and for others.
~FROM https://www.culturetype.com/2021/07/28/on-occasion-of-new-exhibition-alma-thomas-everything-is-beautiful-curators-and-scholars-reflect-on-lesser-known-aspects-of-artists-life-and-work/

Portrait of a Lady (Alma Thomas) by Laura Wheeler Waring, c.1945 / Oil on canvas / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC

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Autoportrait Day 367~ Nasta Rojc

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Croatian painter Nasta Rojc (1883-1964)

1. Self-Portrait in a Hunting Suit, 1912 / Oil on canvas / National Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb, Croatia

2. Self-Portrait, 1915 / Pastel on canvas / City Museum of Bjelovar, Croatia

3. Equestrian Self-Portrait, 1922 / Oil on canvas / National Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb, Croatia

4. Self-Portrait in a White Shirt, 1925 / Oil on canvas / Museum of the City of Zagreb, Croatia

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Gustav Klimt by Egon Schiele

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In 1907, when Egon Schiele was still a teenager, he sought out Klimt, his artistic idol, in search of guidance. The duo formed a firm friendship…In 1913, he produced an unfinished sketch of Klimt in his famous blue smock…and in 1917, the two men joined forces to found Vienna’s Kunsthalle (Hall of Art) in an effort to keep local artists from going abroad.
~FROM Little-Known Facts About Symbolist Master Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt in Blue Smock by Egon Schiele, 1913 / Pencil and gouache on paper / Private Collection

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Sam Savitt

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Equine artist and illustrator Sam Savitt (1917-2000)

Image from Equestrian Living: Remembering Artist Sam Savitt
https://eqliving.com/remembering-artist-sam-savitt/

[Sam Savitt] “started his career doing magazine illustrations, and became well known for his illustrations for Dell comic book covers, for whom he did Western illustrations. He wrote, or co-wrote, 17 books on horses, as well as private commissions and the Sam Savitt series of charts, which were used in the Smithsonian.”
https://janebadgerbooks.co.uk/illustrators/savitt-sam/

The Lone Ranger’s Famous Horse Hi-Yo Silver, No3, 1952 / Dell Comics

Lad: A Dog Anniversary Edition, 1968 / E. P. Dutton, NY

Sea Horse from Sam Savitt’s Book of Horse Nonsense, 1975 / Black Horse Press, NY

Woman with a horse and foal, ND / Oil on canvas / Private collection

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Wikipedia~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Savitt
Field Guide to Wild American Pulp Artists~
https://www.pulpartists.com/Savitt.html
Horse Book Illustrators, Part Three: Sam Savitt~
http://estatesalechronicles.blogspot.com/2014/06/horse-book-illustrators-part-three-sam.html

Robert Brough by Francis Derwent Wood

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[Robert] Brough’s life was cut short during a steep upward career trajectory; he was very much a rising art star, working alongside Sargent and having recently been made an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy.
There are 3 known full size versions [of this work]; National Gallery of Scotland, Aberdeen Art Gallery, and the third is believed to be in a private collection in the US.
~FROM Lyon & Turnbull | Online Auction Specialists

Bust of Robert Brough by Francis Derwent Wood, c.1905 / Bronze / Image from National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK

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