Self portrait: Adélaïde Labille, 1785
oil canvas with two of her students, She was an advocate for women to receive the same opportunities as men to become great painters.
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throughout history, from ancient times to the present... women from all around the world have participated in the visual arts in diverse and stimulating ways
Women have been & continue to be essential to the institution of art, whether as artists and inventors of different kinds of creative expression, collectors, or key contributors to the subject of art history.
For the most part, however, traditional art history has systematically excluded or masked women’s participation in the visual arts.
Instead of acknowledging the social difficulties women faced while attempting to engage with the art world, the field has often regarded women's contributions as non-existent or inferior to men's.
The majority of art historians have regarded Artwork as the peak of creative achievement, which they subsequently attributed to just a subset of masculinity.
It took the intervention of feminism in the late 20th century to begin to reshape the subject of art.
In this blog, I present to you a selection of powerfully influential women and their artwork
Artemisia Gentileschi: Baroque painter
Self-portrait, 1638
Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Lebrun: portrait painter
Self-portrait in a Straw Hat, 1782
Berthe Morisot: impressionist painter
The cradle, 1872
fun fact
Berthe Morisot was the only woman who joined the first art show of the Impressionists.
Camille Claudel: sculptor
The Waltz, 1893
Hilma af Klint: abstract painter
Adulthood, 1907
Frida Kahlo: Surrealist painter
My dress hangs there, 1933
Leonora Carrington: Surrealist painter
The ordeal of Owain, 1959.
Yoko ono: performance artist
Refugee Boat, 1960
Elaine Sturtevant: Conceptual artist & photographer
Warhol Diptych, 1973.
Shahzia Sikander: contemporary painter
Mirrat, 1990
Zaha Hadid: architect
