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Women in Art

February 3, 2017

FORTUNATELY, we know the status of women has vastly improved. Otherwise, judging from the history of Western art, we would be tempted to conclude otherwise.

A few examples:

 

Master G.Z._Madonna and Child with the Donor, Pietro de' Lardi, Presented by Saint Nicholas (1420_30)

Madonna and Child with the Donor, Pietro de’ Lardi, Presented by Saint Nicholas, Master G.Z.; 1420-30

 

 

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Head and Shoulders of a Woman, Leonardo Da Vinci; ca. 1500–1505

 

Working Title/Artist: Young Mother Sewing Department: Am. Paintings / Sculpture Culture/Period/Location: HB/TOA Date Code: Working Date: 1900 photography by mma, DP139632.tif touched by film and media (jnc) 9_2_09

Young Mother Sewing, Mary Cassat; 1900

 

 

Self-Portrait, Alice Bailly, 1917

Self-Portrait, Alice Bailly, 1917

 

Woman and Pears (Fernande); Pablo Picasso; 1909

Woman and Pears (Fernande); Pablo Picasso; 1909

 

 

Hershman, Lynn

Roberta’s Construction Chart #2, Lynn Hershman Leeson; 1976

 

Isa Genzken. Schauspieler (Actors) (detail). 2013. Mannequins, clothes, shoes, fabric, and paper, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Buchholz, Cologne/Berlin. © Isa Genzken. Photo: Jens Ziehe, Berlin.

Isa Genzken. Schauspieler (Actors) (detail). 2013.

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