THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN ART

Chasity AustinProfessor Orr

Art 113310 December 2010

INITIAL CONFLICT

Throughout history, many felt Women could not create great art.

Lack of respect for women as artist.

Men were of dominance in society

National Museum of Women in Arts

RENAISSANCE

First Woman Artist Born in Cremona Oldest of Seven

Children Studied Art with

Bernardino Campi Later became a

Nun In late 20’s served

as court painter & lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth of Valois (painted Queen in 1565).

Married Twice 3 children Died in Palermo in

1625

SOFONISBA ANGUISSOLA(1527-1625)

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

VIGÉE-LE BRUN (1755-1842)

Born in Paris Self taught artist Professional Painter

by age 15 1783 Royal Academy

Member Exiled from France for

12 years, but allowed re-entry

1830’s publish memoirs of artistic career and travels.

NINETEENTH CENTURY

ROSA BONHEUR(1822-1899)

Born Marie-Rosa Bonheur French realist painter &

Sculptor Influenced by English animal

painter Sir Edwin Henry Landseer

Died at 77 After death, most paintings

sold in Paris in 1900

TWENTIETH CENTURY

JUDY CHICAGO(1939-)

Born July 20, 1939 in Chicago

Gained recognition in 1960s as Judith Gerowitz

Married three times The Dinner Party became

part of the Brooklyn Museum of Art in 2002

NOBLE ARTIST OF TWENTIETH CENTURY

Hannelore Baron, Lee Bontecou, Louise Bourgeois, Romaine Brooks, Leonora Carrington, Mary Cassatt, Elizabeth Catlett, Camille Claudel, Sonia Delaunay, Dulah Marie Evans, Mary Frank, Helen Frankenthaler, Elisabeth Frink, Françoise Gilot, Natalia Goncharova, Nancy Graves, Grace Hartigan, Barbara Hepworth, Eva Hesse, Sigrid Hjertén, Malvina Hoffman, Margaret Ponce Israel, Gwen John, Käthe Kollwitz, Lee Krasner, Frida Kahlo, Laura Knight, Barbara Kruger, Marie Laurencin, Tamara de Lempicka, Séraphine Louis, Dora Maar, Maruja Mallo, Agnes Martin, Ana Mendieta, Joan Mitchell, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Gabriele Münter, Alice Neel, Louise Nevelson, Georgia O'Keeffe, Orovida Camille Pissarro, Irene Rice Pereira, Bridget Riley, Verónica Ruiz de Velasco, Anne Ryan, Charlotte Salomon, Augusta Savage, Zinaida Serebriakova, Henrietta Shore, Sr. Maria Stanisia, Suzanne Valadon, Remedios Varo, Nellie Walker, Marianne von Werefkin, and Ogura Yuki

CONCLUSION

By the 20th Century: Women gained the

recognition deserved as artist.

Women are now respected as artist

Major contributor to art in the current century

THE END