Women in Art

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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