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Female Artists and Patrons
Unit 10: Section 2
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Art History
11th Grade
05/29/2012

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Adelaide Labille-Guiard (1749-1803)
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- Romanticism
- Specialized in historical paintings and portraiture
- Member of French Royal Academy
- Primarily aristocratic subjects
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Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807)
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- Neoclassicism
- Portrayed virtuous subjects
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Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1653)
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- Baroque
- Follower of Caravaggio: influenced by tenebrism
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Self-portrait with two pupils, Adelaide Labille-Guiard, oil
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Cornelia Presenting Her Children as Her Treasures, Angelica Kauffmann, oil
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Judith Slaying Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi, oil
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Audrey Flack (b. 1931)
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- Superrealism
- Known for portraits of Marilyn Monroe
- Used pastel colors
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Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975)
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- Minimalism
- Inspired by Brancusi
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Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)
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- Impressionism
- Produced elegant and delicate works
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Marilyn (Vanitas), Audrey Flack, oil
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Oval Sculpture (No. 2), Barbara Hepworth, plaster
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Villa at the Seaside, Berthe Morisot, oil
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Caterina van Hemessen (1528-1587)
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- Northern Renaissance (Flemish)
- Painted first northern self-portrait by a woman
- Used dark backgrounds
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Cindy Sherman (b. 1954)
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- Conceptualism
- Famous for photographic portraits
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Dorothea Lange (1895-1965)
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- Documentary photography
- Recorded Great Depression life
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Migrant Mother, Dorothea Lange, photograph
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Untitled Film Still #35, Cindy Sherman, photograph
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Self-Portrait, Caterina van Hemessen, oil
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Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun (1755-1842)
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- Rococo and Neoclassicism
- Famous for portraits of Marie-Antoinette
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Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)
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- Surrealism
- Painted psychological themes and Mexican/European culture
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Self-Portrait, Louise-Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, oil
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The Two Fridas, Frida Kahlo, oil
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Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986)
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- American precisionism
- Known for highly accurate images of flowers and cityscapes
- Aimed to amplify objects to the point of abstraction
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Gertrude Kasebier (1852-1934)
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- Realism

- Specialized in symbolic photography

- Themes of motherhood and naturalism

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Blessed art thou among Women, Gertrude Kasebier, photograph
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Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. IV, Georgia O'Keefe, oil
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Hannah Hoch (1889-1978)
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- Dadaism
- Famous for photomontages
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Helen Frankenthaler (b. 1928)
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- Post-Painterly Abstraction
- Employed "soak stain" technique
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Cut with the Dada Kitchen Knife through the Last Weimar Beer-Belly Cultural Epoch in Germany, Hannah Hoch, collage
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The Bay, Helen Frankenthaler, acrylic
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Judy Chicago (b. 1939)
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- Feminist art
- Interested in contemporary culture
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The Dinner Party, Judy Chicago, ceramic/porcelain/textile
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Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879)
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- Took photographic portraits of famous people
- Produced softened, blurred images
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Ophelia Study No. 2, Julia Margaret Cameron, photograph
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Judith Leyster (1609-1660)
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- Baroque
- Influenced by Frans Hals
- Known for spontaneous portraiture
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Kathe Kollwitz (1867-1945)
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- German Expressionism
- Themes of sorrow and loss
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Kiki Smith (b. 1954)
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- Body Art
- Female biology inspired statement art that reveals gender issues
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Untitled, Kiki Smith, wax
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Woman with Dead Child, Kathe Kollwitz, etching
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Self-portrait, Judith Leyster, oil
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Levina Teerlinc (1515-1576)
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- Northern Renaissance
- Flemish miniaturist
- Made portraits for English royal family
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Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911)
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- Surrealism
- Influenced by Miro
- Produced biomorphic sculptures that resembled spiders
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Elizabeth I as a Princess, Levina Teerlinc, oil
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Cumul I, Louise Bourgeois, marble
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Louise Nevelson (1899-1988)
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- Conceptualism
- Assemblage artist: art from existing objects
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Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)
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- American Impressionism
- Painted subjects of motherly love
- Inspired by Japanese prints
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The Tropical Gardens, Louise Nevelson, wood
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The Child's Bath, Mary Cassatt, oil
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Maya Ying Lin (b. 1960)
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- Minimalism
- Famous for sculpture and landscape
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Meret Oppenheim (1913-1985)
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- Surrealism
- Photography combines fantasy and familiarity
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Miriam Schapiro (b. 1923)
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- Arts and Crafts Movement
- Coined "femmages": collages of lace, silk and other womanly materials
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Vietnam Memorial, Maya Ying Lin, gabbro
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Object, Meret Oppenheim, fur covered cup
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Anatomy of a Kimono, Miriam Schapiro, fabric/acrylic
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Properzia de Rossi (1490-1530)
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- Italian Renaissance
- Famous for marble portrait busts
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Rachel Ruysch (1663-1750)
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- Baroque
- Specialized in highly detailed and elaborate flower compositions
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Still-life with bouquet of flowers and plums, Rachel Ruysch, oil
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Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, Properzia de Rossi, marble
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Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899)
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- Realism
- Specialized in animal anatomy
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Sofonisba Anguissola (1527-1625)
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- Mannerism
- Influenced by Michelangelo; inspired Flemish master Anthony van Dyck
- Painted vibrant portraits
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The Horse Fair, Rosa Bonheur, oil
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Portrait of the Artist's Sisters and Brother, Sofonisba Anguissola, oil
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