Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) is widely considered the first woman in Western art history to be a professional artist.
Although others before her were noted painters within the context of a convent or a court, Fontana ran her own thriving studio in her native Bologna and later in Rome..
Na\xefve art is characterised by childlike simplicity of execution and vision.
As such it has been valued by modernists seeking to get away from what they see as the insincere sophistication of art created within the traditional system..
Now, five centuries since Massys completed his painting and 150 years after Tenniel's interpretation, the portrait has been reassessed as neither an old woman nor a duchess, but actually as a male transvestite.Mar 11, 2023.
Some realistic paintings with immense amounts of detail will take a long time – years even – while minimalist, abstract or modern art can take as little as a few minutes..
Throughout the history of art, decoration and domestic handicrafts have been regarded as women's work, and as such, not considered “high” or fine art.
Quilting, embroidery, needlework, china painting, and sewing—none of these have been deemed worthy artistic equivalents to the grand mediums of painting and sculpture..
The earliest known examples of art created on a flat surface date from 30 000 BP or later, from the Later Stone Age of Namibia, the Late Palaeolithic of Egypt and the Upper Palaeolithic of Europe..
15.8% of painters are female in the United States.
This is 1.9 percentage points higher than last year.
Additionally, the percentage of female painters has increased by 3.9 percentage points since 2010.
That means there are a total of 35,269 female painters in the U.S. and 187,954 male painters in the United States..
Now, five centuries since Massys completed his painting and 150 years after Tenniel's interpretation, the portrait has been reassessed as neither an old woman nor a duchess, but actually as a male transvestite.Mar 11, 2023.
Throughout the history of art, decoration and domestic handicrafts have been regarded as women's work, and as such, not considered “high” or fine art.
Quilting, embroidery, needlework, china painting, and sewing—none of these have been deemed worthy artistic equivalents to the grand mediums of painting and sculpture..
Quentin MatsysThe Ugly Duchess (also known as A Grotesque Old Woman) is a satirical portrait painted by the Flemish artist Quentin Matsys around 1513..
Leonardo da Vinci - Mona Lisa, 1503 - 1505
Widely known for her mysterious smile and everlasting beauty, one of the most famous paintings of women ever made, the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, represents a classical renaissance half-body portrait, set against a background of a distant landscape..
Aging is a process by which an artwork, typically a painting or sculpture, is made to appear old.
It is meant to emulate the natural deterioration that can occur over many decades or centuries.
Although there may be "innocent" reasons for it, ageing is a technique very often used in art forgery..
The female form has been a popular subject for art since the beginning of time.
Venus of Willendorf is the first depiction of a woman we know of, from 25,000 BCE..
The earliest known examples of art created on a flat surface date from 30 000 BP or later, from the Later Stone Age of Namibia, the Late Palaeolithic of Egypt and the Upper Palaeolithic of Europe..
Woman Reading is produced by Henri Matisse in 1894, and it became his first real breakthrough with critics and the public: he exhibited it in 1896 at the Salon du Champ-de-Mars.
The artwork, which is painted with oil on canvas, is owned by the Museum of Modern Art in Paris..
Spanish painter, Sergi Cadenas is internationally renown for his portraits that have an element of pop art, and three dimensionality.
The artist prepares his canvases with vertical 'grooves' upon which he paints two seperate but aligned portraits – one on each side of every groove.
The effect is magical..
Quentin MatsysThe Ugly Duchess (also known as A Grotesque Old Woman) is a satirical portrait painted by the Flemish artist Quentin Matsys around 1513..
Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) is widely considered the first woman in Western art history to be a professional artist.
Although others before her were noted painters within the context of a convent or a court, Fontana ran her own thriving studio in her native Bologna and later in Rome..
A common belief at the time was that because she was a woman, there had to have been a man guiding her as no woman had the talent to be successful without a man behind her..
“Older women artists became the natural choice for galleries to look at, especially after 2013 and 2014, when all of a sudden it became clear that not every emerging artist is the next Warhol,” she says, noting that they offer the pedigree of being connected to the major art movements of their time.
Valeria Napoleone, a London collector who vocally supports women artists, hopes this institutional attention leads to the writing and criticism—the documentation, in other words—that will firmly establish these artists as part of the art-historical canon.
The demand for older female artists has been bolstered by institutional efforts to address gaps in their collections and imbalances in programming, sometimes driven by women who have recently assumed positions of power in institutions or as collectors with influence on museum or non-profit boards.
Marble statue by Giambologna
Abduction of a Sabine Woman is a large and complex marble statue by the Flemish sculptor and architect Giambologna.It was completed between 1579 and 1583 for Cosimo I de' Medici.Giambologna achieved widespread fame in his lifetime
And this work is widely considered his masterpiece.It has been in the Loggia dei Lanzi
Painting by Diego Velázquez
Old Woman Frying Eggs is a genre painting by Diego Velázquez
Produced during his Seville period.The date is not precisely known but is thought to be around the turn of 1618 before his definitive move to Madrid in 1623.The painting is in the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh.Velázquez frequently used working-class characters in early paintings like this one
In many cases using his family as models; the old woman here also appears in his Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (1618).There is some dispute about what cooking process is actually depicted with some suggesting not frying but poaching
Leading to an alternative title of the painting
Old Woman Cooking Eggs or Old Woman Poaching Eggs.
Painting by Gerrit Dou
Old Woman Reading
Also known as Old Woman Reading a Lectionary
Is an oil painting by the Dutch painter Gerrit Dou
Made c. 1631–1632.In the past the work was attributed to Rembrandt and was titled Rembrandt's Mother
But this attribution has long been rejected.The portrait has been part of the collection of the Rijksmuseum
1640 portrait painting
Portrait of an Old Woman is a c. 1640 portrait painting painted in the style of Jacob Adriaensz.Backer.It shows an old woman with folded hands.It is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Old Woman is a 1506 oil on canvas painting by Giorgione
Still in its original frame and now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice.
Oil painting by Pablo Picasso
The Weeping Woman is a series of oil on canvas paintings by Pablo Picasso
The last of which was created in late 1937.The paintings depict Dora Maar
Picasso's mistress and muse. The Weeping Woman paintings were produced by Picasso in response to the bombing of Guernica in the Spanish Civil War and are closely associated with the iconography in his painting Guernica.Picasso was intrigued with the subject of the weeping woman
And revisited the theme numerous times that year.The last version
Created on 26 October 1937
Was the most elaborate of the series
And has been housed in the collection of the Tate Modern in London since 1987.Another Weeping Woman painting is housed at the National Gallery of Victoria and was involved in a high-profile political art theft.
2022 American television series
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window is an American dark comedy streaming television miniseries created by Rachel Ramras
Hugh DavidsonAnd Larry Dorf for Netflix.Actors Kristen Bell
And Samsara Yett star in the series
Which has elements of thrillers
But is primarily a parody of mystery psychological thrillers.The eight-episode series runs less than four hours and was released on January 28
2022On Netflix.It received mixed reviews from critics
While Bell's performance was praised.
Female adult human
A woman is an adult female human.Prior to adulthood
One is referred to as a girl.
2015 British drama film directed by Simon Curtis
Woman in Gold is a 2015 biographical drama film directed by Simon Curtis and written by Alexi Kaye Campbell.The film stars Helen Mirren
2012 American film
Woman Thou Art Loosed:
On the 7th Day is a 2012 American drama film directed by Neema Barnette and starring Blair Underwood
Sharon LealNicole Beharie Clyde R Jones
And Pam Grier.It is the sequel to the 2004 film Woman Thou Art Loosed.