| Women in Art |

According to tradition, in the past a woman's place was in the home, she was under the tutelage, first of her father and then of her husband. Her main duties were to be a wife, a mother, and then run a household. If a woman escaped these duties to become a artist it was an exception to the rule. Today there are many great women artists. It was only in the 20th century when the mass of women became eligible (legally as well as culturally) to receive the highest levels of artistic training. So this brings us to the problem we face today, copyrights. Most great women artists are under the protection of copyrights and their estates have choosen not to allow their images to be used. So enjoy the 30 women artists listed. As time and copyright permit I will add more artists and scans. |
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| Added 20 Morisot images Added 4 Cassatt images Added 6 Kollwitz images |
| Suggested Readings |
| Art for Dummies by Thomas Hoving |
| The Art of Reflection : Women Artists' Self-Portraiture in the Twentieth
Century by Marsha Meskimmon |
| Abstract Expressionist Women Painters : An Annotated Bibliography : Elaine
De Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Grace Hartigan, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell by Francoise S. Puniello, Halina R. Rusak |
| Seeing Ourselves : Women's Self-Portraits by Frances Borzello |
| Art Talk : Conversations With 15 Women Artists by Cindy Nemser |
| Women, Art, and Society by Whitney Chadwick |
| Women Artists : An Illustrated History by Nancy G. Heller |
| THANKS GO TO Mark Harden Bob Stewart |
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