Female Artists
A month or two ago someone sent me a comment criticizing the lack of any female artists on my site. Of course that's a silly claim since I have quite a number of paintings by female artists here, and since I judge paintings by whether they are good rather than whether they are made by men or women. Be that as it may, I did a little checking just to see if there were any female artists whose work I had overlooked and I found a few interesting paintings that were on my list of things waiting to be considered and so I decided to scan them and post them for all to see. Ordinarily, I dislike exhibitions of art organized by sex, race, or similar irrelevant characteristics, but in this case they just happened to come to my attention at about the same time because of these silly allegations, so here they are...
Earthbound, Evelyn DeMorgan, 1897
Madonna and Child, Marianne Preindelsberger Stokes, c1907
Lady in a Yellow Dress, Emma Sandys, c1870
The Uninvited Guest, Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, 1906
Convent Lily, Marie Spartali Stillman, 1891
Quita Woodward, Violet Oakley, 1939
Mother and Child, Jessie Wilcox Smith, 1908
The Land of Counterpane, Jessie Wilcox Smith
Earthbound, Evelyn DeMorgan, 1897
Madonna and Child, Marianne Preindelsberger Stokes, c1907
Lady in a Yellow Dress, Emma Sandys, c1870
The Uninvited Guest, Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, 1906
Convent Lily, Marie Spartali Stillman, 1891
Quita Woodward, Violet Oakley, 1939
Mother and Child, Jessie Wilcox Smith, 1908
The Land of Counterpane, Jessie Wilcox Smith
7 Comments:
Wow, I love those Jessie Wilcox paintings. Especially the second one. Has a very Winsor McKay feel to it.
By The Sketchist, at 3:13 PM
Would it be fair to say that through much of the history of art there simply haven't been as many women artists as men?
My impression is that women artists began to emerge in sizable numbers only in the late 19th century and up through the 30's-40's (after which the dark ages of modernism took hold and almost all development in good art was banished to the closet).
Today, there appears to be a resurgence in good art and art education (due largely to the Art Renewal Center, and internet sites like Goodart?), and the artists creating good works are a very diverse lot: young and old; men and women; formally trained and self-taught; from America, Europe, and Asia.
It is very exciting to visit some galleries, either in person or on the internet, and see such wonderful work being done a wide variety of artists, especially those who are largely self-taught or barely out of college. Both the diversity of current artists doing good work and the youth of some emerging artists suggests that good art is on the upswing and has a vital future; and tomorrow's museums will likely be displaying works by many more prominent female artists.
By Bill Freeto, at 10:01 PM
Might suggest, as a starting point, the classic article "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" by Linda Nochlin. (Excerpt here.)
Also, you forgot to mention Joanna Boyce... "Elgiva" is especially wonderful.
By Anonymous, at 2:02 PM
I have seen that work by Emma Sandys before "in the flesh" and I can't help feeling that there is a lot of work by her brother Fred in it. Not only is it much stronger than other work of hers of the same period but the facial expression of the model bears a strong resemblence to some of Fred's work. They could have shared a model I know but still I'm suspicious.
By David Thompson, at 6:17 AM
It is a preposterous critique. A thing (anything) is good because it is good, not because of the person who created it.
By John, at 3:43 PM
This is fabulous work. Looks like some Alphonse Mucha influence.Just beautiful.
By Anonymous, at 6:57 PM
Haven't been on your site for ages and it's nice to see that you have changed the outlay to blogs. Apparently you haven't posted for a while either. But it's good to see you putting up new great art.
By therapeuter, at 3:27 PM
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