Frappr Group for GoodArt Fans

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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

Art Teacher Suspended for Recommending Figure Drawing

In December Middletown, New York art teacher Pete Panse was suspended for recommending that some of his advanced students take a figure drawing class that included nude models, on the grounds that mentioning such a thing constituted a potentially sexually unfomfortable situation for some students or their parents. Since January I have been assisting Mr. Panse in his efforts to fight this procedure and we are making good headway so far. You can read all about the case, learn how you can help, and sign an electronic petition at http://www.artrenewal.org/articles/2006/peter_panse/case1.asp. Please help any way you can!

For additional Information:

See the Geraldo At Large Segments on this case: http://www.geraldoatlarge.com/video-archive.php?searchText=nude&do=1

Newspaper Articles: http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2006/01/14/news-dcpanse-01-14.html

Click Here to Sign the Online Petition: http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/Reinstate_Pete_Panse/