#365WomenArtists
March was Women's History Month which means that, for those of us who love and follow museums, we started seeing #5WomenArtists
Shout Out to the National Museum of Women in the Arts
who started this hashtag
This hashtag was created to bring more attention to women artists because the average person can't seem to name 5 of them...
...which is just sad.
I started following the hashtag, but I wasn't seeing that much art from women. A handful of paintings I was already familiar with but not much more.
And one museum did a lecture on The Rokeby Venus . . .
. . . by Diego Velázquez
Sure, this painting is important in the history of feminism, but this is not what I was looking for.
I wanted to see art by lesser known female artists, so I decided to highlight a different female artist every day for a year -- #365womenartists
There's no real method here. I will try to represent artists from diverse movements, time periods, and cultures, but I'm not planning to provide biography or commentary because:
- It would be woefully inadequate
- The research just to find the artwork is taking me forever :/
- If there is an artist you particularly like, you can always find out more--I'll try to include links
So comment and suggest your favorite female artists! I will take requests ;)
Profile Picture: Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting by Artimesia Gentileschi
Cover Photo: The Horse Fair by Rosa Bonheur
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