Women Artists Though The Ages

Comprehensive history of African-American women artists, from slavery to the present day detailing hundreds of works and illustrated pages. Drawing on interviews with contemporary artists probes more recent stylistic developments, such as abstraction, conceptualism, and post-modernism. Weaving together an expansive collection of artists, styles, and periods, Farrington argues that for centuries African-American women artists have created an alternative vision of how women of color can, are, and might be represented in American culture.

Author rescues seven first-rate twentieth-century women artists from oblivion, their lives fascinating, their artwork a revelation. Brings to life seven of these forgotten artists, among the best of their day. Reveals what drove them, how they worked, and how they were perceived by others. Featuring stunning examples of the artists' work.

Twenty-six art historians offer scholarly insight into the achievements of female artists working in and inspired by the American South. Spanning the decades between the late 1890s and early 1960s. Features artists from all of the Southern states.

Published to accompany the exhibition ‘Six Contemporary Chinese Women Artists’ which opened at the Chinese Cultural Center of San Francisco in 1991. A study on the artistic evolution of the chosen artists. Provides artists’ biographies, a bibliography, and a glossary of Chinese characters.

Early modern Italian women artists. Attention to archival documents and detailed technical analyses of the paintings featured, from historical subjects to portraits and still lifes. Offers new insight into the ways these women worked and their accomplishments. Essays and catalogue entries.

Ledger art has traditionally been created by men to recount the lives of male warriors on the Plains. During the past forty years, this form has been adopted by Native female artists, who are turning previously untold stories of women's lifestyles and achievements into ledger-style pictures. While there has been a resurgence of interest in ledger art, little has been written about these women ledger artists. Focusing on four contemporary women ledger artists: Sharron Ahtone Harjo (Kiowa), Colleen Cutschall (Oglala Lakota), Linda Haukaas (Sicangu Lakota), and Dolores Purdy Corcoran (Caddo). Examines the artists and explains how they expanded Plains Indian history. 46 images of work.

Explores the artistic achievements of Native women. Includes works of art from antiquity to the present. Showcases artists from more than seventy-five Indigenous tribes.

Women artists and patrons in the Netherlands 1500-1700. Highlights the contributions of women art makers in the Netherlands.

Traces the relationships between the modernist artists in Werefkin's circle. Their interactions were dominated not primarily by national ties, but rather by their artistic ideas, intellectual convictions, and gender roles; it offers an analysis of the various artistic scenes, the places of exchange, and the artists' sources of inspiration. Specifically focusing on issues of cosmopolitan culture, transcultural dialogue, gender roles, and the building of new artistic networks. The collection of essays re-evaluates the contributions of these artists to the development of modern art.

Women artists of Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century, each chosen for her aesthetic innovations and participation in public exhibitions. Vienna offered ways for women artists to forge successful public careers.