September 13
The Horse FairRosa Bonheur1853-55Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA French artist Rosa Bonheur (1822-99) gained great acclaim during her lifetime for her realistic animal paintings and sculptures. The above painting, The Horse Fair was exhibited at the Salon of 1853 and met with an extremely favorable reception, and led to international fame. Among numerous others honors, Bonheur received the Légion d’honneur in 1865 and Grand Cross of the French Legion of Honor in 1894, both of which which had previously only been honored to men.

The Horse Fair
Rosa Bonheur
1853-55
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA

French artist Rosa Bonheur (1822-99) gained great acclaim during her lifetime for her realistic animal paintings and sculptures. The above painting, The Horse Fair was exhibited at the Salon of 1853 and met with an extremely favorable reception, and led to international fame. Among numerous others honors, Bonheur received the Légion d’honneur in 1865 and Grand Cross of the French Legion of Honor in 1894, both of which which had previously only been honored to men.

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Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?

Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? by Linda Nochlin

“Why have there been no great women artists?” The question tolls reproachfully in the background of most discussions of the so-called woman problem. But like so many other so-called questions involved in the feminist “controversy,” it falsifies the nature of the issue at the same time that it insidiously supplies its own answer: “There are no great women artists because women are incapable of greatness.”

… (Full text of the essay can be read here.)

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October 21
Judith Slaying Holofernes Artemisia Gentileschi, 1614-20 I so prefer this to Caravaggio’s version. These women are so much more empowered.

Judith Slaying Holofernes

Artemisia Gentileschi, 1614-20

I so prefer this to Caravaggio’s version. These women are so much more empowered.

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