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Book Review
Woman in Art: Helen Rosenau’s ‘Little Book’ of 1944
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 663–664
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Goodpasture, Eliza (Goodpasture, Eliza)
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Rosenau, Helen / Art historians / Art history / Feminism
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Woman in Art: Helen Rosenau’s ‘Little Book’ of 1944 By Griselda Pollock, with contributions by Adrian Rifkin and Rachel Dickson. 400 pp. incl. 140 col. and b. & w. ills. (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, 2023), £35. ISBN 978–1–913107–41–3. | :
Book Review
A Revolution on Canvas: The Rise of Women Artists in London and Paris, 1760–1830
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 429–431
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Baumgärtel, Bettina (Baumgärtel, Bettina)
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Women artists / Feminism / British art / French art / Art market / Exhibitions
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A Revolution on Canvas: The Rise of Women Artists in London and Paris, 1760–1830 By Paris A. Spies-Gans. 384 pp. incl. 157 col. + b. & w. ills. (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London, 2022), £45. ISBN 978–1–913107–29–1. | :
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7. Design, by Angelica Kauffman. 1778–80. Oil on canvas, 126 by 148.5 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Exhibition Review
Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970–90
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 303–305
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Grant, Catherine (Grant, Catherine)
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dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Women artists / Women / Politics / Feminism
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Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970–90 Tate Britain, London 8th November 2023–7th April 2024 | :
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10. Installation view of Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970–90 at Tate Britain, 2023–24, showing postal art exhibited in Feministo: Portrait of the Artist as a Housewife. (Courtesy Tate; photograph Madeline Buddo).
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11. Banana woman, by Margaret Harrison. 1971. Watercolour, coloured graphite and graphite on paper, 51.8 by 63.7 cm. (© Margaret Harrison; Tate; exh. Tate Britain, London).
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12. The affair, by Bhajan Hunjan. 1987–88. Acrylic on canvas, 122 by 91.5 cm. (© Bhajan Hunjan; Tate; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Book Review
Gestalterinnen: Frauen, Design und Gesellschaft im Wien der Zwischenkriegszeit
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 333–334
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Long, Christopher (Long, Christopher)
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dates:
1900-1949
places:
Vienna
subjects:
Women artists / Designers / Austrian art / Feminism
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Gestalterinnen: Frauen, Design und Gesellschaft im Wien der Zwischenkriegszeit Edited by Elana Shapira and Anne-Katrin Rossberg. 248 pp. incl. 46 col. + 51 b. & w. ills. (De Gruyter, Berlin and Boston, 2023), £56.80. ISBN 978–3–11–077188–6. | :
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8. Vase, by Vally Wieselthier. c.1920. Ceramic, 52 by 26.5 cm. (Wien Museum, Vienna).
Book Review
Hersilia’s Sisters: Jacques-Louis David, Women, and the Emergence of Civil Society in Post-Revolution France
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 100–101
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Bordes, Philippe (Bordes, Philippe; Bordes, Phillipe)
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artists:
David, Jacques-Louis
dates:
1790-1829
subjects:
French art / Social history / Women / Women artists / Portraits / Feminism
subjects:
Revolution (France: 1789-1799)
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Hersilia’s Sisters: Jacques-Louis David, Women, and the Emergence of Civil Society in Post-Revolution France By Norman Bryson. 352 pp. incl. 168 col. ills. (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2023), £65. ISBN 978–1–60606–771–0. | :
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6. Henriette de Verninac, by Jacques-Louis David. 1798–99. Oil on canvas, 145.5 by 112 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris).
Book Review
Thoroughly Modern: The Pioneering Life of Barbara Ker-Seymer, Photographer, and her Brilliant Bohemian Friends
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1376
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Hopkinson, Amanda (Hopkinson, Amanda)
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art literature:
Feminism
artists:
Ker-Seymer, Barbara
subjects:
women photographers / British photography
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Thoroughly Modern: The Pioneering Life of Barbara Ker- Seymer, Photographer, and her Brilliant Bohemian Friends By Sarah Knights. 336 pp. incl. numerous b. & w. ills. (Virago, London, 2023), £22. ISBN 978–0–349–01151–6. | :
Book Review
Abstract Expressionists: The Women
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1164
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Chalaby, Cora (Chalaby, Cora)
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subjects:
Women artists / Feminism / Abstract Expressionism / American art
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Abstract Expressionists: The Women By Ellen G. Landau and Joan M. Marter. 256 pp. incl. 170 col. ills. (Merrell, London and New York, 2023), £45. ISBN 978–1–85894–703–7. | :
Book Review
Jo van Gogh-Bonger: The Woman Who Made Vincent Famous
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 808–809
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Homburg , Cornelia (Homburg , Cornelia)
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artists:
Gogh, Vincent van
subjects:
Gogh-Bonger, Johanna van / Gogh, Theo van, 1857-1891 / Dutch art / Art dealers / Exhibitions / Feminism / Social history
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Jo van Gogh-Bonger: The Woman Who Made Vincent Famous By Hans Luijten, translated by Lynne Richards. 544 pp. incl. 63 col. + 67 b. & w. ills. (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, London, 2023), £20. ISBN 978–1–350–29958–0. | :
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5. Jo van Gogh-Bonger in the living room at 77 Koninginneweg in Amsterdam. 1909 or later. On the wall behind the desk are Henri Fantin-Latour’s Flowers (1877) and Vincent van Gogh’s Vase of honesty (1884) and Landscape at twilight (1890). (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Book Review
Artemisia Gentileschi
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 90-91
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Garrard, Mary D. (Garrard, Mary D.)
Subjects
artists:
Gentileschi, Artemisia
subjects:
Italian art / Women artists / Feminism / Gender
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Artemisia Gentileschi By Sheila Barker. 144 pp. incl. 80 col. ills. (Lund Humphries, London, 2022), £30. ISBN 978–1–84822–454–4. | :
Illustrations
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1. Judith beheading Holofernes, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1620. Oil on canvas, 146.5 by 108 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
Artemisia Gentileschi and Feminism in Early Modern Europe
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 92-93
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Bohn, Babette (Bohn, Babette)
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artists:
Gentileschi, Artemisia
subjects:
Italian art / Women / Women artists / Feminism / Self-portraits / Literature
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Artemisia Gentileschi and Feminism in Early Modern Europe By Mary D. Garrard. 320 pp. incl. 65 col. + 4 b. & w. ills. (Reaktion Books, London, 2020), £15.95. ISBN 978–1–78914–202–0. | :
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2. Self-portrait as a lute player, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1615–18. Oil on canvas, 77.5 by 71.8 cm. (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford; Bridgeman Images).
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