A Celebration of Female Artistry that Illustrates Women's Art Across the Ages (March 3, 2024)
Welcome queens and goddesses of the internet. Today is our hoydenish art special, where we represent and appreciate rebellious and intelligent women who used their brute strength and obstinance to fight the patriarchy on the platform of a canvas. These women made themselves known through their raw talent and ethereal paintings, using identity, feminism, surrealism, and more to brew their self expression at a time when women were hardly allowed to pick up a paintbrush. Let's take the time to give credit to the ladies who parted the sea of art for other women to come, and gave us all a voice to elaborate on, express, and indulge in the world of women through imagery.
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Frida Kahlo | 1907-1954 | Surrealism
Ms. Kahlo's unique and artistic expression takes on a journey through her physical hardships, and her sexual and self discovery as a woman at a time when constructs were incredibly strict. A rebel at heart, and a trailblazer of magical realism, Kahlo is one of the most well known artists, putting her vulnerability at the forefront of her work.
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Georgia O'Keeffe | 1887 - 1986 | Modernism
A woman known for her graphic imagery and overlapping of female form, art, flowers, and fruit. Her feminist representations of anatomy and beauty are eternalized in her colorful, languid works.
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Mary Cassett | 1844 - 1926 | Impressionism
An American woman who befriended Degas, Cassett brought herself to popularity through her portrayal of women, in private and socially, casually existing as a human being as opposed to idealized as a muse. Her art made paramount steps for feminism.
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Yayoi Kusama | 1929 - present | Pop Art
Japanese born contemporary artist, Kusama engages in conceptual art regarding feminism, surrealism, and more. Her striking paintings imbue us with feelings of psychedelia and avant-garde expression.
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Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun | 1755 - 1842 | Rococo
A painter of French origin, her shadowing, delicate way of lighting akin to a cinematographer, creates an ethereal experience for the audience. She performs mostly portrait paintings, giving woman of the time to be painted by other women.
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Helen Frankenthaler | 1928 - 2011 | Abstract Expression
A major contributor of postwar American art. Her paintings perfectly balance earthly colors and airy shapes to juxtapose two feelings that conflict, a feeling common during wartimes.
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Hilma af Klint | 1862 - 1944 | Modern
Swedish artist, Klint, bridges the 19th and 20th centuries through her use of mathematical and spiritual designs mixed with solid, grounding coloring. Her use of seances was also a huge inspiration for her impressive work.
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Artemisia Lomi | 1593 - 1653 | Baroque
This quintessential Italian baroque artist was creating profound and unique works even as a teenager. Well-known for depicting the female figure in a natural way, her paintings help us to engage and understand life in the 16th century through the eyes of a woman.
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Mickalene Thomas | 1971 - present | Visual Artist
Utilizing photography, painting, as well as ceramics to curate her empowering and contemporary work, Thomas is an influential artist of the modern era. Incorporating themes of sexuality, race, politics, and feminism into her work, she creates a visual exercise in empathy.
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Judy Chicago | 1939 - present | Minimalism
Chicago's pieces focus on the role of women in history and culture. Her pieces represent her own struggle with identity, combining bright colors and unclear shapes to express the harrowing and confusing role of womanhood.
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