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- Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
- NMWA_190509_001.JPG: Ilona Keresu
Black Line, 1968-69
- NMWA_190509_011.JPG: Marie Laurencin
Portrait of a Girl in a Hat, ca 1950
- NMWA_190509_015.JPG: Lilly Martin Spencer
King Lear, ca 1859
- NMWA_190509_020.JPG: Jennie Augusta Brownscombe
Interior Scene, n.d.
- NMWA_190509_026.JPG: Anna Ancher
Fisher Woman in Profile
Figures in profile, especially women, often appear in Anna Ancher's paintings. Influenced by the tenets of Realism, Ancher directly observed her subjects and portrayed them in an un-idealized manner. Bust-length paintings of a solitary figure against a dark background are frequently seen in the work of 17th-century northern European artists like Rembrandt, whose work Ancher would have seen in museums on her travels throughout Europe.
The woman in this image is likely a local resident of Skagen. Most of the town's population made their living by fishing in the waters of the Skagerrak, a strait that connects the North Sea to the Baltic Sea. Characteristic of Ancher's figures, the sitter does not make eye contact with the viewer. Stylistically, this painting shows Ancher's tendency to juxtapose relatively unblended fields of color, as seen in the woman's clothing, particularly in the suggestion of pattern on her headscarf.
1892
- NMWA_190509_031.JPG: Gabriele Munter
Child with Ball, ca 1916
- NMWA_190509_036.JPG: Martha Walter
Bathing Hour, ca 1915
- NMWA_190509_045.JPG: Dulah Evans Krehbiel
Three Ladies at a Window, 1920
- NMWA_190509_053.JPG: Beatrice Whitney Van Ness
Untitled, 1908
- NMWA_190509_058.JPG: Jane Peterson
Beach Scene, ca 1935
- NMWA_190509_067.JPG: Alice Beard
At the Flower Market, ca 1912
- NMWA_190509_073.JPG: Aimee Lamb
The Restaurant, 1939
- NMWA_190509_077.JPG: Rosa Bonheur
Untitled, n.d.
- NMWA_190509_082.JPG: Gabriele Munter
Staffelsee in Autumn, 1923
- NMWA_190509_090.JPG: Jessie Dorr Luca
California Cypress, 1906
- NMWA_190509_095.JPG: Bertha Perrie
Untitled, n.d.
- NMWA_190509_102.JPG: Ellen Day Hale
June, ca 1893
Ellen Day Hale produced landscapes and large religious murals, but she specialized in figure studies, such as June, painted in an Impressionist manner. Like the 17th-century Dutch masters whose work she admired, Hale excelled at depicting solitary women in light-filled interiors, absorbed in domestic pursuits.
Here the sitter concentrates on her sewing, completely ignoring the dazzling landscape beyond the window. Hale's extremely loose brushwork is visible in the thickly impastoed areas behind the sitter's head. Yet we can clearly perceive the woman's thimble and the quick movements of her needle glinting in the sunlight.
The dark chair contrasts with the bright light that floods in and picks out a few strands of the woman's upswept hair. Hale communicates the atmosphere through her rendering of the woman's dress. She flattens the check pattern in certain sections, allows the right shoulder to dissolve into the light, and adds the unexpected, humanizing touch of a missing button, of which the seamstress seems ironically unaware.
This canvas was presumably painted in Santa Barbara, California, where Hale lived from 1892 to 1893.
- NMWA_190509_107.JPG: Martha Walter
The Telegram, Detention Room, Ellis Island, 1922
- NMWA_190509_113.JPG: Ryah Ludins
Self-Portrait, n.d.
- NMWA_190509_122.JPG: Antoinette-Cecile-Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot
Young Woman Seated in the Shade of a Tree, ca 1830
- NMWA_190509_127.JPG: Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise
The Eastern Lady, 1874
- NMWA_190509_137.JPG: Gladys Nelson Smith
Woman with Golden Hair in a Brown Striped Dress, n.d.
- NMWA_190509_140.JPG: Lydia Field Emmet
Portrait of Thomas Ewing III, ca 1932
- NMWA_190509_145.JPG: Edna Reindel
Lockheed Worker Working on the Fuselage of a P-38, 1942
- NMWA_190509_152.JPG: Anna Claypoole Peale
Still Life with Strawberries, ca 1820s
- NMWA_190509_158.JPG: Elena Bonafonte Vidotto
Eggs, 1977
- NMWA_190509_165.JPG: Lilly Martin Spencer
Still Life with Watermelon, Pears, and Grapes, ca 1859
Best known for her paintings of family and domestic life in mid-19th century America, Lilly Martin Spencer was also a talented painter of still lifes. Indeed, paintings like The Artist and Her Family at a Fourth of July Picnic contain sensitively rendered still-life elements.
Still Life with Watermelon, Pears, and Grapes was an appropriate subject for the artist on several levels. The selection of fruit and the realism with which it is rendered may reflect Spencer's preference for American subjects and styles.
Also, still lifes had long been considered suitable subjects for women artists since they could be painted in the home and didn't require study of the human form.
Spencer demonstrates her skill at rendering various textures, depicting with great realism the moisture on the grapes, fuzzy texture of the peach, juicy flesh of the watermelon, and the weathered stone ledge on which they sit.
While the fruits appear to be at the peak of perfection, the bites taken out of the watermelon slice add a sense of immediacy to the composition.
- NMWA_190509_171.JPG: Marie Laurencin
Jeune fille a la guitar, ca 1945
- NMWA_190509_177.JPG: Minerva J. Chapman
Still Life: A Shelf in the Studio, Paris, 1889
- NMWA_190509_182.JPG: Minerva J. Chapman
Lady Reading by Lamplight, 1895
- NMWA_190509_188.JPG: Marie Danforth Page
Her Littlest One, 1914
- NMWA_190509_196.JPG: Alida Withoos
A Still Life with Roses, Daisies, an Iris, and Other Flowers on a Forest Floor, ca 1700
- NMWA_190509_203.JPG: Honor Freeman
Tupperware -- Transforming a Chaotic Kitchen, 2008
Slipcast porcelain
- NMWA_190509_218.JPG: Suzanne Valadon
Bouquet of Flowers in an Empire Vase, 1920
- NMWA_190509_226.JPG: Eulabee Dix Gallery
- Wikipedia Description: National Museum of Women in the Arts
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C. is the only museum solely dedicated to celebrating women’s achievements in the visual, performing, and literary arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since opening its doors in 1987, the museum has acquired a collection of more than 3,500 paintings, sculptures, works on paper and decorative art.
History:
While traveling abroad, Mr. and Mrs. Holladay admired a 17th-century still-life by Flemish painter Clara Peeters. The Holladays later sought information on Peeters, yet the definitive college art history text (H.W. Janson’s History of Art) failed to include Peeters, or any other female artist. The Holladays then decided to make works by women the basis for their art collection, which later would become the core of NMWA’s permanent collection.
Building:
In 1983, NMWA purchased a landmark 78,810 sq ft (7322 m²) former Masonic temple to house its works. Initially drafted by architect Waddy B. Wood, the main building was completed in 1908 and the original structure is on the D.C. Inventory List of Historic Sites as well as the National Register of Historic Places. After extensive renovations, the museum opened to the public April 7, 1987. The Elizabeth A. Kasser Wing opened November 8, 1997 making the entire facility 84,110 sq ft (7814 m²).
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay:
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay is the founder and chair of the Board of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Since her discovery that women artists have historically been omitted from collegiate art history texts, Wilhelmina Cole Holladay has made it her mission to bring to the forefront the accomplishments of women through collecting, exhibiting and researching women artists of all nationalities and time periods.
Holladay created individual committees of over 1,000 volunteers from 27 states and 7 countries, to give educational opportunities to children through collaborations with schools and other community groups (e.g. Girl Scouts of the USA), as well as provided opportunities for adults to participate and encourage art in local communities across the globe.
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay’s interest in art was sparked as a student at Elmira College in New York, where she studied art history, followed by graduate work at the University of Paris. She is listed in Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who in American Art, Who’s Who in the World, and she holds many honorary degrees and achievement awards for her work in the arts community. In 2006 she received the National Medal of Arts from the United States and the Légion d'honneur from the French government. In 2007 Holladay received the Gold Medal for the Arts from the National Arts Club in New York City.
Collection and exhibitions:
Beginning in 1987 with American Women Artists, 1830-1930, NMWA has presented more than 200 exhibitions which include: Julie Taymor: Playing With Fire: Nov. 16, 2000–Feb. 4, 2001, Grandma Moses in the 21st Century: March 15, 2001–June 10, 2001, Places of Their Own: Emily Carr, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Frida Kahlo: Feb. 8, 2002–May 12, 2002, An Imperial Collection: Women Artists from the State Hermitage Museum: Feb. 14, 2003–June 18, 2003, Nordic Cool: Hot Women Designers: Apr. 23, 2004–Sept. 12, 2004, Berthe Morisot: An Impressionist and Her Circle: Jan. 14, 2005–May 8, 2005, Alice Neel’s Women: Oct. 28, 2005–Jan. 15, 2006, Divine and Human: Women in Ancient Mexico and Peru: March 3, 2006–May 28, 2006, and Dreaming Their Way: Australian Aboriginal Women: June 30, 2006–Sept. 24, 2006.
The permanent collection currently contains works by nearly 1,000 artists. Among the earliest works is Lavinia Fontana’s Portrait of a Noblewoman, ca. 1580. Other artists represented include: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Louise Bourgeois, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Rosalba Carriera, Mary Cassatt, Elizabeth Catlett, Louisa Courtauld, Petah Coyne, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Elaine de Kooning, Lesley Dill, Helen Frankenthaler, Marguerite Gérard, Nan Goldin, Nancy Graves, Grace Hartigan, Frida Kahlo, Angelica Kauffman, Käthe Kollwitz, Lee Krasner, Marie Laurencin, Judith Leyster, Maria Martinez, Maria Sibylla Merian, Joan Mitchell, Gabriele Münter, Elizabeth Murray, Alice Neel, Louise Nevelson, Georgia O’Keeffe, Sarah Miriam Peale, Clara Peeters, Lilla Cabot Perry, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Rachel Ruysch, Elisabetta Sirani, Joan Snyder, Lilly Martin Spencer, Alma Thomas, Suzanne Valadon, Chakaia Booker, and Elisabeth Louisa Vigée-Lebrun.
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