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1. NMWA_190509_001.JPG: Ilona Keresu Black Line, 1968-69
2. NMWA_190509_011.JPG: Marie Laurencin Portrait of a Girl in a Hat, ca 1950
3. NMWA_190509_015.JPG: Lilly Martin Spencer King Lear, ca 1859
4. NMWA_190509_020.JPG: Jennie Augusta Brownscombe Interior Scene, n.d.
5. 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
6. NMWA_190509_031.JPG: Gabriele Munter Child with Ball, ca 1916
7. NMWA_190509_036.JPG: Martha Walter Bathing Hour, ca 1915
8. NMWA_190509_045.JPG: Dulah Evans Krehbiel Three Ladies at a Window, 1920
9. NMWA_190509_053.JPG: Beatrice Whitney Van Ness Untitled, 1908
10. NMWA_190509_058.JPG: Jane Peterson Beach Scene, ca 1935
11. NMWA_190509_067.JPG: Alice Beard At the Flower Market, ca 1912
12. NMWA_190509_073.JPG: Aimee Lamb The Restaurant, 1939
13. NMWA_190509_077.JPG: Rosa Bonheur Untitled, n.d.
14. NMWA_190509_082.JPG: Gabriele Munter Staffelsee in Autumn, 1923
15. NMWA_190509_090.JPG: Jessie Dorr Luca California Cypress, 1906
16. NMWA_190509_095.JPG: Bertha Perrie Untitled, n.d.
17. 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.
18. NMWA_190509_107.JPG: Martha Walter The Telegram, Detention Room, Ellis Island, 1922
19. NMWA_190509_113.JPG: Ryah Ludins Self-Portrait, n.d.
20. NMWA_190509_122.JPG: Antoinette-Cecile-Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot Young Woman Seated in the Shade of a Tree, ca 1830
21. NMWA_190509_127.JPG: Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise The Eastern Lady, 1874
22. NMWA_190509_137.JPG: Gladys Nelson Smith Woman with Golden Hair in a Brown Striped Dress, n.d.
23. NMWA_190509_140.JPG: Lydia Field Emmet Portrait of Thomas Ewing III, ca 1932
24. NMWA_190509_145.JPG: Edna Reindel Lockheed Worker Working on the Fuselage of a P-38, 1942
25. NMWA_190509_152.JPG: Anna Claypoole Peale Still Life with Strawberries, ca 1820s
26. NMWA_190509_158.JPG: Elena Bonafonte Vidotto Eggs, 1977
27. 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.
28. NMWA_190509_171.JPG: Marie Laurencin Jeune fille a la guitar, ca 1945
29. NMWA_190509_177.JPG: Minerva J. Chapman Still Life: A Shelf in the Studio, Paris, 1889
30. NMWA_190509_182.JPG: Minerva J. Chapman Lady Reading by Lamplight, 1895
31. NMWA_190509_188.JPG: Marie Danforth Page Her Littlest One, 1914
32. NMWA_190509_196.JPG: Alida Withoos A Still Life with Roses, Daisies, an Iris, and Other Flowers on a Forest Floor, ca 1700
33. NMWA_190509_203.JPG: Honor Freeman Tupperware -- Transforming a Chaotic Kitchen, 2008 Slipcast porcelain
34. NMWA_190509_218.JPG: Suzanne Valadon Bouquet of Flowers in an Empire Vase, 1920
35. NMWA_190509_226.JPG: Eulabee Dix Gallery
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Wikipedia Description: National Museum of Women in the Arts
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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 m�) 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 m�).

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 coun ...More...
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