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Today is International Women’s Day and I wanted to share my thoughts, respect and gratitude to all the female artists of past and present.
One knows that Carla loves a Google, often to my detriment, though today’s was all about the top five most famous female artists to date. And, the drum roll sounds…..here they are, courtesy of Harpers Bazaar, not personally chosen, though there are a couple I find pretty cool.
Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun – she was particularly praised for her sympathetic portraits of aristocratic women- yawn yawn, though amazing work.
Mary Cassatt – the only female American artist officially associated with Impressionism. Really? Surely that has changed by now?
Georgia O’Keefe – one of the very first American artists to produce a purely abstract work of art and one of my personal favourites, in fact the first piece of art that I purchased was one of hers and still hangs on my kitchen wall.
Frida Kahlo – her self-portraits featuring her iconic unibrow and moustache, now that’s a real woman who is comfortable in her own skin haha!
Helen Frankenthaler – she basically poured cans of paint onto raw canvas, allowing the material to soak into the support, forming amorphous shapes. I love her work and might give it a bash myself! On another note, as a woman of Abstract Expressionism, Frankenthaler broke through the masculine-dominated movement and let her own unique artistic voice be heard.
I now have a direction for further blogs… thank you Harpers!
Now last, but not least, I want to say how proud I am to have collaborated with some extremely talented female artists such as: Courtenay Kusitor, Helen Parsliffe, Małgorzata Jabłońska, Miriam Carrillo, Susan Diamond and Thushari Gamage. Together they showcase an eclectic mix of artworks using inks, pencils, acrylics and oils, to produce bold abstract pieces, drawings celebrating the nude female form, punk Picasso spat alien figures and large fabric sculptures of torsos and angels.
I thank you for sharing these with me and the rest of the world. Who knows you may be in that top 5 one day!
Image shows Susan Diamond’s ‘Blank Strip Is Black’, chosen because it represents a powerful woman in control of her/our world. Plus I like her shoes!
