Female Artists

Tracey Emin se encuentra entre las creadoras presentes en Making Her Mark, un proyecto de las galerías de Penzance, Worcester y Kirkcaldy. Al igual que muchas galerías regionales, la colección de Penlee House en Cornwall tiende a estar dominada por artistas masculinos, un legado de la desigualdad que han enfrentado las creadoras durante siglos. Pero a partir del jueves, gracias a una colaboración entre galerías, los visitantes del centro en Penzance podrán ver obras de algunas de las grandes artistas de Britain. Seguir leyendo...

Show in part a rediscovery of more than 40 mostly forgotten women who plied their trade in the Low CountriesJudith Leyster, an artist of the Dutch golden age, was thought to be about 21 when she painted her self-portrait in 1630. In the picture she presented to the world, Leyster exudes cheerful confidence. Clad in shimmering silks and a stiffly starched lace collar, she leans back in her chair, palette and brushes in hand, a painting by her side.This work, completed in the year she was admitted to a painters’ guild in Haarlem, proclaimed her arrival as an established artist. It was one of the first self-portraits by an artist in the Dutch republic, a device most male painters did not adopt until years later. Continue reading...