Female Artists

• Penzance, Worcester, Kirkcaldy 미술관의 공동 프로젝트인 'Making Her Mark'에 Tracey Emin을 포함한 여러 창작자들의 작품이 전시됩니다. • 많은 지역 미술관과 마찬가지로 콘월의 Penlee House 소장품은 수 세기 동안 여성 창작자들이 겪어온 불평등의 결과로 남성 예술가들의 작품이 주를 이루는 경향이 있습니다. • 하지만 목요일부터 미술관 간의 협력을 통해 Penzance 방문객들은 영국을 대표하는 위대한 여성 예술가들의 작품을 관람할 수 있게 됩니다.

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...