Female Artists

Tracey Emin 等创作者的作品将展出在 Making Her Mark 项目中，该项目由 Penzance、Worcester 和 Kirkcaldy 的美术馆共同发起。 • 与许多地区性美术馆一样，康沃尔郡 Penlee House 的馆藏倾向于由男性艺术家主导，这是女性创作者数世纪以来所面临的不平等局面所留下的影响。 • 但从周四起，得益于各美术馆之间的合作，前往 Penzance 该地点的访客将能够欣赏到一些英国伟大女性艺术家的作品。阅读更多...

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...