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Women in Abstraction. Another History of Abstraction in the 20th Century or Elles font l'abstraction. Une autre histoire de l'abstraction au XXe siècle was a major exhibition of 20th century abstract art created by women. [ 1 ]
This is a list of women artists who were born in America or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. Included are recognized American women artists, known for creating artworks that are primarily visual in nature, in traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics as well as in more recently developed genres, such as installation art ...
Hilma af Klint (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhɪ̂lːma ˈɑːv ˈklɪnːt]; 26 October 1862 – 21 October 1944) was a Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings are considered among the first major abstract works in Western art history. [1] A considerable body of her work predates the first purely abstract compositions by Kandinsky, Malevich and ...
Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) is a famous Black female artist with a knack for combining abstract and figurative styles, plus African and Mexican art traditions, to create sculptures and prints ...
Her works often focus on important women from history, as shown in her most famous work, “The Dinner Party,” which represents 39 significant figures in the history of women artists (The ...
She helped found the American Abstract Artists in 1936, [6] serving as treasurer, secretary, and then president. She took part in a MoMA demonstration. In the 1940s she began working at the Atelier 17 where she created etchings and woodcuts. [7] Mason's first solo exhibition of her work in New York was in 1942 at The Museum of Living Art.
Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940–1970 was an art exhibition held at the Whitechapel Gallery from 9 February 2023 through 7 May 2023. [1] The exhibit presented 150 mid-century abstract paintings by 81 women artists. The show included artists from Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. [2] [3]
Helen Frankenthaler was born on December 12, 1928, in New York City. [3] Her father was Alfred Frankenthaler, a New York State Supreme Court judge. [3] Her mother, Martha (Lowenstein), had emigrated with her family from Germany to the United States as an infant. [4]