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Georgia O’Keeffe

Georgia O’Keeffee was a major American artist known for her paintings of flowers, landscapes, and animal bones.

Posted byTamara AndersonOctober 16, 2021December 17, 2021Posted inArtistsTags:just flowers, landscapes, not vagina paintings, painterLeave a comment on Georgia O’Keeffe

Romaine Brooks

Romaine Brooks was an American painter who specialized in portraits. She is best known for her images of women in androgynous or masculine dress.

Posted byTamara AndersonOctober 2, 2021November 22, 2021Posted inArtistsTags:painterLeave a comment on Romaine Brooks

Colette

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, known as Colette, was a French author and actress whose life story was as interesting as her novels.

Posted byTamara AndersonSeptember 27, 2021June 5, 2022Posted inArtists, Performers, WritersTags:actress, gender bender, mime, mononymous, the kiss that caused a riotLeave a comment on Colette

Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt was an American painter who came up amongst the French Impressionsists, who painted with a particular emphasis on the private life and motherhood.

Posted byTamara AndersonSeptember 26, 2021November 16, 2021Posted inArtistsTags:impressionism, impressionists, painterLeave a comment on Mary Cassatt

Edmonia Lewis

Mary Edmonia Lewis, also known as “Wildfire,” was the first African-American and Native American sculptor to achieve national and then international prominence.  

Posted byTamara AndersonFebruary 1, 2023March 23, 2023Posted inArtistsTags:Cleopatra, Hagar, Hiawatha, sculptor, The Old Arrow MakerLeave a comment on Edmonia Lewis

Berthe Morisot

Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot was a French Impressionist painter.

Posted byTamara AndersonSeptember 26, 2021November 22, 2021Posted inArtistsTags:artist, impressionism, impressionists, painterLeave a comment on Berthe Morisot

Marie Braquemond

Marie Bracquemond was a French Impressionist painter.

Posted byTamara AndersonSeptember 22, 2021December 17, 2021Posted inArtistsTags:artist, French, impressionism, impressionists, painterLeave a comment on Marie Braquemond

Julia Margaret Cameron

Julia Margaret Cameron was a British photographer known for her soft focus close ups on famous Victorian men and for illustrative images.

Posted byTamara AndersonSeptember 19, 2021December 17, 2021Posted inArtists, PhotographersTags:artist, literary allegory, Photography, VictorianLeave a comment on Julia Margaret Cameron

Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun was a prominent French portrait painter of the late 18th century best known for her portraits of Marie Antoinette.

Posted byTamara AndersonSeptember 19, 2021November 19, 2021Posted inArtistsTags:artist, Herstory, painter, portrait, queen's painterLeave a comment on Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun

Christine de Pizan

Christine de Pizan, famous for her Book of the City of Ladies, was a medieval writer, illuminator, and bastion of women’s rights.

Posted byTamara AndersonSeptember 18, 2021March 17, 2023Posted inArtists, WritersTags:Herstory, illumination, medieval womenLeave a comment on Christine de Pizan

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