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Women Artists
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Abby Hill Collection 
 Pacific Northwest landscapes, flora, and native people are portrayed in this small collection of paintings by Abby Hill, an early 20th century artist from Washington state. Also includes paintings of natural areas throughout the American West. The site features a short biography of Hill, a searchable and browsable collection of her paintings, and digitized images of personal writings. From the University of Puget Sound Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.ups.edu/awh/ Topics: Notable People: Women Last updated May 9, 2006 Anna Mary Robertson ("Grandma") Moses
Biography and details about the work of self-taught artist Anna Mary Robertson "Grandma" Moses (1860-1961), whose work was "discovered" in 1938. Includes images of selected paintings, listings of exhibitions, a brief timeline, and related material. From Galerie St. Etienne, the New York gallery that "mounted Grandma Moses's first one-woman exhibition in 1940 and represented her for the remainder of her life." http://gseart.com/moses.html Topics: Artists Last updated Jul 9, 2007 Beyond the Picket Fence: Australian Women's Art in the National Library's Collection
Website for this exhibition that "opened on the twentieth anniversary of International Women's Day and was one of more than one hundred exhibitions held in Australia in 1995 to celebrate women's activities and creativity." Features images of art created by Australian women, accompanied by brief biographies. Some of the themes include Australian life and scenery, art for children, portraits, and gardens, plants, and birds. From the National Library of Australia. http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/fence/picket.html Topics: Notable People: Women Last updated Mar 12, 2007 Breaking the Veils: Women Artists From the Islamic World
Companion to a 2008-2009 exhibit of "a carefully selected, extraordinary collection of works by [51] women artists who live in Islamic countries as diverse as Indonesia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The exhibit contains work by established women artists; some live behind veils, some do not." View images online of the full exhibit. From the ArtReach Foundation. http://www.artreachfoundation.org/veils/ Topics: Artists, Faiths, Women Last updated Mar 2, 2009 Crossing the Threshold
This online exhibit celebrates "the strength and resolve of thirty-two women artists, ranging in age from 70 to 95 years, who have persevered throughout the twentieth century and created a visual legacy for the future millennia." Find brief biographical material and an image of a selected work for artists such as Helen Frankenthaler and Beatrice Wood. From the University Art Museum, State University of New York at Albany. http://www.albany.edu/museum/wwwmuseum/crossing/crossing.htm Topics: Artists, Notable People: Women Last updated Mar 12, 2008 Daughters of Dada
Companion to a 2006 exhibit of artwork by American women who participated in the early 20th century avant-garde art movement called Dada. Features background and images of selected works by Beatrice Wood, Clara Tice, Florine Stettheimer, Mina Loy, Katherine S. Dreier, and Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. From a fine arts gallery. http://www.francisnaumann.com/Daughters%20of%20DADA/ Topics: Artists, Notable People: Women, Schools of Art Last updated Sep 14, 2006 Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Website for this Santa Fe, New Mexico, museum "dedicated to the art of Georgia O'Keeffe and to the study of American Modernism (1890-present)." Features a short O'Keeffe biography and chronology, selected images from the permanent collection (such as of O'Keeffe's paintings of flowers and mesas), and a list of temporary exhibits. The "Research Center" includes a bibliography of recommended readings on O'Keeffe. http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/ Topics: Artists, Notable People: Women Last updated Aug 13, 2008 HistoryLink.org: Women Painters of Washington
Historical essay about the early years of the Women Painters of Washington, which "began as one of the earliest arts organizations in this region and remains among the very few statewide women's arts associations in the country. The group formed in 1930 after several prominent regional women artists attended a class conducted in Seattle." Includes brief biographical material about founding and early members, and a discussion about more recent activities. Includes a short bibliography. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&File_Id=7644 Topics: Artists Last updated Oct 6, 2009 Independent Spirits: The Faith and John Hubley Story
"Looks at the creative partnership and careers" of Academy Award-winning animators Faith and John Hubley, whose films "re-defined animation, breaking from traditional styles, confronting important social issues and using innovative graphics and experimental sound." Includes biographical information, filmographies, a timeline, audio, and video clips of films. Also contains brief information on women and other collaborations in animation. Online companion to PBS film of the same title. http://www.pbs.org/itvs/independentspirits/ Topics: Film: Genres & Themes, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Recreation Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Intimate Circles: American Women in the Arts
This exhibit "explores the lives of women -- writers, artists, publishers, performers, collaborators, and community builders -- whose energies set in motion lasting aesthetic and cultural practices. The women portrayed here lived primarily in the late-nineteenth through the mid- twentieth centuries." Features essays on the Chicago Renaissance, expatriates, Harlem Renaissance, New York, and the southwest and associated annotated images (also viewable by name or profession). From the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/awia/ Topics: Notable People: Women Last updated Feb 10, 2009 Landscapes of China and the Southwest: Jeanne Russell Janish, Botanical Illustrator
Small exhibit of artwork painted and sketched during the travels of botanical illustrator Jeanne Russell Janish, during her travels between 1930-1953. Includes a biography of Janish, who "was the first woman graduate to earn an advanced degree in geology" from Stanford University, and who "produced some 11,500 illustrations for 32 major books and many shorter works in biology, geology, and botany." From the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University Libraries. http://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/janish/ Topics: Artists, Notable People: Women, Plants Last updated Feb 27, 2008 Les Femmes Artistes du Canada/Women Artists in Canada
A searchable collection of works and information on about 200 contemporary Canadian women artists. Includes related writings (see "Dissertation") and bibliography. Also available in French. From Canada's Digital Collections. http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/waic/collection.htm Topics: Art by Region, Artists, Notable People: Women Last updated Jun 8, 2009 Maria Sibylla Merian & Daughters: Women of Art and Science
Companion website to an exhibition that "charts the artistic and scientific explorations of German artist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) and her daughters Johanna Helena and Dorothea Maria [who] raised the artistic standards of natural history illustration and helped transform the field of entomology, the study of insects." Features a slideshow with commentary, images, an essay, and bug coloring pages. From the Getty Museum. http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/merian/ Topics: Notable People: Women Last updated Feb 17, 2009 A Nampeyo Showcase
Exhibit of work attributed to "the renowned Hopi-Tewa potter Nampeyo (1860?-1942). Some of the attributions are unassailably correct, while others are more uncertain. Since Nampeyo never signed her pieces herself, the task of positively identifying her works is daunting." Features a gallery of pottery vessels, timeline, interview with Nampeyo's granddaughter, essay on Sikyatki pottery, bibliography, activities, and links. From the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona. http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/exhibits/nampeyo/ Topics: Native Americans, Notable People: Women Last updated Feb 17, 2009 New Hall Art Collection
Details about this British museum that "contains over 250 contemporary works by women artists. ... inlud[ing] works by Maggi Hambling, Barbara Hepworth and Paula Rego." Features a virtual gallery with images of dozens of works, list of exhibits back to 1999, and links to websites featuring women's art from around the world. From New Hall, a women's college of the University of Cambridge. http://www-art.newhall.cam.ac.uk/ Topics: Artists Last updated Mar 19, 2008 New-York Historical Society to Shine "A New Light on Tiffany"
Press release about a 2007 exhibit "exploring the turn-of-the-century New York women who created many of Tiffany Studios' celebrated decorative objects." The exhibit "celebrates the contributions of the Ohio-born designer Clara Driscoll (1861-1944), head of Tiffany Studios' Women's Glass Cutting Department. Driscoll's correspondence reveals that she was responsible for many of the firm's most iconic lampshades, including the Wisteria, Dragonfly, and Peony." Includes images. From the New-York Historical Society. https://www.nyhistory.org/web/default.php?section=whats_new&page=detail_pr&id=2742029 Topics: Crafts, Notable People: Women Last updated Mar 21, 2007 Political Cartoons by Ann Telnaes
Contains an annotated gallery of works and a brief profile and the audio commentary of Ann Telnaes, awarded the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. From the Newseum. http://www.newseum.org/telnaes/gallery/ Topics: Art, Humor, Notable People: Women, Politics Last updated Feb 4, 2007 The Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Collection, 1971-1991
A collection of nearly 80 images of artworks by Theresa Cha, including examples of artist books, concrete poetry, mail art, and performance art. Contains a brief biography and an overview of the collection. From the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf238n986k Topics: Art by Region, Artists, Photograph Collections, Poetry, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Jul 3, 2006 Tracey Moffatt
Small collection of photographs by this Australian artist of Aboriginal descent. "Moffatt's dramatic staging and subtle blend of harsh realities and fantastical dreams make her works both visually captivating and conceptually complex." Includes color and black-and-white photos and an introductory essay. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/exhibitions/moffatt/ Topics: Art by Region, Artists Last updated Sep 18, 2006 Women Artists of the American West: Past & Present
"Women Artists of the American West (WAAW) ... is designed as an interdisciplinary resource and a distance learning course." The website contains 17 collections, which are arranged by theme (community, identity, spirituality, locality) and include illustrated essays, most written specifically for WAAW by art historians, curators, and artists. From Purdue University, Ind. http://www.cla.purdue.edu/WAAW/ Topics: Art by Region, Artists, Notable People: Women Last updated Nov 5, 2005 |
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