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Contemporary figurative artists are becoming more popular among the gallerists and collectors alike, and with that the female artists rise and take part in more art shows than ever. Let’s look at the roundup of some female painters who continue the tradition of classical painting with a twist.
- Amy Sherald Amy Sherald is an American Artist who's known for large scale portraits. She painted the official portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama.
- Ana Segovia. Ana Segovia lives and works in Mexico City. She creates paintings from film stills, mostly from the Mexican cinema golden era that investigate the performative aspect of the gender as well as the construction of masculinity in massive audiovisual medias.
- Andrea Bowers. Andrea Bowers is an LA Based, American multi-media artist - she works in video, sculpture, etc. Key themes she explores in her works are around women's’ and workers’ rights to climate change and immigration (source).
- Anna Park. Anna Park, young emerging artist that lives and works in Brooklyn. Fun fact: she was “discovered” by, KAWS, as he visited the school's open studio exhibition (she went to the New York Academy of Art).
- Frida Kahlo. 21st Century Mexican Female Painter. Frida Kahlo’s art not only made an impact on her native country of Mexico but the entire world. Her paintings gave us an in-depth look into her world, from her tumultuous relationship with Diego Rivera to her inability to have children.
- Jenny Saville. Contemporary British Female Painter. Jenny Saville has been an internationally acclaimed oil painter for decades due to her powerful, large-scale paintings of the female body.
- Marlene Dumas. Contemporary South African Female Painter. This South African painter is one of the most influential artists of our time. Marlene Dumas‘ striking pieces provide a peek into her childhood and what it was like to grow up in the apartheid.
- Julie Mehretu. Contemporary Ethiopian Female Painter. Julie Mehretu is an Ethiopian artist whose large-scale abstract paintings have brought her global attention.
- Olympia by Édouard Manets. 1863. Dimensions. 130 cm × 190 cm. Musée d’Orsay, Paris France. When Édouard Manet’s “Olympia” was first showcased in Paris it created quite a scandal.
- Whistlers Mother by James McNeill Whistlers. 1871. Dimensions. 144.3 cm × 162.4 cm. Musée d’Orsay, Paris France. In this depiction of Whistler’s mother, we can see a moment of tranquility and deep reflection.
- The Kiss by Gustav Klimts. 1907–1908. Dimensions. 180 cm × 180 cm. Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria. In this masterpiece by Gustav Klimts, we encounter a symbol of love and sensuality.
- Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by Pablo Picasso. 1907. Dimensions. 243.9 cm × 233.7 cm. Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA. This artwork challenges representations of the form, with its angular and distorted figures.
Oct 9, 2023 · People love exploring women's representation in art, from ancient statues to modern art. The female form's natural beauty and unique lines inspire so many artists. And hey, let’s not forget the talented women artists who often didn’t get the credit they deserved!
Art Pills. Here we present an excursus - through a group of 24 female painters - without any pretence of exhaustiveness, but with the precise intention of observing the latest trends in figurative painting; the rare exceptions of abstract painting are useful for understanding the underlying dynamics and underground tensions.
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