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During his Iitsu period, Hokusai often featured flowers and birds in the prints he produced for fans.
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Rooster, Hen and Chicken with Spiderwort by Katsushika Hokusai 1830-1832
The iconography of the work, probably intended for the artist’s private devotion, refers to the compositional scheme of the Lamentation over the Dead Christ...
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Lamentation over the Dead Christ by Andrea Mantegna 1483
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Springtime (Lovers by the shore),
Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863–1944) private collection
Elin Danielson-Gambogi (1861–1919) is praised for her portraits of women in everyday situations. In her time, however, this type of artwork was considered extremely modern and even controversial.
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🏛 @K_Galleria Mother, 1893
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🌷In a time when women had limited career options, Merian made her own profession.
Two tulip leaves, Maria Sibylla Merian
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🌤 Dutchman Jacob van Ruisdael specialized in landscape painting already at the beginning of his career. He hardly ever traveled, but instead studied the landscape of his native land.
🏛 @Kunsthalle_Ka Grove of Large Oak Trees at the Edge of a Pond by Jacob van Ruisdael 1665
🌸Women have played a significant role in the development of plant science through botanical art, yet many have not received due recognition for their work as compared to their male counterparts.📗🏛 @oak_spring collection Johanna Helena Herolt (c.1668-1721) #WomensHistoryMonth
🇧🇷 Tarsila do Amaral (Capivati , 1886-São Paulo, 1973) is considered one of the leading Latin American modernist artists, and is regarded as the painter who best achieved Brazilian aspirations for nationalistic expression in a modern style. 🏛 @mbellasartes Self-Portrait 1923
🌟🌙 Star Maker.
Remedios Varo's small, complex paintings portray a world in which alchemy, magic, mysticism and science co-exist.
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Remedios Varo. Papilla Estelar, 1958. Colección FEMSA #womensart #WomensHistoryMonth
The painting’s serene atmosphere suggests timelessness and permanence, evoking the mysterious, eternal laws of nature. It was a local lake (Dælivannet) at Fleskum in Bærum that inspired Kitty Kielland.
🏛 @nasjonalmuseet Summer Night by Kitty Kielland 1886 #womensart