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Eva Gonzales was born #OTD in 1849. Her paintings resemble Berthe Morisot's, but that's less about appropriation than it is about the similarly restrictive lives they led. Here, both artists show their sisters by window overlooking Haussmann's new boulevards. 1/3
The breakout stars of the Fifth Impressionist exhibition (April, 1880) were the women: (clockwise) Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, and Marie Braquemond. Here is a selection of their paintings from that show, perfect for a spring day. #Impressionism #WomenArtists
Blue butterflies by Maria Sybilla Merian, born #OTD in 1647. She was one of the Northern European women artists who bridged science and art with her meticulously detailed botanical and zoological drawings.
#WomenArtists #WomenInScience
By Lotte Laserstein, Self-Portrait with Cat. The artist was born in Prussia, but fled to Sweden after Nazis declared her "3/4 Jewish". She displayed an unsentimental Realism, and a facility for left-handed painting while keeping her cat comfortable. Happy #caturday.
But Marie Braquemond was better known for her portraits and figurative paintings. Here are Woman in White and The Three Graces. (2/3)
My debut novel, La Luministe, is a Coffee Pot Book Club Book of the Year Award finalist!
#BertheMorisot #Impressionism #HistoricalFiction
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Born #OTD in 1887, Georgia O'Keeffe found her place in New Mexico. Here is her "Rust Red Hills", along with a portrait of O'Keeffe at her Ghost Ranch.
Besides all the other reasons to vote, do it to honor the women who weren't allowed to. In my family, my grandmother was the first woman able to vote. Don't take your right for granted. #Vote! (This image of a suffragist editing the Constitution is available on Etsy.)
To kick off #HispanicHeritageMonth, here are works by Luisa Roldan, The Education of Mary and The First Steps of Jesus. "La Roldana" was the first recorded woman sculptor in Spain. Her small, jewel-like, religious polychrome works are personal and affecting. #WomenSculptors