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Talented artists Tirzah Garwood +
Charlotte Bawden are the 'Two Women in a Garden' by Eric Ravilious 🌱
In Max Ernst's 'Au Rendez Vous des Amis' (1922) 15 surrealists join historical figures who inspired them: Ernst sits on Dostoyevsky’s knee, surrounded by Éluard, Breton + others. Among them is 1 woman. The muse at the heart of the movement: Gala Dalí
The artist doth protest too much? Egon Schiele definitely depicted himself as a highly sexed, hyper-masculine, genius male artist served by sexy female muses
Through studio-based self-portraits, Mequitta Ahuja merges role of artist + muse to question the power dynamics at play in portraiture
Job centre supervisor turned muse for Lucian Freud, Sue Tilley. The artist bought her this sofa to sleep on as she was always exhausted from her day job
“Europe belongs to Picasso, Matisse, Braque, and others. India is just mine” — said Amrita Sher-Gil, who captured the lives of Indian women + girls during the 20th century
"Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes", said Andy Warhol, whose ultimate muse was celebrity. His silkscreen prints are idealised, portraying subjects, such as Liza Minnelli, in simplified, colorful shapes 🖤