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Sibylle Peretti (German, active New Orleans, b. 1964)
Diluvial Land, 2025
Kiln-formed glass, engraved, silvered, painted, paper appliqué
On display at New Orleans Museum of Art (2024.59)
#BirdsInArt #ContemporaryArt #WomenArtists

photo of the artwork on display at museum Landscape art on 6 tiles (2 rows of 3) “the skyline of our city (NOLA) as seen from the opposite banks of the Mississippi River”

gallery sign: “Sibylle Peretti German, active New Orleans, born 1964 Diluvial Land, 2025 Kiln-formed glass, engraved, silvered, painted, paper appliqué Museum purchase, William McDonald Boles and Eva Carol Boles Fund 2024.59 New Orleans based artist Sibylle Peretti uses layers of opalescent glass for her own take on traditional landscape paintings. Her diluvial-or, related to a flood-land shows the skyline of our city as seen from the opposite banks of the Mississippi River. The view is familiar if overgrown, but when you look closely you feel this transformed world has a bit of magic. In the absence of humans, along the rocky river shore birds and weeds intermingle with strands of beads, remnants of a Carnival season. Peretti contemplates the precarious balance where wildness meets civilization. Her glass finds beauty in this encounter, but also serves as a warning about the fragility of our ecosystem. She reflects: "The resilience of New Orleans and other vulnerable urban landscapes in the face of human expansion and climate change was the guiding theme of this work. I imagine a post-flood world where animals and plants hybridize, using human artifacts to build a stronger, more resilient world."

"El Cid (Lion Head)," Rosa Bonheur, 1879.

Bonheur (1822-99) was an animaliere, or an artist who specialized in animals. Her portraits of wild and domestic animals, sometimes people's beloved pets, are remarkable for their realism but also lacking the sort of saccharine sentimentality that one might expect.

She would go to fairs and circuses in trousers (requiring a special "transvestite permit" to do so) and paint animals there; she even painted animals used in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show when it played in Paris. She exhibited at the Chicago World's Fair and received the Legion of Honor in her native France, the first woman artist to be honored. A portrait of her, by Edouard Dubufe, has her with her arm around a bull...that she painted in herself.

Bonheur broke gender norms; she was an independent and successful artist, wore men's clothing, lived openly with other women, and enjoyed a freedom and power usually only reserved for men. She was known to view men as stupid and said the only men she had time for were the bulls she painted. Or this lion, who seems to express the wildness and determination that she felt in her own life.

Happy Portrait Monday! (And yes, animal portraits count.)

From the Museo del Prado, Madrid.

#Art #rosabonheur #WomenArtists #Lions #Animaliere #QueerHistory #QueerArtists #LGBTQIA

A Realist portrait of a male lion, done in great detail, visible from the shoulders up and almost filling the canvas. He looks steadfast and determined, not at us but somewhere over our right shoulder.

"Woman with Morning Glories," Katsushika Ōi, c. 1820s.

Katsushika (c. 1800 - c. 1866) was the daughter of the great Hokusai, by his second wife, but also an accomplished artist in her own right.

Not a lot about her life is known for sure, except she was her father's apprentice and assistant, and married another artist...but divorced him three years later. She moved back in with her father and never remarried, the two of them always busy with their art.

This print is intriguing; at first glance the woman seems to be simpering at the bowl of morning glories (on a tray that absurdly resembles a bathroom scale to modern eyes), but a closer look shows what may be a sheet of paper hidden behind the fan. Is she reading a clandestine letter? A poem from a lover? A naughty print? Who knows?

Sadly, not much of her art is known to survive to this day, but it is known that she was highly regarded in her lifetime. It's possible that some of her work is misattributed to others, including her father. But she remains the object of study and admiration.

Happy Flower Friday!

From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

#Art #KasushikaOi #JapaneseArt #AsianArt #ukiyo_e #MorningGlory #WomenArtists #WomenInArt #FlowerFriday

A Japanese ukiyo-e print. To the right, a woman in a kimono sits on the floor. Her kimono is black with an underdress of red-and-white and red-and-blue, and her hair is elaborately done. She holds a fan with what appears to be a pattern of clouds or waves, and seems to be looking down at a piece of paper held behind the fan; a letter? A poem? To the left, a bowl of morning glories sits on a tray, that at a glance looks like a bathroom scale.

"Spanish Landscape with Mountains," Dora Carrington, c. 1924.

It may surprise you, but this seemingly innocuous landscape is considered a work of Surrealism.

Carrington (1893-1932) worked mostly as a designer and illustrator in her life, didn't exhibit, and really didn't become famous for her painting until after her death. She was a member of the Bloomsbury Group and was most famous for her unconventional but loving relationship with critic Lytton Strachey.

She loved traveling in Spain and was deeply impressed by the scenery there. Here he have orange hills with cacti, and some tiny travelers that seem a bit out of perspective. But it's the hills in the middle distance that attract attention; they're the color and texture of human skin and are very evocative of breasts. In her work she sometimes is noted as making the personal public, and she is doing so here.

In recent decades she has become recognized as a significant artist and has been the subject of multiple retrospectives, biographies, and the film "Carrington" where she was played by Emma Thompson.

From the Tate Gallery, London.

#Art #WomenArtists #Surrealism #Landscape #DoraCarrington #BloomsburyGroup

A Surrealist painting, depicting impressions of a landscape in Spain. In the foreground are orange hills and green cacti. In the middle distance are flesh-colored hills that resemble breasts or raised knees, while in the far distance is a rugged, jagged hill.

I realized recently that when I think of my art projects as "doodles" instead of Projects™️, the perceived stakes go down and mistakes are suddenly tolerable, acceptable even, and I can keep going enough to finish the "doodle"

Now I have a whole *portfolio* of "mistake-riddled doodles"

And also the unhinged audacity to think I can expand that into a mistake-riddled career

Anyway heres todays doodle-in-progress, details in alt 🌾

#womenartists #philippines #filipinoamerican #filipinoartists

the drawing in question, on my clipboard. just the linework so far, mostly a braid and "stages of rice growth" motif typical of precolonial South Asian/Philippine tattooing (batak). also a pencil sketch of the hand lettered words: "become ungovernable" between what will be a double row of snake teeth, but the "ble" is not drawn yet. also the cuff of what will eventually become a very small offwhite legwarmer is laying atop the drawing, the small blue crochet hook sticking out of it holding my place for when im ready to work on it again

Keep warm with your art history post for today: Crazy Quilt, ca. 1887–1900, Louisa Joiner (1844–1911), silk, ribbons, lace, velvet, embroidered, heat transfer; 186.7 x 182.9 cm (73 1/2 x 72 in.), The Cleveland Museum of Art. More info in ALT. #art #arthistory #fiberart #womanartist #womenartists #quilting

“And what is life? A crazy quilt;
Sorrow and joy, and grace and guilt,
With here and there a square of blue
For some old happiness we knew;
And so the hand of time will take
The fragments of our lives and make,
Out of life's remnants, as they fall,
A thing of beauty, after all.
— Douglas Malloch, “The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America.”

From the museum: “Crazy quilts got their name from being made of seemingly random scraps of material assembled in an apparently arbitrary pattern… Made from an eye-catching combination of fabrics and ribbons, this quilt was created by Louisa Joiner, whose initials appear on a panel at lower right. Some of its pieces are believed to be scraps cut from clothing worn on lake cruises. Little is known about the artist aside from the fact she was married to a captain who sailed on the Great Lakes.”

By Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), Baby John Nursing, ca. 1908, pastel on canvas, 32 x 25 ¾ in. (81.3 x 65.4 cm), photo: Christie’s New York, 19 Nov 2014. More information in ALT. #arthistory #womanartist #womenartists #art

From the lot essay: “Baby John Nursing, which captures the tenderness and mutual bond of a young woman and her infant, is exemplary of the confident yet sensitive manner in which Mary Cassatt executed her mature pastels. While Cassatt's work in the 1870s had reflected her interest in the experience of modern women in Parisian society, in the 1880s her emphasis began to shift from the public to the private domains of women's lives, and thus to the quiet, intimate moments spent within the domestic realm. Depictions of motherhood, largely comprised of simple, daily interactions between mothers and their children, were a natural outcome of Cassatt's movement into the private sphere, as these shared moments played a significant role in women's experience of modern life…

In pastels such as Baby John Nursing, Cassatt sought to capture, celebrate and elevate the intimate, hidden scenes of women's domestic life. Her sophisticated approach to the subject of motherhood was praised and distinguished her from her contemporaries. "She saw herself as a standard-bearer for the new freedom in art that had been won by the Impressionists, and was seen that way by others." (N.M. Mathews, Mary Cassatt, New York, 1994, p. 267) Cassatt's ability to convey the inimitable tenderness often present in a mother's interaction with her children while creating paintings that are simultaneously modern and traditional instills masterworks such as Baby John Nursing with a timeless appeal.”

From the lot essay: “ Nowhere is Cassatt's gift for drawing more evident than in her beautiful pastels of this subject, intimate compositions in which the strong maternal bond is often conveyed through the subtle tilt of a head or curve of an arm. Baby John Nursing manifests Cassatt's mastery of the pastel medium as well as of color and composition. Pastel provides the work a sense of modernity and immediacy not present in the artist's more studied oil paintings and gives the sense of capturing a fleeting, intimate moment. She enhances her subject, closely cropping the composition and setting mother and child against a plain background so as not to create any visual distractions that would detract from the relationship between the figures. Within this framework Cassatt adeptly blends rich, gestural strokes of cream, pinks and blues to capture a warm, private moment and to convey the maternal bond as a woman looks lovingly at her nursing child, protectively cradling him in her lap.”

Sans titre 2025 - Technique mixte sur papier / impression sur scotch - 32 x27 cm en deux parties . #art #artist #artwork #artsy #arts #womenartists #artcontemporary #artcontemporain #techniquemixte #impressions #scotch #michelemascherpa #peurdunoir #baleine

Every piece carries the memory of where it was born—this one holds Malibu’s salt air and the essence of nudibranchs and sea slugs.

"Malibu Waves"

Sea Dancer Series

White stoneware, glaze

2.5"Hx6"Wx3"D

DM for Purchase

Follow me to see which location I choose to create art in next...

#OceanInspiredArt #sylviealvarezart #ceramicsculpture #clayinnature #MalibuBeachVibes #homedecor #artforsale #artforinteriors #nudibranch #seaslug #womenartists #ArtCollectors

Abstract handmade ceramic sculpture made out of white stoneware clay with golden glazed edges depicting a nudibranch/seaslug on a grey background

"Unter den Linden Street in Berlin," Anna Bilińska, 1890.

Bilińska (1854-93) was the first internationally noted woman artist from Poland, but only in the last few years has she gained any real recognition.

Born in present-day Ukraine, the daughter of a Polish physician, she often joked she had "a Cossack's temperament and a Polish heart." The family moved here and there in Russia before settling in Warsaw. There Anna learned piano, which was suitable for a woman of her class at the time, but she rebelled and took up painting, which in Warsaw society was seen as almost indecent.

She emigrated to Paris where she found artistic freedom and a chance to work and exhibit freely. She did mostly portraits, but also a few landscapes, like we have here. She married a Polish doctor and returned to Warsaw with the intention of opening a women's art school, but her life was cut short by a heart condition.

Her work was largely ignored in the 20th century, in part because of her sex, but also her short career. But in the 2010s her work was rediscovered and in 2021 the National Museum in Warsaw held a major retrospective. More scholarship on her is definitely in the works...

From the National Museum in Warsaw.

#Art #WomenArtists #AnnaBilinska #Berlin #Landscape #PolishArtists

A Realist painting. We have a view, as if from a high window, of Unter den Linden street in Berlin, in the winter. A line of bare trees go down the center. There are various people walking the sidewalks and a few wagons and carriages visible. The sky is hazy and there is fog obscuring the distance; the dome of the French cathedral, the tower of St. Peter's, and the Passage-Panoptikum building (now gone) are visible.

Meryl Smith (NY, USA, b.1979)
#Herons, n.d.
Oil on canvas, 40” x 30“
http://merylsmith.com/herons
#BirdsInArt #ContrmporaryArt #WomenArtists

painting depicting a trio of herons (grey-blue) standing together with exaggerated long legs and long necks, necks twisted together, on plain cream colored background

Well, I didn't know that. I wonder if they still have them?

One of the cool things is seeing so many women artists and illustrators! Probably so they could pay them less, you know, back then and all that, but still - professional women artists.

Read the Article: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-the-hallmark-card-company-owns-thousands-of-priceless-artworks

"...at the forefront of J.C. Hall’s rapidly growing greeting card business was a love of art."

#Art #Illustration #Drawing #WomenArtists

Atlas Obscura
Why the Hallmark Card Company Owns Thousands of Priceless Artworks
Exploring the modern art collection at Hallmark HQ in Kansas City.
by Luke Spencer
September 30, 2016

The massively successful greeting card company has its own museum-
quality art collection, known as the Hallmark Art Collection, which was
specially collected over the last century to inspire its staff artists. The
company’s Kansas City headquarters houses around 3,800 works, including
pieces by prominent figures like Norman Rockwell and Salvador Dali. It
also contains thousands of Hallmark's own commissioned works, with
everything from teddy bears to cats to bucolic New England churches.

Teaser Image: Part of the vast Hallmark art collection; here two women sort entries for the 1949-50 Hallmark Art Awards program. (Photo: Courtesy of the Hallmark Archives, Hallmark Cards, Inc)

Gandalf - watercolour and ink on Stonehenge hot press watercolour paper. 8 x 10 inches. This was a gift for my boyfriend Taylor, who introduced me to Lord of the Rings, which I'd tried watching before but never really connected with until his enthusiasm infected me.

#traditionalart #watercolor #gandalf #lordoftherings #artistsonpixelfed #womenartists #artstodon #painting

"The Bowl of Milk," Berthe Morisot, 1890.

Morisot (1841-95) was one of the founding female Impressionists, along with American Mary Cassatt. As is sadly frequent with female painters of the time, she was denied the same opportunities as the male painters but turned them to her advantage, by depicting scenes of everyday life and female subjects, but with a then avent-garde style.

The subject is young Gabrielle Dufour, a girl she knew in the village of Mézy, where Morisot and her family stayed for a while. She did a number of pictures of Dufour; sadly, nothing is known of the girl's life after this. One assumes she had the life of any other village girl.

Morisot was very close to Edouard Manet and married his brother, Eugene; her daughter Julie's diaries, published as "Growing Up with the Impressionists," give a behind-the-scenes look into the lives of these treasured painters.

Happy Portrait Monday!

From a private collection.

#Art #WomenArtists #BertheMorisot #WomenInArt #Impressionism

An Impressionist painting. In the midst of a green field, with trees in the background, hinting of summer, a young girl stands in the middle, somewhat awkwardly holding a bowl of milk to her chest, and looking out at us. She wears a blue dress and green jacket, has short dark hair, and looks at us with a direct, unwavering gaze.

For #WorldNumbatDay :
Wendy Binks (Australia)
Wide World, 2015
Acrylic on canvas, 46 x 56 x 4cm
#ContemporaryArt #WomenArtists #Marsupials #Numbats

vibrant acrylic painting of a trio of numbats sitting together on a log http://www.numbat.org.au/news/2015/5/3/numbat-art-for-sale

"Autumn Leaves," Mary Vaux Walcott, 1874.

Born into a wealthy Philadelphia Quaker family, Mary Vaux (1860-1940) took up watercolors in her youth, painting wildflowers during family trips to the Canadian Rockies. She also studied mineralogy and geology, studied the flow of glaciers, and became an active mountain climber, photographer, and all-around outdoorswoman while only in her 20s. She was the first woman to ascend Mount Stephen in British Columbia.

Beginning to focus on botanical illustration, she documented many plants of the Canadian Rockies. Late in life she married paleontologist Charles Walcott, then secretary of the Smithsonian, which in 1925 published a five-volume work of her illustrations.

She was a close friend of Lou Henry Hoover, was instrumental in the founding of DC's first Quaker meeting house, served as president of the Society of Women Geographers, and served on the US Board of Indian Commissioners from 1927 to 1935.

By the time of her passing she was hailed as the "Audubon of Botany" and a mountain in Alberta's Jasper National Park is named for her.

Not quite a flower, but still nice!

From the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

#Art #WomenArtists #MaryVauxWalcott #BotanicalIllustration #FlowerFriday

A botanical illustration of five red-and-yellow autumn leaves against a cream-colored background.

"Falling Leaves," Olga Wisinger-Florian, 1899.

Wisinger-Florian (1844-1926) was an Austrian-born member of the Stimmungsimpressionismus (or Mood Impressionist) movement of late 19th century Vienna. While something like this might be considered fairly standard work, at the time it was viewed as quite avant-garde.

After a career as a concert pianist ended due to a hand injury (seriously!), she learned painting under the noted Emil Schindler, and much of her work was in his style. But in 1884 she broke with him and adopted a stronger, more Expressionistic style which was very ahead of its time. She was quite renowned in her time, exhibiting at the Chicago World's Fair and fetching significant prices for her work.

Her work was largely landscapes and floral still lifes; today her body of work may seem conventional but it was different enough in her time to win her applause. And at least this work is very nice and seasonal.

From the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna.

#Art #Impressionism #OlgaWisingerFlorian #WomenArtists #Autumn

A painting of the Viennese Impressionist school. We have a view of a path in a park, with colorful trees on either side shedding leaves. In the background, we can make out a woman strolling with an umbrella, her back to us. Near her is a dog, alertly aware of us.

For #NationalCatDay please admire this absolute masterpiece:
Gertrude Abercrombie (USA, 1909-1977)
#Black Cat on Pink, 1952
Oil on Hardboard, 4.5 x 4 cm (1 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.)
#CatsInArt #WomenArtists

Small painting of a goofy looking black cat with green eyes, sitting up and sticking its little pink tongue out, on a salmon colored table with grey wall behind; signed and dated on bottom https://www.artcurial.com/en/sales/6086/lots/187-a

Losing All Hope Was Freedom, 8 x 10 ink and watercolour on Strathmore watercolour paper. I painted this more than 10 years ago now and it is still my favourite piece of art in my bathroom. Likewise, Fight Club has been among my favourite movies since I first saw it at 15. I try to stay away from making fan art these days, but I still really like sharing this piece.

#artstodon #artist #womenartists #artistsonpixelfed

By Leonora Carrington (1917-2011), The Temptation of St. Anthony, 1945, oil on canvas, 48 by 35 3/4 in. (122 by 91 cm), photo: Sotheby’s New York, 24 November 2014. #arthistory #womenartists #womanartist #painting #oilpainting

Excerpt from the catalogue note: ‘First recorded by Athanasius of Alexandria, the Temptation of St Anthony details the actions, teachings and many sufferings of Anthony the Great, an Egyptian, and one of the early Church Fathers. Inspired by a phrase in the Gospel of Matthew: "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasures in heaven; and come, follow Me," the Tempation of St. Anthony became a popular legend in thirteenth-century Europe. Many of the more notable examples appear to deal with a passage in which Anthony, having recently left his parents and all of his worldly goods to pursue the life of a monk, descends into a cave where he is tempted by demons.’

#womenartists

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