Women in Art:
Painters, Patrons
and Portraits

COMING SOON!

Women in Art:
Painters, Patrons and Portraits

COMING SOON!

Expand your knowledge

of a subject every

art and history lover

NEEDS to know!

While the art world has historically seen a gender imbalance, this doesn’t mean there have not been important women working in the field. Some were famous during their lifetime, achieving a kind of celebrity status that persists to this day, while others faded to the margins of historical interest and have only recently been lifted out of relative obscurity.

Focusing primarily on the European tradition, this course highlights the stories and achievements of some of the remarkable women who blazed new trails during their time and helped shape the way we view art, a subject that has traditionally been underrepresented within the realm of art history.

Join us as we examine the fascinating lives of these exceptional painters and patrons, with a few stunning portraits of historically important women thrown in for good measure!

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Expand your knowledge of a subject every art and history lover NEEDS to know!

Join us as we examine the fascinating lives of these exceptional painters and patrons, with a few stunning portraits of historically important women thrown in for good measure!

JOIN THE WAITLIST

A little sneak peek...

Module 1: PAINTERS

“My Illustrious Lordship, I will show you what a woman can do.”
– Artemisia Gentileschi, 17^th-century painter

It should come as no great surprise that throughout history, female artists have been systematically overlooked and minimized, often lost and forgotten by recorded history. Thankfully, the situation is changing and these women are starting to receive their long overdue public recognition, women who persevered against patriarchal bias to bring their individual perspective to art, innovate mediums and challenge society’s understanding of gender. In this module, we explore the lives and work of the great female painters Sofonisba Anguissola, Artemisia Gentileschi and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, and examine the ways in which they defied the conventions of a male-dominated profession.

Module 2: PATRONS

“Shan’t you and I have fun with my museum?”
– Isabella Stewart Gardner, art collector and founder of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Art patronage undoubtedly connects aesthetic taste with power. In other words, art patronage was historically the province of the elite and afforded them the opportunity to become tastemakers, support artists’ careers and preserve their own legacies. For millennia, women were excluded from traditional leadership roles, but as patrons of the arts, some were able to find a noteworthy path for their individual agency and self-expression, often at a time when their options to do so were limited by societal norms. Here, we take a look at three extraordinary women who made their mark on the art world through their patronage, including Isabella d’Este, Catherine the Great and Isabella Stewart Gardner.

Module 2: PATRONS

“Shan’t you and I have fun with my museum?”
– Isabella Stewart Gardner, art collector and founder of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Art patronage undoubtedly connects aesthetic taste with power. In other words, art patronage was historically the province of the elite and afforded them the opportunity to become tastemakers, support artists’ careers and preserve their own legacies. For millennia, women were excluded from traditional leadership roles, but as patrons of the arts, some were able to find a noteworthy path for their individual agency and self-expression, often at a time when their options to do so were limited by societal norms. Here, we take a look at several women throughout history who made their mark on the art world through their patronage, including Isabella d’Este, Madame de Pompadour, Catherine the Great and Isabella Stewart Gardner.

Module 3: PORTRAITS

“Men fight wars. Women win them.”
– Queen Elizabeth I

Beyond the immediate purpose of recording and preserving a likeness, portraits typically denote the sitter’s status, power, wealth, personality and psychology, while also reflecting the historical, social and cultural contexts in which they were produced. In addition, they provide invaluable insights into how the sitter wanted to be portrayed, or how the artist wished to depict them. In this module, we get up close and personal with Queen Elizabeth I, Lady Georgiana Cavendish (Duchess of Devonshire) and Adele Block-Bauer, fascinating women whose portraits will knock your socks off!

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