🎨 Lavinia Fontana war eine der ersten Frauen, die im Europa der Frühen Neuzeit öffentlich als Malerin arbeitete – mit großem Erfolg.
In „Frauengeschichten“ erzähle ich von ihr – und von vielen anderen Frauen aus Kunst und Musik.

📖 Ideal auch als Geschenk für kulturinteressierte Leserinnen und Leser.

👉 https://www.verlag.der-leiermann.com/frauengeschichten-kulturgeschichten-aus-musik-und-kunst/

#Frauengeschichten #LaviniaFontana #FraueninderKunst #AnjaWeinberger #Weihnachtsgeschenk #Kulturgeschichte #KenntIhr #HerStory #Künstlerin #Malerin #Kunst #Art #Musik

"Portrait of a Noblewoman," Lavinia Fontana, 1580.

Fontana (1552-1614) is regarded as the first female career artist in Western Europe, as she relied solely on commissions to support herself and her family. Her husband acted as her agent, and raised their 11 children (!).

At the time this was painted, she was a popular portraitist in her native Bologna, very sought after by noblewomen. Apparently she was beloved by her clients; previous clients would sit and chat while she painted someone else's portrait. Fontana later moved to Rome, upon being patronized by Pope Clement VIII, where she painted more portraits and a series of altarpieces and religious paintings.

It's generally agreed that this particular painting was of a young woman about to be married. She's obviously a product of wealth. Those clothes! Those jewels! She has the pelt of a marten hanging from her belt, itself set with jewels. She looks distracted, and a bit unhappy, but at the time, even wealthy women had few choices in life. Even the small dog begging for attention isn't enough to bring a smile to her face.

Happy Portrait Monday!

From the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC.

#Art #LaviniaFontana #Mannerism #Renaissance #WomenArtists #WomenInArt #PortraitMonday

THE STORY OF ART WITHOUT MEN
#KatyHessel

Renaissance

Lavinia Fontana - Malerin
(1552 - 1625)

Selbstbildnis am Spinett mit Dienerin

Bildquelle:
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Self-portrait_at_the_Clavichord_with_a_Servant_by_Lavinia_Fontana.jpg

#TheStoryOfArtWithoutMen #WomanArt #WomanArtist #Frauenkunst #Kunst #LaviniaFontana

Tanti auguri, Lavinia Fontana! (1552-1614)

#LaviniaFontana #Renacimiento #arte #pintora #cultura #Europa

Works by women artists from before the 19th century are usually rare in museum collections. See #LindaNochlin and the #GuerrillaGirls for thoughts on why. We just acquired a gorgeous little Holy Family painting from an artist in the circle of Lavinia Fontana (1552 Bologna – 1614 Rome), a 16th/17th-century woman artist. Read more about it here: https://georgiamuseum.org/gmoa_blog/new-acquisition-holy-family/

#LaviniaFontana

Un petit fil arc-en-ciel pour contrebalancer le gris-moche de ce dimanche 🌈

❤️
Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, Panier de fraises, v. 1761, collection privée

#ColoreTonFil #ArcEnCiel #rouge #orange #jaune #vert #bleu #indigo #violet #peinture #art #musée #musées #JeanBaptisteSiméonChardin #Chardin #Louvre #mécénat #fraises #NatureMorte #StillLife #TrésorNational #LaviniaFontana #WomanArtist #maniérisme #Renaissance #OdilonRedon #arbres #MuséeOrsay #Orsay #symbolisme #JohnWilliamWaterhouse #Waterhouse #Circé #mythologie #préraphaélisme #JohannesVermeer #Vermeer #Delft #PaulÉlieRanson #Nabi #Matisse #abstraction