Project GutenbergA Long-Forgotten 17th-Century Flemish Master Is Finally Getting the Attention She Deserves
For the first time, nearly all of Baroque painter Michaelina Wautier’s works will be exhibited together
by Ella Feldman
Hotspur🏳️🌈🇺🇦"Bathtime," Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1801.
The life of Utamaro (c.1753-1806) is largely a mystery; we don't know where he was born or who his family was. Many believe he was married and had a child, as the same mother and child show up in a lot of his prints of domestic life.
His work first appeared in the 1770s, at the height of Japan's Edo period; at the time, he worked mostly designing prints for books, but later gave that up for making prints of individual women. His portraits of women, many of them geishas, made his fame. He later went on to do many works of insects, flowers, animals, erotica, and scenes of domestic life. He was arrested in 1804 for violating Imperial censorship laws, seemingly by depicting samurai with their crests accurately copied, which was forbidden, but it's unknown what his punishment was.
This is from his later period, perhaps a depiction of his wife and child. It's a sincerely portrayed work of an intimate moment between mother and child. Upon his death in 1806, he had no known heirs, and his tomb was left neglected and untended, until fans restored it in 1917.
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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"Seville, The Dance," Joaquin Sorolla, 1913-19.
I've featured Sorolla (1863-1923) before; I almost think of him as the Spanish Sargent, as their styles are so similar.
This is one of a series of murals that were commissioned for the Hispanic Society of America HQ in Manhattan. While the original vision was to be a mural depicting Spanish history, instead what came to be was a tour of Spain, featuring different regions in their local dress and trying to capture their local flavor.
Here we have chaotic, colorful scene of a fiesta in a courtyard, with flashily dressed women dancing and others looking on. Brightly colored decorations and paper lanterns are all about, and in the distance is an altar with a cross. A religious occasion? A party just to party? Hard for me to say, but this certainly has energy to spare.
Sadly, this would be one of his last works; he had a stroke in 1920 that left him paralyzed until he passed in 1923.
From the Hispanic Society of America, New York.
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Roland MauricePersephone by Jay Defeo, 1957 (oil, graphite, charcoal on paper, mounted on canvas)
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"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.
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"Mother and Child (Baby Getting Up from His Nap)," Mary Cassatt, c. 1899
Y'all know Cassatt by now, the great American female Impressionist. She's most famous for her paintings of mothers and children, such as we see here.
The child is apparently a boy named Jules, who modeled for Cassatt many times. The identity of the mother is unknown. Cassatt was known for capturing the concepts of maternal affection and duty; here we have a well-dressed mother bathing her child and obviously engrossed in her task.
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Sim BarrLa Vista
Spanish Artist Rafael Pellicer Galeote (1906-1963)
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Las Universitarias (University Girls)
Spanish Artist Rafael Pellicer Galeote (1906-1963)
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The Chorus Girl (La Vicetiple)
Spanish Artist Rafael Pellicer Galeote (1906-1963)
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