Women in art history

Women artists from around the globe to share with children during Woman's History Month. Lean about the art and lives of seven amazing women.

Auguste Toulmouche 1829-1890 Frankrijk

Because you wouldn't want to be historically inaccurate.

Две Фриды The Two Fridas. 1939. Oil on canvas. 170 x 170 cm. Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico.

In Greek mythology, powerful sorceresses were often depicted as malevolent figures, but not every mythological witch had ill intentions.

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Neoclassicism has exerted a powerful influence over art and architecture, helping shape some of the world’s most famous cities. Read on to find out more about this important artistic movement.

The most famous painting by Florentine artist Cristofano Allori, carried out between 1610 and 1612, became an instant success and was widely copied, due in part to the popularity of the legend of the biblical heroine Judith which the artist interpreted autobiographically; the decapitated head of Holofernes is a self-portrait while his lover Mazzafirra is portrayed in the beautiful face of the young woman

Detailed view of Venus, from the Renaissance artwork