ART BY WOMEN - WOMEN IN ARTS

Aisling Drennan https://www.instagram.com/aisling_drennan_art/?hl=en

Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1038 May 7, 2010–Apr 18, 2011 MoMA

For much of photography’s 170-year history, women have expanded its roles by experimenting with every aspect of the medium. Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography presents a selection of outstanding photographs by women artists, charting the medium’s history from the dawn of the modern period to the present. Including over two hundred works, this exhibition features celebrated masterworks and new acquisitions from the collection by such figures as Diane Arbus, Berenice Abbott, Claude Cahun, Imogen Cunningham, Rineke Dijkstra, Florence Henri, Roni Horn, Nan Goldin, Helen Levitt, Lisette Model, Lucia Moholy, Tina Modotti, Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, and Carrie Mae Weems, among many others. The exhibition also highlights works drawn from a variety of curatorial departments, including Bottoms, a large-scale Fluxus wallpaper by Yoko Ono.

Karin Apollonia Müller photographing at the beach (2020)

Karin Apollonia Müller (born 1963, Heidelberg, Germany) is a German contemporary photographer artist. She has received numerous awards, grants and fellowships. Her work is published, exhibited and is in the following collections: The Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art - New York, Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art among others. via W https://karinapolloniamueller.com/

The First Female Artist to be made a Dame of the British Empire Laura Knight (1877-1970) https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2024/08/04/laura-knight/ Dame Laura Knight DBE RA RWS, née Johnson; 4 Aug 1877 – 7 July 1970, was an English artist who worked in oils, watercolours, etching, engraving and drypoint. Knight was a painter in the figurative, realist tradition, who embraced English Impressionism. In her long career, Knight was among the most successful and popular painters in Britain. Her success in the male-dominated British art establishment paved the way for greater status and recognition for women artists. Via W

My Ullmann (1905-1995) https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2026/08/04/my-ullmann/ Maria Anna Amalie “My” Ullmann (born 4 Aug 1905 in Vienna – died 28 June 1995 in Konstanz ) was an Austrian painter, graphic artist, stage and costume designer. via W

Hedda Sterne (1910–2011) palianshow.wordpress.com/2021/08/07/hedda-sterne/ Hedwig Lindenberg (Aug 4, 1910 – April 8, 2011) artist best remembered as the only woman in a group of Abstract Expressionists known as “The Irascibles”. #HeddaSterne was a Romanian-born American artist who was an active member of the New York School of painters. Her work is often associated with Abstract Expressionism and Surrealism. via Wikipedia #Romanianborn Hedda Sterne immigrated to the United States in 1941, settling in NYC. In 1943, #PeggyGuggenheim included her work in Exhibition by 31 Women, one of the first shows to exclusively feature women artists. The same year, she began a nearly 40-year professional relationship with #BettyParsons. Source: nmwa #art #artbywomen #PalianShow #womenpainters #artherstory #romanianwomenartists

Rebecca Lepkoff (1916-2014) https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2026/08/04/rebecca-lepkoff/ Rebecca Lepkoff, (born Rebecca Brody; Aug 4, 1916-Aug 17, 2014) was an American photographer. She is best known for her images depicting daily life in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City in the 1940s. via W

Anna Dębska (1929-2014) https://polishwomenartists.wordpress.com/2026/08/04/anna-debska/ Anna Dębska (born August 4, 1929 in Warsaw, died May 16, 2014 in Łazy) – Polish sculptor, specializing in animal sculptures. Owner of an Arabian horse breeding farm. She lived, among others, in Łazy Stare in the Łochów commune. via W PL (translated) @polishwomenartists-sztukakobiet

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