Women Artists: The National Museum of Women in the Arts

Thiscompactandimpressivelittlesurveyfeaturesartbywomenfromaroundtheworld,fromtheRenaissancetothepresent,andinallmedia.ThishandsomevolumeofworksfromtherenownedcollectionoftheNationalMuseumofWomenintheArts?thebest-knownmuseumintheworlddedicatedtorecognizingtheachievementsofwomenartists?isafascinatingrecordofwomen'sdiverseaccomplishmentsfromtheRenaissancetothefirstdecadeofthetwenty-firstcentury.PriortotheestablishmentoftheNationalMuseumofWomenintheArts,theworkofgreatwomenartistshadbeenignored,forgotten,ordenied;theyhadbeenlargelyleftoutofmuseumsandhistoriesofart.Foundedin1987byWilhelminaColeHolladayinWashington,D.C.,theNationalMuseumofWomenintheArtsboastsagrowingmembershipthatisamongthetoptenintheworld.Themuseum'smultifacetedtreasuresincludepaintings,sculpture,photographs,prints,andcraftsproducedoverthepastfivecenturiesbyaninternationalarrayofwomenartists.Includedhere,infullcolor,areworksbyLaviniaFontana,JudithLeyster,Elisabeth-LouiseVigée-Lebrun,HesterBateman,RosaBonheur,BertheMorisot,MaryCassatt,CamilleClaudel,BereniceAbbott,MariaMontoyaMartinez,FridaKahlo,GeorgiaO'Keeffe,LeeKrasner,andmanymore.,