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Erased, Redrawn: Artemesia Gentilschi

By  Vicki Cooke 2012

Kevin Thomas

Gentileschi, (1593-1656) is probably the most well known female renaissance painters. Having the good fortune to be born into a family of artists, she was able to practice and develop her talent in the family workshop. She was the first female artist to be admitted to the Florentine Academy of Art and Design and she was also, for a time, painter in the court of Charles I of England. Prints are available to buy
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Many women were making art in the 17th and 18th century, but much of their work has disappeared without a trace. How do we choose to remember the past when what we see is always incomplete? The ghosts of the forgotten are haunting, but through the action of drawing, they are remembered. Featuring in the series 'A Woman of Genius', rediscovering the lives of women artists. Fratellini ran a successful studio in Florence in the Baroque period and painted portraits and religious scenes.

Trace:Fratellini

Sandpaper: Anna Dorothea Therbusch

A Woman of Genius

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