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#arthistory

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Laura G, Sassy 70’s

Your art history post for today: by Marie Bashkirtseva (1858-1884), born in what was then part of the Russian Empire and is now Ukraine, “The Umbrella,“ 1883, oil on canvas, height: 93 cm (36.6 in), width: 74 cm (29.1 in), The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. #Ukraine #womanartist #arthistory

From another institution, The Clark: “Marie Bashkirtseff studied at the Académie Julian in Paris from 1877 to 1884. Although she died at the young age of 25 from tuberculosis, she became well known for her paintings as well as the articles she wrote, under the pseudonym Pauline Orrell, in support of women’s full participation in the arts. After her death, her journal—in which she wrote extensively about her experiences and ambitions as artist—was published and became an immediate sensation.”

A painting of a girl, poker face, holding an open umbrella. Very limited palette of mostly black and gray.
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Laura G, Sassy 70’s

Your art history post for today: by Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur (1900-1961), Watermelon, Carrots, Flowers, 1951, oil on canvas, The National Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Art, Kyiv, Ukraine. #arthistory #Ukraine #womenartists

From Google Arts & Culture: “Kateryna's life was not as picturesque and far more demanding than the world of her paintings. Her parents didn't support her love for painting and often forbade her to do it. People from her village shared this attitude towards the artist. At that time, the traditional patriarchal view on the role of women still prevailed. So others were wary of Kateryna being interested in painting but not having a husband and a family…

Bilokur primarily painted scenes depicting Ukrainian nature, peasant life, and rituals. She captured the richness of Ukrainian culture and folk traditions.

Kateryna Bilokur is now a representative figure of naïve art in Ukraine, and her creations continue to hold a meaningful place in the country's cultural heritage. Her works are unique, characterized by a distinctive energy and emotional intensity.

Kateryna Bilokur immortalized the charm of rural life on her canvases through naïve artistry. Her intricately detailed and vividly colored works became a testament to her creative spirit and the timeless allure of Ukraine's cultural heritage.” — Based on text by Kateryna Nosko.

A still life painting with pink flowers, foliage, including small red berries, and a watermelon cut open.
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Vase of Flowers in a Window (1618) by Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573-1621). This spectacular flower still life is one of the masterpieces in his oeuvre. Tulips, roses, columbine, iris or carnations – all flowers are very faithfully rendered, each with its own specific features. The lighting is even and all the flowers are very visibly and frontally presented, the only exception being the fritillary which is partially concealed among the stems.

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The flowers, the majority of which are foreign and rare, are arranged in a remarkable glass decorated with masks. The vase and flowers are set in a stone window, which nicely frames the bouquet. Usually, such niches are closed off at the back, but Bosschaert opened it up affording a vista of a sweeping mountainous landscape with a broadly winding river.
#art#ArtHistory#flowers
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NationalMuseumAust Roulette

Invitation to the Swearing in of the Earl of Hopetoun as the First Governor General of Australia, Sydney, 1 January 1901.

An invitation on card in brown and olive green tones, with metallic gold coloured highlights. The invitation reads 'The Government of New South Wales …

Card, Ink

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NationalMuseumAust Roulette

Photographic glass plate positive depicting small township of slab buildings amongst trees

A black and white photographic glass plate positive, depicting a small township of slab buildings set amongst trees. A tent and a prominent tree are i…

Glass, Photographic emulsion

Queensland, Australia

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Laura G, Sassy 70’s

By Oleksandra Ekster (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндра Олекса́ндрівна Е́кстер), also known as Alexandra Exter (1882-1949), Motherhood, 1935, oil on canvas, 32 x 25 5/8 in. (81.3 x 65.1 cm.), photo: Christie’s London, November 30, 2005. #arthistory #Ukraine #womanartist #womenartists

The artist was born in Białystok, Poland, then part of the Russian Empire. Although the artist was not an ethnic Ukrainian, her family moved to Kyiv, where she attended St.Olha Gymnasium (the equivalent of secondary school, as in middle school/high school). She married in 1908. She and her husband emigrated to France in 1924. You will sometimes see her referred to as a Russian artist; however Ukraine claims her as one of their own and many museums have begun referring to her as Ukrainian.

A semi-abstract painting of a mother holding her child in her arms, the child’s head feasting on her shoulder.
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Laura G, Sassy 70’s

Your art history post for today: by Zinaida Serebriakova (1884–1967), Self Portrait as Pierrot, 1911, oil on canvas, height: 71 cm (27.9 in); width: 58 cm (22.8 in), Odesa Fine Arts Museum, Odesa, Ukraine. #Ukraine #arthistory #womanartist #womenartists

Zinaida Yevgenyevna Serebriakova was born in Kharkov, Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire. She spent much of her life in St. Petersburg and then Paris, becoming a French citizen in 1947.

A painting of a young woman dressed in the white costume of the clown Pierrot. She holds a black mask for the eyes in one hand. Dramatic light and shadow.
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