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9 Cards in this Set
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Neel
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-Born to a well off family, rejects it all
-Portraits: Physical and Psychic pain (pregnancy, male nudity, old age, poor) -Marries a Cuban man: escapes to Cuba with their baby -nervous break down -dates a drinker/druggie -he burns all her art work -attempts suicide -recovers from depression by painting -has 2 boys |
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Kahlo
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-Mexican
-Got in a terrible car accident that crushed her pelvis and spine -did a lot of self-portraits while recovering make references to her pain and miscarriages -Marries Rivera, an older artist twice |
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Sirani
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-painted portraits, allegories, and religious themes
-she painted so fast people didn't believe they all came from her -father took all her earnings and discouraged marriage, wanted to just make her paint! -dies at 27 after being poisoned by a family servant/or ulcers |
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Lewis
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-Indian/black:dealt w/ prejudice
-raised by 2 Indian aunts -brother gold mined and sent her to school -girls at school accused her of poisoning them -before trial she was beat by a mob -moved to Boston to study sculpting -made money on a painting and moved to Rome -did works based on her heritage |
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Bonheur
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-painted animals
-rich, bought her own chalet and lots of exotic animals -painted very large paintings (horses) -lesbian -had to get police permission to wear pants -rides horses while smoking -visited horse slaughter house to get a better view of the body |
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Kauffmann
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-child prodigy
-learned to paint from father and artist as she traveled with her father -painted works based on ancient and modern history -one of two female founder of academy -made enough money to buy her own home -subject of gossip wherever she went -secretly married a man who was married -kidnapped her to receive money from her father -didn't remarry until he died -then moved to Rome and her new husband managed her work |
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Moillon
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-greatest still life painter
-selling her pictures by the age of 10 -step-father contributed to education -family life interrupted her career -but began later on for money -payed attention to detail! |
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O'keefe
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-abstract art, best know for gigantic flowers, and bones
-studying and practiced teaching to make money -sent art work to a friend, she sent it to a male artist and he presented it at his gallery -married that male artist -critics miss-interpret her art -lived to an old age |
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Gentileschi
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-in her day did portraits but now know for full-scale religious paintings that represented her understanding of anatomy and her liking of dramatics
-father taught her -Caravaggio style -father hired further assistance from a male artist who ended up raping her - |
