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Through Artists’ Eyes: Skagen Painters as Models
Anna Ancher is the face of A World Apart, but hers is not the only visage gracing canvases. The Skagen artists painted the local townspeople but also modeled for each other’s works. These portraits...
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The Hills are Alive: Freya Grand’s Landscapes
“Natural forms have a voice, have a pulse,” artist Freya Grand told NMWA visitors on International Women’s Day, as she talked about her works on view in Minding the Landscape. The exhibition showcases...
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Thoughts on Freya Grand’s “Minding the Landscape” (Part 1 of 2)
(This is Part 1 of a series on Freya Grand—click here for Part 2.) At her recent artist’s talk, Freya Grand discussed her process of creating the inspiring works currently on display at NMWA....
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Thoughts on Freya Grand’s “Minding the Landscape” (Part 2 of 2)
(This is Part 2 of a series on Freya Grand—click here for Part 1.) In addition to the Romantic and sublime that can be seen in Freya Grand’s work, the idea of “minding the landscape,” and her way of...
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Happy Birthday, Leonora Carrington!
The art of Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) belongs to “a magical realm between sleep and waking, conscious and unconscious.”¹ On April 6, 2013, we celebrate the enchanting artist on what would have been...
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NMWA’s Nordic Cool
In honor of A World Apart: Anna Ancher and the Skagen Art Colony, on view through May 12, 2013, we’re researching other delightful, innovative, and interesting Danish women in the arts. Click here to...
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Traditional Roots: Family Paintings in “A World Apart”
Unsurprisingly, Skagen artists found willing models in their family members. Anna and Michael Ancher painted each other as well as other members of the close-knit Brøndum family, as shown in the...
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Daring Danish Designer Nanna Ditzel (Part 1 of 2)
In honor of A World Apart: Anna Ancher and the Skagen Art Colony, on view through May 12, 2013, we’re researching other delightful, innovative, and interesting Danish women in the arts. Click here to...
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Daring Danish Designer Nanna Ditzel (Part 2 of 2)
In honor of A World Apart: Anna Ancher and the Skagen Art Colony, on view through May 12, 2013, we’re researching other delightful, innovative, and interesting Danish women in the arts. Click here to...
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Shedding Light: A Curator’s Perspective on Anna Ancher
“If you ask Danes to name a woman artist, they will say Anna Ancher,” declared Skagens Museum curator Mette Bøgh Jensen in an enlightening gallery talk of A World Apart: Anna Ancher and the Skagen Art...
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Gendered Interiors
When Anna Ancher painted rooms in her family home in Skagen, Denmark, she presented very different images when she associated herself versus her husband with the represented space. Depictions of her...
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May Highlights at the Library
Spring in D.C. is a treat for nature lovers, so this month we’re featuring an extraordinary Japanese woodcut print artist, Naoko Matsubara, whose lyrical woodcuts of trees evoke beauty, majesty and...
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Bice Lazzari: Rhythm and Line
Bice Lazzari (1900–1981), whose career balanced design and fine arts, created compositions by drawing free-hand lines, often over washes of soft color. Her poetic works resemble graphs, maps,...
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Now open at NMWA: Signature Line
On the evening of Monday, May 20, the National Museum of Women in the Arts hosted a reception in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy, Washington, D.C., in honor of the exhibition Bice Lazzari:...
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“Breadwinner Moms”: A look into the art of pioneer Judith Leyster
For centuries, women have struggled for equality in the workplace and balance in their daily lives. The media and popular culture figures continue to debate and fret about women’s roles—Facebook...
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Audrey Niffenegger: Depth and Whimsy
Opening June 21 at NMWA, Awake in the Dream World: The Art of Audrey Niffenegger reveals the artist’s range. In addition to her bestselling novels, Niffenegger is a visual artist who paints, draws, and...
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June Highlights at the Library
One of the perks of cataloguing in NMWA’s Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center is the opportunity to discover interesting books that we’re adding to the library. I recently had the fortune to...
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Subverting the Male Gaze: Lotte Laserstein and Kiki Kogelnik
Tackling the female nude—a principal subject of male artists for centuries—Lotte Laserstein (1898–1993), a German realist painter, offered a woman’s perspective on this motif in 1930 with Morning...
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Louise Moillon: Still Lifes and Saint-Germain (Part 1 of 2)
One of the foremost French painters of the 17th century, Louise Moillon (1610–1696) was a leading proponent of still-life works. Her luscious, meticulously detailed renderings of fruits and vegetables...
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Exploring Faith Ringgold’s “American People” on July Fourth
Every year the Fourth of July promises picnics, fireworks, and summery snacks—it’s a time of celebration with family and friends. However, Independence Day also brings to mind those people who have not...
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