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Tarsila do Amaral was a Brazilian artist and member of the Grupo dos Cinco, who are considered the five most influential Brazilian modernist artists. She went to Paris to study art and was taught Cubism and other modern styles, but wanted to create a uniquely Brazilian modern style. Sourcing information…
Sofonisba Anguissola was born in Cremona, Italy, in 1532, and became one of the first Renaissance women to receive an apprenticeship in the arts, hers was with painters Bernardino Campi and Bernardina Gatti. Her family lived near a famous 2nd century B.C. battle site and she was named after Sophonisba,…
Christiaan Karel Appel (Dutch: [krɪsˈtiaːn ˈkɑrəl ɑpɔl]) (25 April 1921 – 3 May 2006) was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet. He started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s. He was one of the founders of the avant-garde movement Cobra…
Ruth Asawa was an American artist famous for both her sculptures and large public works such as the fountains in San Francisco’s Ghirardelli Square. She was educated at Black Mountain College, and her work was shaped by professors like Josef Albers. Her sculptures employ basket weaving techniques and are based…
Anna Atkins was a botanist who became interested in photography to record her specimens. Her book, “British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions”, may be the first published books of photography and she is considered one of the first women photographers. Atkins produced her images through the cyanotype process which produces a cyan…