Women Artists and their Work as a Subject of Exhibition Reviews in Latvia: The 1840s–1915

Starting at the beginning of the nineteenth century, women from Latvia actively sought opportunities to study art and participated in the local and international art scene. Although the dominant view was that women were more limited in their creative abilities than men, their involvement in art was...

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Veröffentlicht in:Kunstiteaduslikke uurimusi Jg. 27; H. 1+03; S. 76 - 106
1. Verfasser: Vanaga, Baiba
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Tallinn Estonian Society of Art Historians 2018
Eesti Kunstiteadlaste Ühing
Schlagworte:
19th Century
20th century
Art criticism
Art exhibits
Critics
Cultural history
Gender history
Pre-WW I WW I (1900 -1919)
Sex discrimination
Stereotypes
Trends
Visual artists
Visual Arts
Women
Latvia
Europe
Latvia
Cultural history
Visual art
Women artists
1840s1915
ISSN:1406-2860
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Zusammenfassung:Starting at the beginning of the nineteenth century, women from Latvia actively sought opportunities to study art and participated in the local and international art scene. Although the dominant view was that women were more limited in their creative abilities than men, their involvement in art was generally accepted. Nevertheless, a significant part of society believed, and publicly expressed the opinion, that women artists were patient, endowed with taste and good at copying nature, but that they could not create outstanding works of art, and therefore they should be judged by other (lower) criteria than those applied to male artists. This article discusses the most vivid reviews that were published by critics about women artists and their creative abilities from the 1840s until 1915. These examples reveal typical trends and stereotypes of the era with respect to women artists and their work.
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ISSN:1406-2860