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Artemisia Gentileschi
(b. 1593, Rome Italy; d.1652/3, Naples, Italy)Artemisia Gentileschi was an early Italian Baroque painter, and the only female follower of Caravaggio, whom she worked with in Italy in the early 17th century. Her innovative compositions and... Read more
Georgia O'Keeffe
(b. 1887, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin; d. 1986, Santa Fe, New Mexico)Georgia O'Keeffe, one of the most well known American painters, is also considered by some to be the foremother of the feminist art movement. She worked in a discipline dominated... Read more
Anna van Schurman
(b. 1607, Cologne, Germany; d. 1678, Wieuwerd, Netherlands)Anna Maria van Schurman is readily considered the most highly educated woman of the 17th century. She questioned the role that women should play in Dutch society, and her determination... Read more
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