Special Visions: Profiles of Fifteen Women Artists from the Renaissance to the Present Day

By Olga S. Opfell

Remarkably varied in their output and life styles, both resolutely independent and conformist, these women painters, sculptors and graphic artists represent eight nationalities and span four centuries. They are Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Leyster, Angelica Kauffman, Vigee Lebrun, Rosa Bonheur, Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Suzanne Valadon, Kathe Kollwitz, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Gabriele Munter, Vanessa Bell, Sonia Delaunay, Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo.Their reputations have dipped and risen again over the years. Some were widely appreciated in their day; others attained recognition posthumously. All overcame the obstacles of social restrictions and male prejudice.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0899506038
• ISBN13: 9780899506036
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 223 Pages