HISTORICAL WOMEN ARTISTS PROFILED BY CONTEMPORARY WOMEN IN ART
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| "Self-portrait Holding A Portrait Of Her Sister", Rosalba Carriera, c1715, pastel, Uffizi Gallery, Florence Italy |
Rosalba Carriera (roh-ZAHL-bah kah-ree-AY-rah Italian, 1673 –1757)
Was the first internationally known pastel artist and is credited with elevating pastel in to an acceptable medium for professional portraiture during early to mid 18th century. Born in Venice, she established a reputation for excellence in pastel portraiture and was aided in her business by her two sisters.
She spent much of her life fulfilling commissions for patrons at the courts in Europe and while working in France was commissioned to paint all the royalty and nobility from the King and Regent down. In 1720/1 she was elected to the French Academy by acclamation. Today, she is regarded by historians to have had a significant influence for many women artists that came after her including Catherine Read (Scottish 1723-1778), Adélaïde Labille-Guiard(French 1749-1803) and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (French 1755-1842)
I am inspired by Rosalba primarily because her artistic and financial success was something of an anomaly in the 18th Century; she ran her own business, employed her family, and distinguished herself as a portrait painter using a medium which up until then was not particularly popular. Quite an accomplishment even by today's standards.
I saw her work in the Uffizi Gallery in 2007. Here is a link:
CLICK HERE TO VISIT ROSALBA CARRIERA IN THE COLLECTION OF THE UFFIZI
Janet A Cook is contemporary figurative artist working in a variety of mediums. She exhibits her work thru Dacia Gallery in NYC and shows all over the world.
Here is a link to her website www.janetAcook.com:
CLICK HERE TO GO TO JANET A. COOK'S WEBSITE
She spent much of her life fulfilling commissions for patrons at the courts in Europe and while working in France was commissioned to paint all the royalty and nobility from the King and Regent down. In 1720/1 she was elected to the French Academy by acclamation. Today, she is regarded by historians to have had a significant influence for many women artists that came after her including Catherine Read (Scottish 1723-1778), Adélaïde Labille-Guiard(French 1749-1803) and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (French 1755-1842)
I am inspired by Rosalba primarily because her artistic and financial success was something of an anomaly in the 18th Century; she ran her own business, employed her family, and distinguished herself as a portrait painter using a medium which up until then was not particularly popular. Quite an accomplishment even by today's standards.
I saw her work in the Uffizi Gallery in 2007. Here is a link:
CLICK HERE TO VISIT ROSALBA CARRIERA IN THE COLLECTION OF THE UFFIZI
Janet A Cook is contemporary figurative artist working in a variety of mediums. She exhibits her work thru Dacia Gallery in NYC and shows all over the world.
Here is a link to her website www.janetAcook.com:
CLICK HERE TO GO TO JANET A. COOK'S WEBSITE
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| "Post Op" by Janet A Cook, Pastel on paper, 26 x19 in |
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