American Art in the Nineteenth Century
- Separation of work and home created a new realm for women, the domestic space.
- Christian Reform Movement became a cause of the new middle class domestic women
- Abolition, suffrage and temperance
Lilly Martin Spenser
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| Lilly Martin Spenser, Self Portrait |
The “French” breadwinner
(1822-1902)
English born,
American raised from French decent
Educated equally
with her brothers and studied privately with James Henry Beard
Sole provider for
her husband and 13 children
1851 admitted into
the National Academy of Design
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| Peeling Onions |
Lilly Martin Spenser, Peeling Onions 1852
Displays Spenser’s
technical skills as well as commentary on domestic life
Double meaning showing the labors of domestic life as well as the woes of being in that life
Mona Shamali
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| Mona at the opening of her fall show in NYC |
The
Un-Traditionalist
(1979-present)
American born, California raised,
Iranian decent
International Affairs teacher in
NYC
Addresses personal struggle of
being not Iranian/American
The Impossible divide of
Feminine and Nature 2013
Two worlds in one
identity
Struggle between
independence and tradition, modesty and sensuality
Harriet Powers
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Pictorial Quilts c.1895-98
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African American
woman born on October 28, 1837
Born into slavery in
rural Georgia
Harriet was married had
children
Freed after the Civil War until her death in 1910
Kyra Hicks
The Activist Quilter
Born on October 1,
1965 in Los Angeles, California
Author, Quilter and
Quilt Historian
Graduated from
Howard University
Blogger for the
Huffington Post arts section
Black Barbie Quilt, 2009
Speaks to not having a place in popular culture for African American women
Harriet Goodhue Hosmer
The Playful Tomboy
(1830-1908)
Born in Watertown
Massachusetts, was an Americam Neoclassical sculptor.
Won complete financial independence through her work.
1852 she traveled to Rome to
study sculpting under John Gibson.
Zenobia in Chains
(1859)
Zenobia is presented as a queen who
despite being captured and humiliated,
remains strong, not succumbing to defeat.
Michelle Pentz
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| Michelle Pentz at work in her studio from youtube interview |
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