FRUSTRATED ARTIST

Today I am going to represent American black women simply because one she is a woman and secondly she is a black woman. Who in the past would not have been supported or represented simply because she is a woman and because she is black?  So I want to showcase some of her works and some of her history, this artist is  Edmonia Lewis. Lewis's father was an African Haitian was born in Ohio but the date is in doubt. She may have been born on July 14th of July 4th in 1843 or 45. Lewis lived with her mother in her earlier life and her mum's people the Mississauga band of Ojibway (Chippewa Indians).  She was known as a wildfire, her brother was known as sunrise. When Lewis was about 10,  Lewis and her brother were orphaned, two Aunty's took then on, so from then on they lived near Niagra Falls in northern New York state. Her brother sunrise had some wealth from the gold rush an th...

Today I found an interesting artist her name is Debora Remington I hadn't noticed her before. Born in Hassonfield New Jersey 1930 The year my mum was born, Deborah was drawn to art at a very early age. At the Philadelphia Museum School of industrial arts is where Deborah attended to start her career, as a teenager. Deborah received a BFF in 1955 from San Francisco Art Institute where she studied painting with Clyfford Still.  She was one of six painters and poets, and the only woman, who in 1954 founded the now legendary Six Gallery in San Francisco, where Allen Ginsberg first read his poem, ”Howl” in public on October 7, 1955.  A descendant of the Western artist Frederic Remington, she embraced illusionistic painting, albeit with her own distinctive version of abstraction.   She was one of six painters and poets, and the only woman, who in 1954 founded the now legendary Six Gallery in San Francisco, where Allen Ginsberg first read his poem, ”...

Today while on my computer I thought I look up to see who was the first female artist and I was very surprised I even got any info. The first woman artist was Artemisia Gentileschi who was born on the 8th July 1593. Artemisia was classed as the greatest female Painter of the Baroque period. She develop her painting skills with the help of her father Orazio, Who was known as a accomplished painter himself. Orazio was influenced by Caravaggio, they had a short friendship. Artemisia lost her mother when she was 12 years old and another tragedy hit her 5 years later was she was raped by a colleague of her father, He was  Agostino Tassi who refused to marry her , her father decided to bring a legal case and take him to court. It took several months to finalise it . Tassi was ordered to leave rome, but the order was never enforced. Artemisia married a painter from Florence his name was Pietro Antonio di Vincenzo Stiattesi. Artemisia and her new husband moved to florence and together ...