Her reevaluation as a major figure in the history of European painting got under way with a fictional biography by Anna Banti in 1947 (translated into English in 1988). Her peripatetic later career took her back to Rome (1620–26), Venice (1626–30), and Naples (1630–52), with a brief trip to London, where she seems again to have worked with her father (1634). There she established her reputation at the court of Grand Duke Cosimo II de’ Medici associated with the literary and artistic circle around the poet Michelangelo Buonarroti the younger and in 1616 became the first female member of the Accademia del Disegno-an extraordinary accomplishment for someone who, in Rome, had been a self-declared illiterate (on this transformation, see Keith Christiansen, 'Becoming Artemisia: Afterthoughts on the Gentileschi Exhibition,' Metropolitan Museum Journal 39 (2004), pp. A trial ensued, and in 1612 she was married off to a minor painter (Piermatteo Stiattesi) and moved to Florence. She was trained in Rome by her father, Orazio Gentileschi (1563–1639)-one of the earliest followers of Caravaggio-and in 1611 was raped by an artist-Agostino Tassi-her father had engaged to teach her perspective. Her pictures often have violent themes with female protagonists and, rightly or wrongly, these have often been related to her biography. Artemisia was the first woman artist to gain a reputation as an accomplished painter of large, multi-figure compositions with a mythological or Biblical theme-the sort of work considered the most demanding test of an artist’s ability. 1532–1625) and Lavinia Fontana of Bologna (1552–1614), earned reputations based on portraiture and devotional paintings, while Fede Galizia (1578–1630) was celebrated for her still lifes. Earlier painters, such as Sofonisba Anguissola of Cremona (ca. If you know of other titles that should be on this list, please let us.The Artist: Artemisia Gentileschi is the most famous female artist of the seventeenth century. Descriptions are drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website. New Books About History’s Women Artists | Jan–Mar 2020īy Erika Gaffney | | News/BlogHere we list all the new books about women artists that have come to our attention, published in the first quarter of this year. Garrard, American University (Emerita) In spring 2020, two female Old Master solo exhibitions would have occurred simultaneously: Artemisia Gentileschi, at the National Gallery, London, and Giovanna Garzoni, at Palazzo Pitti in Florence. Two of a Kind: Giovanna Garzoni and Artemisia Gentileschiīy wpengine | | News/BlogGuest post by Mary D. If you know of other titles that should be on this list, please. New Books About History’s Women Artists | July–Sept 2020īy Erika Gaffney | | News/BlogHere we list all the new books about women artists that have come to our attention, published in the third quarter of this calendar year.

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