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A Revolution on Canvas - The Rise of Women Artists in Britain and France, 1760-1830 (Hardcover)
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A Revolution on Canvas - The Rise of Women Artists in Britain and France, 1760-1830 (Hardcover)
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The first collective, critical historical study of women artists in
Britain and France during the Revolutionary era In the late
eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, hundreds of women in
London and Paris became professional artists, exhibiting and
selling their work in unprecedented numbers. Many rose to the top
of their nations' artistic spheres and earned substantial incomes
from their work, regularly navigating institutional inequalities
expressly designed to exclude members of their sex. In the first
collective, critical history of women artists in Britain and France
during the Revolutionary era, Paris Spies-Gans explores how they
engaged with and influenced the mainstream cultural currents of
their societies at pivotal moments of revolutionary change. Through
an interdisciplinary analysis of the experiences of these narrative
painters, portraitists, sculptors, and draughtswomen, this book
challenges longstanding assumptions about women in the history of
art. Importantly, it demonstrates that women built profitable
artistic careers by creating works in nearly every genre practiced
by men, in similar proportions and to aesthetic acclaim. It also
reveals that hundreds of women studied with male artists, and even
learned to draw from the nude. Where traditional histories have
left a void, this generously illustrated book illuminates a lively
world of artistic production. Featuring an extensive range of these
artists' paintings, drawings, sculptures, and writings, alongside
contemporary prints, satires, and works by their male peers, A
Revolution on Canvas transforms our understanding of the
opportunities and identities of women artists of the past.
Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
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