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The obstacle race : the fortunes of women painters and their work
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The obstacle race : the fortunes of women painters and their work

by Germaine Greer

This study examines the history of women in Western painting and the social and psychological obstacles to their success. It profiles significant female artists and analyses why their contributions have been historically underestimated.

Accession 11587 ISBN 9780436187995 Publisher Secker & Warburg
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If men and women are equally capable of genius, why have there been no female artists of the stature of Leonardo, Titian or Poussin? In seeking to answer this question, Germaine Greer introduces us to major but underestimated figures in the history of Western painting--Angelica Kauffmann, Natalia Goncharova, Suzanne Valadon, Berthe Morisot, Kathe Köllwitz--and produces a brilliantly incisive and richly illustrated study. She explains the obstacles as both external and surmountable and internal and insurmountable in the race for achievement.

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