Nordic women sculptors at the turn of the 20th century : formation, visibility, self-creation / editor, Linda Hinners.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hinners, Linda, editor.

Nationalmuseum (Sweden), host institution, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sculptors--Scandinavia--Exhibitions.

Sculptors.

Women sculptors--Scandinavia--Exhibitions.

Women sculptors.

Women sculptors--Scandinavia--Biography--Exhibitions.

Sculpture, Scandinavian--Exhibitions.

Sculpture, Scandinavian.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

311 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimile, map, portraits ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

Stockholm : Nationalmuseum, [2022]

Summary:

Throughout most of Western art history, the heavy and dirty work of a sculptor was seen as a male occupation, and the sculpting of nude bodies was considered unsuitable for women. Nevertheless, at the turn of the 20th century several women from the Nordic countries trained as sculptors. Nordic women gained access to public art education earlier than aspiring women artists in most other European countries. Many travelled to the continent, and to Paris in particular, where they discovered new artistic ideals and a larger market for their art. Several of them enjoyed great success at exhibitions and remained in Paris for most of their lives. Others led a nomadic existence in Europe, living independently and unconventionally by the standards of the time. This book presents the result of a Nordic research project, based at Nationalmuseum in Stockholm in collaboration with the National Museum in Oslo and the Ateneum Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery in Helsinki. It presents more than twenty articles and selected biographies of the sculptors, written by Nordic and European scholars in the field.

Notes:

Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden March 17-September 11, 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789171009135

9171009132

OCLC:

1317679612