Sisters of the brush : women's artistic culture in late nineteenth-century Paris / Tamar Garb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garb, Tamar, author.

Contributor:

Yale University Press, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, French--19th century.

Art, French.

Feminism and art--France--History--19th century.

Feminism and art.

Women artists--Education (Higher)--France--History--19th century.

Women artists.

Women artists--France--History--19th century.

France.

Union des femmes peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, décorateurs--History.

Union des femmes peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, décorateurs.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 207 pages) : 62 illustrations, portraits

Other Title:

Sisters of the brush : women's artistic culture in late 19th-century Paris

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1994.

Summary:

"The Union of Women Painters and Sculptors was founded in Paris in 1881 to represent the interests of women artists and to facilitate the exhibition of their work. This lively and informative book traces the history of the first fifteen years of the organization and places it in the contexts of the Paris art world and the development of feminism in the late nineteenth century. Tamar Garb explores how the Union campaigned to have women artists written about in the press and admitted to the Salon jury and into the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Arts and describes how the organization's leaders took their campaigns into the French parliament itself. Although the women of the Union were often quite conservative politically, socially, and stylistically, says Garb, they believed that women had a special gift that would enhance France's cultural reputation and maintain the uplifting moral-cultural position that seemed in jeopardy at the turn of the century. Focusing on the developments that made the prominence of the organization possible, Garb discusses the growth of the women's movement, educational reforms, institutional changes in the art world, and critical debates and contemporary scientific thought. She examines contemporary perceptions of both art and femininity, showing how the understanding of one affected the image of the other"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

1. Vision and Division in the Sisterhood of Artists

2. Amidst 'a Veritable Flood of Painting' : The Union of Women Painters and Sculptors in Context

3. Feminism, Philanthropy and the femme artiste

4. Reason and Resistance : Women's Entry into the Ecole des Beaux Arts

5. The Sex of Art : In Search of le genie feminin

6. L'Art feminin : A Utopian Vision.

Notes:

Description based on print record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on May 5, 2022).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-201) and index.

ISBN:

9780300269161

0300269161

OCLC:

1306162534