Founder and Master Printer Judith Solodkin established the New York print shop, SOLO Impression Inc., in 1975. Without intending to, she has become a great supporter of women in the...
![View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/thf46715_nmwa41-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
Louise Bourgeois’ life spanned nearly the entire twentieth century. A legend in her own time, she became part of the canon of art history, which has not been kind to...
![Bronze sculpture of a spider on a white platform against a magenta background.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ym_nmwa_062217-6559-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-2400x330.jpg)
Learn more about Niki de Saint Phalle, who is known for sculptures of nanas and whose work is featured in the NMWA collection.
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Learn more about Niki de Saint Phalle, who is known for sculptures of nanas and whose work is featured in the NMWA collection.
![A white clay sculpture that depicts the headless pregnant body of a woman with her arms extended out. Her belly and breast are painted in a multi-colored pattern.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/NWMA_Shoot_Photo_136-aspect-ratio-x-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
![View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/thf46715_nmwa41-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
Celebrating Black History Month: Elizabeth Catlett
Posted: February 19, 2010
Category: Artist Spotlight
![View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/thf46715_nmwa41-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
Now Open! Pomp and Power: Antoinette Bouzonnet Stella’s “Entrance of the Emperor Sigismond into Mantua”
Posted: February 2, 2010
Category: Artist Spotlight
Learn more about artist Antoinette Bouzonnet Stella, whose work Plate 1 from "L'Entree de l'Empereur Sigismond a Mantoue" (1675) is featured in the NMWA collection.
![A black-and-white, horizontal print depicts multiple Roman-style male figures on horseback. They hold weapons or brass musical instruments and process, somewhat chaotically, towards the viewer's right.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/1986.25.1-GAP-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Learn more about Italian artist Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665), whose work Virgin and Child (1663) is featured in the NMWA collection.
![A young, light-skinned, brunette woman gazes down lovingly at the plump baby she holds on her lap. She wears a loose, tan turban, vivid blue cloak, and red dress with white sleeves. The light-skinned child returns her gaze, leaning back to crown the woman with a circlet of roses.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/1986.289-GAP-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25x1-1.jpg)
Learn more about French artist Rosa Bonheur, who is known for her depictions of animals and whose work is featured in the NMWA collection.
![A flock of sheep rest on a green hill by the sea. In the center, two adults and a lamb lie in a group. Flat rocks are visible through the grass. The sky has rolling clouds, and a breeze is suggested by the waves crashing on rocks in the sea, which stretches to the horizon.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/1986.22_Art-Camera-1-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.png)
Among NMWA's new acquisitions this year is a sculpture by the innovative Lynda Benglis. Often billed as a feminist artist, Benglis is media oriented, as she works in anything from...
![A close-up of a silver, metal sculpture that appears to be tied in a giant knot with crisp folds in the metal sheets.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/DSC00379-aspect-ratio-2.25x1-1.jpg)