Broad Strokes Blog
The options available to women artists in this period, whether to marry, pursue specialized training, and much more, depended largely on their social class and family connections.
Louise Hollandine, Princess of the Palatinate, Self-Portrait as a Benedictine Nun , ca. 1665–75; Oil on canvas, 50 1/2 x 36 5/8 in.; Private collection, through the mediation of the Hoogsteder Museum Foundation, The Hague; Photo © Hoogsteder Museum Foundation, The Hague
Louise Hollandine, Princess of the Palatinate, Self-Portrait as a Benedictine Nun , ca. 1665–75; Oil on canvas, 50 1/2 x 36 5/8 in.; Private collection, through the mediation of the Hoogsteder Museum Foundation, The Hague; Photo © Hoogsteder Museum Foundation, The Hague
Broad Strokes Blog
NMWA’s new collection installation features thematic galleries such as “Seeing Red,” which explores artists’ rosy, bold, and fiery uses of the color red.
Alma Woodsey Thomas, Orion , 1973; Acrylic on canvas, 59 3/4 x 54 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay; © 2024 Estate of Alma Thomas (Courtesy of the Hart Family)/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo by Lee Stalsworth for NMWA
Alma Woodsey Thomas, Orion , 1973; Acrylic on canvas, 59 3/4 x 54 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay; © 2024 Estate of Alma Thomas (Courtesy of the Hart Family)/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo by Lee Stalsworth for NMWA
