The most famous female painters in the world

In the history of art, there have been many women painters and artists whose works played an important and influential role in the evolution of modern art. Among these women artists, the role of ten of these women artists has been more than others, who many art historians and art historians agree on their importance and influence. In Iran, art has undergone various changes and transformations based on social, political, cultural conditions and in direct connection with the government system. As a member of this space, women have experienced different positions and dignity in different eras. In the space of femininity and masculinity, women, as at least half of the society, have a rank and position, and the power base and dominance system are very decisive in defining their status and limits. Throughout the history of Iran, we see a lot of images of women, but we rarely come across the names of women artists and painters. He; For this reason, perhaps Iran Darodi is one of the most important and oldest female painters in Iran. So far, he has held more than 63 individual exhibitions and more than 250 group exhibitions in Iran and around the world. In the following, we review ten examples of female painters in the world.

Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi was born in Rome to a painter father in 1593 and studied painting under his supervision. In 1614, she went to Florence and became the first female artist to become a member of the art academy of this city. His works were influenced by Caravaggio’s painting style and he is one of the great Baroque painters.

Laura Knight
Laura Knight is one of the most famous British women painters in the 20th century. He portrayed the soldiers of World War II and the trial of the Nazis at the Nuremberg Trials. Influenced by impressionist painters, Laura also painted most of the British women from various walks of life, from gypsy women to aristocratic women.

Georgia O’Keefe
She is one of the most important female painters of the 20th century, known for her abstract paintings of nature and American deserts. In the seventies, feminists evaluated her as a pioneer of female iconography, but she disagreed with their interpretations. His professional activity is divided into New York, Hawaii period and New Mexico period.

Colitis cat
He is a prominent German painter and sculptor, portraying injustices, chaotic human conditions and the tragedy of two world wars. She is one of the first female painters who depicted peasant revolts and labor struggles. His collection of works on the German peasant wars in the Middle Ages against the feudal lords and the church are very famous.

Tamara Lampica
Tamara Olympia is a Polish painter whose real name is Maria Gruski, who is more famous for creating portraits with erotic and seductive themes. He used a spatula instead of a brush, and his paintings are classified in the Art Deco style because of the simple curves and sharp colors and sharp angles.

Frida Kahlo
She is one of the most important and famous women artists of contemporary history. He was a modern painter with radical tendencies and his art had a close connection with the traditional and developing society of Mexico. With a postmodern attitude, he looked at the collapse of traditional structures and the decline of indigenous culture, and was strongly influenced by the art of the native Mexican Indians.

Louis Bourgeois
French painter and sculptor, one of the pioneers of modern art of the 20th century. Loneliness, anxiety, sexual tension and jealousy are among the themes of his works. He was an American citizen and was influenced by European surrealist artists who immigrated to America after World War II. His collection of spiders is world famous.

Alexandra Exeter
The Russian-French avant-garde painter and stage designer is another outstanding female artist of the 20th century who played an important role in the evolution of Futurism and Constructivism. His painting studio in Kiev was a base for Russian avant-garde intellectuals and artists such as Anna Akhmatova. She was one of the most experimental female artists of the Russian avant-garde.

Remedios Varo
The Spanish-Mexican surrealist and anarchist painter is one of the most important and influential painters in Mexico. Some art critics have evaluated his works as postmodern allegories. During Franco’s rule over Spain, he fled to Paris and joined the circle of French surrealists. After the occupation of France in World War II, he went to Mexico.

Lavinia Fontana
The child of the average painter was Prospero, who was born in Bologna in 1552. He started learning painting under the supervision of his father and created his first work in 1575. Fontana married in 1577 and despite having eleven children, she did not give up painting and soon became famous.