Women in Art Timeline

Scivias I.6: Humanity and Life: Hildegard of Bingen

1098

Hildegard of Bingen, a German artist of The Middle Age times born in 1098, was very eclectic in my words. Hildegard was very spiritual, faith driven and was known to be driven by God. Hildegard, “Saw many visions during her life—sights, sounds, tastes and smells she believed were messages from God.

Saint Avia (The Jailed Women) Artist: Unknown

1500

Saint Avia of Sicily was a virgin martyr, born blind but later cured, was unfortunately was prisoned for clinging onto her Christian views and beliefs. While Saint Avia was prisoned and serving time, she received communion, a major sacrement from the Virgin Mary. In this piece of art, Saint Avia is sculpted peering out a jail cell window, it appears as she looks sad and waiting for the time to pass. Saint Avia is sculpted out of stone and was created in 1500, France.

St. Catherine with Lily

1524

The Nun Artist, named Plautilla Nelli from the time periods of 1524 and 1588 was best known for her artwork in spiritual settings like this one depicts named, “St. Catherine with Lily” used was oil based paints. In the art it depicts a women praying, with holes in the hands, holding a cross. Plautilla uses symbolism in her art and it does indeed depict feminism. The feminism is represented by the feminine energy she brought to Art in The Renaissance time period.

Levina Teerlinc

1555

Levina Teerlinc from the time periods of 1510-1576 was best known for creating tiny paintings. This was new for her time as she was one of the first artists to do this. Levina Teerlinc helped paint the English Court and defined feminism by her delicate touch.

Geertruydt Roghman, A Women Cleaning

1657

Geertruydt Roghman a Dutch golden age painter created very complex pieces of artwork. Geertruydt Roghman highlighted feminism in her artwork by portraying women and the standards of what women did in the kitchen and cleaning.

Rosalba Carriera, A Tyrolean Innkeeper

1728

Rosalba Carriera was a venetian painter who specialized in miniature paintings in the 17th century. Born in 1673, she created beautiful pieces of art and she was also known as a portrait painter who also mainly used pastels for her artwork. In this artwork, “Tyrolean Innkeeper” shows a female portrait, her feminism style of portraying womanhood is very evident in her work.

Anne Vallayer-Coster

1818

Anne Vallayer-Coster is known for a very girly style of art, known for flowers, the sea, and overall very feminist snit paintings by showing femininity at its true capacity. In this still art, it displays a huge vase with flowers and fruit alike.

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

1842

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun was a french painter who was very well known for her feminist style. In this art peice, it shows her wearing a feminine outfit showing what it means to be a female in that time period.