Female Artists in the 18th and 19th Centuries: Rococo to Impressionism

Cornelia Feye’s series of lectures on female artists continues with a look at the 18th and 19th centuries. During the 18th Century three female painters emerged to achieve unprecedented critical and financial success: Angelica Kauffmann, Rosalba Carriera, and Elizabeth Vigée-Lebrun. They came from different countries and backgrounds, but they each were exceptionally accomplished portrait and genre painters. In the 19th century a great number of female artists worked in a wide range of subjects and styles. Among them were Rosa Bonheur, as well as Eva Gonzales, Berthe Morisot, and Mary Cassatt.