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The Obstacle Race: The Fortunes of Women Painters and Their Work [Paperback]

Germaine Greer (Author)

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Publication Date: June 2, 2001 | ISBN-10: 1860646778 | ISBN-13: 978-1860646775

If men and women are equally capable of genius, why have there been no female artists of the stature of Leonardo, Titian or Poussin? In seeking to answer this question, Germaine Greer introduces us to major but underestimated figures in the history of Western painting--Angelica Kauffmann, Natalia Goncharova, Suzanne Valadon, Berthe Morisot, Kathe Köllwitz--and produces a brilliantly incisive and richly illustrated study. She explains the obstacles as both external and surmountable and internal and insurmountable in the race for achievement.

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It is everything we might have wished: passionate yet lucid, clear yet complex, deeply researched yet not pedantic. It is a book that explains, better than any I have ever read, the psychological, economic and even aesthetic reasons for the virtually unchallenged patriarchalism of all our artistic establishments. Erica Jong

About the Author

Germaine Greer, critic, leader, and advocate, is the author of The Female Eunuch, The Change,and most recently The Whole Woman, all worldwide bestsellers. She lives in England.

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Paperback: 373 pages
Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks (June 2, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1860646778
ISBN-13: 978-1860646775
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,298,930 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I think it interesting that this book does not surface when you search by title but rather the out of print hardcover version of its original publication in the late 70s.

This Book is another one of Greer's mind bending efforts. As a woman artist myself I have had a life changing experience by reading this book. One can not help but comprehend the thoroughness of the research and sharpe historical observations of the course of women artists throughout history. I have nothing but admiration for all of these women who prior to reading this I had absolutely no idea existed. The book runs the gamet of history in women's art from the Cloisters to the 19th century... One only hopes that this generation will have something to say for itself in its artwork with substance and enduring principles as its guide. I recommend this book for everyone but particularly women artists who should be in touch with their heritage...

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"The single most striking fact about the women who made names for themselves as painters before the nineteenth century is that almost all of them were related to better-known male painters, while the proportion of male painters who were not related to other" Read the first page

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female portraitists, portable paintings, authenticated work, women painters, woman painter, male painters, pastel portraits, flower painters, women artists, flower painting, minor artists

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Rosa Bonheur, Lavinia Fontana, Angelica Kauffmann, Elisabetta Sirani, Artemisia Gentileschi, Giulia Lama, Royal Academy, Constance Mayer, Mary Cassatt, Santa Maria, Cecilia Beaux, Judith Leyster, Lady Butler, Nathalie Micas, Sofonisba Anguissola, Fede Galizia, Giovan Andrea, Marie Bashkirtseff, New York, Suor Plautilla, Caterina Vigri, Evelyn de Morgan, Gwen John, Clara Peeters, Exposition de la Jeunesse

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Virginia Woolf: Collected Essays, Volume 3 by Virginia Woolf on page 88, and page 181
The nineteenth century (A Literary history of Spain) by Donald Leslie Shaw in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)

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