Final Study Guide (Part 1)

Women Artists in History

Final Study Guide Part 1

Chapter 9-11

Slide Identification

• Gabriele Munter, Boating (1910), German Expressionism
• Venessa Bell, The Tub (1917), Post Impressionism
• Sonia Delaunay, Couverture (1911) Modernism, Orphism
• Hannah Hoch, DADA-Dance (1919-1921), Dada
• Suzanne Valadon, Grandmother and Young Girl Stepping into the Bath (c. 1908), Post-Impressionism
• Suzanne Valadon, The Blue Room (1923), Post-Impressionism
• Paula Modersohn-Becker, Self-Portrait with Amber Necklace (1906), German Expressionism
• Camille Claudel, The Age of Maturity (c. 1902), Symbolism
• Romaine Brooks, Self-Portrait (1923), Symbolism
• Georgia O'Keeffe, Ram’s Head with Hollyhock (1935), Modernism
• Kathe Kollwitz, “Attack” The Weaver’s Revolt (1895-1897), Expressionism
• Kathe Kollwitz, Woman with Dead Child (1903), Expressionism
• Frida Kahlo, The Broken Column (1944), Surrealism, Symbolism
• Elizabeth Catlett, Homage to My Young Black Sisters (1969), Modernism
• Barbara Hepworth, Two Figures (1964), Modernism
• Lee Krasner, Noon (1947), Abstract Expressionism
• Lee Krasner, Cat Image (1957) Abstract Expressionism
• Louise Nevelson, Sky Cathedral (1957), Modernism
• Niki de Saint Phalle, Nana (c. 1965), Modernism
• Eva Hesse, Accession II (1967), Postminimalism
• Betye Saar, The Liberation of Aunt Jemima (1972), Pop Art
• Alice Aycock, Maze (1972), Postminimalism

Short Answer

1. What is abstraction?
2. What was the purpose of the Omega Workshops?
3. What was the Reform Dress Movement?
4. What German folk tradition do the paintings of Gabriele Munter draw inspiration from?
5. Why  was it in Russia that the distinction between fine art and applied art was finally broken down successfully?
6. What is Productivism and why were women so readily accepted into the movement?
7. What was the relationship between fashion and Modernism in the early 20th century?
8. Briefly describe the ideology of Dada.
9. How did Suzanne Valadon become acquainted with the many avant garde artists of Paris? How did her background affect her growth and acceptance as an artist?
10. What sets the nude figures of Suzanne Valadon apart from the more traditional classical nude?
11. In general, why were women artists initially attracted to the Surrealist movement? Why did many of them eventually reject the movement?
12. In what way was femininity commonly characterized in the first half of the 20th century that helped exclude women from the production of culture?
13. Why were the works of Kathe Kollwitz largely overlooked by 20th century art historians?
14. What was the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and why was it important to women artists and Artists of Colour?
15. Briefly describe the difference between Minimalism and Postminimalism.