"Art has to be the burning center of your life," Donna Seaman.
Women in the arts have been my lifelong passion. For the last 30 years, I've watched movies, attended exhibitions, read books, and made this Patchwork one day. The following is the bibliography behind the Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? Patchwork, 2019.
The Books
Exhibitions catalogs:
- Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985. Exhibition catalog.
- Emerging From The Shadows: A Survey Of Women Artists Working In California, 1860-1960 by Maurine St. Gaudens. Exhibition catalog.
- Women Artists: 1550-1950. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Exhibition catalog.
- Women Artists, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington.
- In Wonderland, The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists of Mexico and the United States. Exhibition catalog.
- We Wanted A Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-1985, A sourcebook.
Biographies:
- I Shock Myself, Beatrice Wood. Autobiography.
- Infinity Net, Yayoi Kusama. Autobiography.
- Romaine Brooks, ALife. By Cassandra Langer.
- Dorothea Lange, by Durden.
- Human, Heroes, and a Frog. Photographer Nina Leen.
- Diane Arbus, by Patricia Bosworth.
- Tina Modotti, A Fragile Life by Mildred Constantine.
- The Private World of Tasha Tudor by Tasha Tudor.
- Vivian Maier, Street Photographer.
- Openings, A Memoir from the Women's Art Movement, New York City 1970-1992 by Sabra Moore.
- True Poetry. The Art of Maria Izquierdo, Elizabeth Ferrer Curator.
- The Great Cosmic Mother, Monica Sjöö.
- Ninth Street Women, Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art by Mary Gabriel.
Other books:
- Women Artists of Russia's New Age 1900-1935 by M. N. Yablonskaya.
- Feminism and Art History, Questioning the Litany by Norma Broude and Mary D. Garrard.
- Against The Odds, Women Pioneers of the First Hundred Years of Photography By Martin W. Sandler.
- Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement by Whitney Chadwick.
- Women Artists of the Arts and Crafts Movement 1870-1914 by Anthea Callen.
- Graffiti Women, Street Art from the Five Continents.
- The Subversive Stitch, Embroidery and the Making of the Feminine by Rozsika Parker.
- The Art of History, African American Women Artists Engage the Past By Lisa Gail Collins.
- Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century.
- Creating Their Own Image, the History of African American Women Artists by Lisa E. Farrington.
- Feminism and Contemporary Art, The Revolutionary Power of Women's Laughter by Jo Anna Isaak.
- Women Artists in Paris 1850-1900.
- Identity Unknown: Rediscovering Seven American Women Artists by Donna Seaman
Movies:
The Story of Women and Art
Maud Lewis
Camille Claudel 1989
CAMILLE CLAUDEL 1915
Violeta Parra
Who Does She Think She Is?
Finding Vivian Mair
Séraphine
Artemisa
Georgia O'Keeffe
Women Art Revolution!
Articles:
The Story of Women and Art
Maud Lewis
Camille Claudel 1989
CAMILLE CLAUDEL 1915
Violeta Parra
Who Does She Think She Is?
Finding Vivian Mair
Séraphine
Artemisa
Georgia O'Keeffe
Women Art Revolution!
Articles:
Suzanne Valadon, la pintora libre de la Belle Époque.
A Tiny Little Nervous Breakdown, Ruth Miller Kempster
Donna Seaman Saving Women Artists from Oblivion
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