The New Masters

Ever notice how the list of old master artists does not include women? Here we celebrate The New Masters. Female master artists from all ages.

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"Drawings are cheaper than paintings. They don't pretend they'll last forever.” -Marlene Dumas

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Eleanor Brickdale suffered a stroke and could not paint for the remaining 7 years of her life #UninvitedGuest

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Jane Nasmyth was taught to paint by her father who would regularly send her work in with his #FathersDay

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Jacopo Robusti dressed his daughter Marietta as a boy to learn painting in the studio with her brothers #FathersDay

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While still an undergrad Maya Lin won a design competition for the Vietnam Memorial beating 1,441 other submissions

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Goya taught Rosario Weiss by replicating master works (including his). When he died she became an art forger.

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"This spider is an ode to my mother...helpful & protective, just like my mother.” -Louise Bourgeois #MothersDay

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Mary Cassatt painted the private lives of women with emphasis on the bond between mother & child #MothersDay

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Leonora Carrington was 1) last Surrealism artist 2) founder of the Women’s Liberation Movement 3) #KindOfABadAss

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When Nampeyo began to lose her sight she made pottery by touch. Her husband and daughters did the painting. #Family

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"Feet, what do I need them for if I have wings to fly?” -Frida Kahlo #CincoDeMayo #IndependenceDay

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"I paint because I need to. I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.” Friday Kahlo

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Like many of #TheNew Masters, Rosa Bonheur painted the same genre as her dad, but she outstripped him absolutely

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Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale’s ''The Deceitfulness of Riches'’ reminds us not to get too comfortable

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Leonora Carrington explores her mental illness and psychotic break in "Map of Down Below” #MentalHealthReform

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Rosa Bonheur wore men's clothing, but she attributed her fashion sense to the practicality of working with animals.

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April 1971 police closed Margaret Harrison’s one-woman feminist art show on the grounds of indecency

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Bathsheba Grossman uses art to depict mathematical oddities. Perhaps she can fix pi for us #PiDay #TauDay

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Rosa Bonheur's family adhered to a Christian-socialist sect that promoted the education of women alongside men

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Rosa Bonheur family’s adhered to a Christian-socialist sect that promoted the education of women alongside men