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The portrait offers the possibility of observation and introspection, and is at the same time one of the most private and representative artistic genres. But what distinguishes the specifically female gaze? On the occasion of the major fall exhibition 2021 at Fondation Beyeler, this catalogue brings together nine women artists from Europe and America from the beginning of modernism to the present day, whose works represent an outstanding contribution to the history of the portrait. The individual view of the artists on themselves and on their surroundings in the course of time is expressed. In the catalogue, renowned authors explore the individual artists and their fascinating ways of reflecting on themselves and on others.
The featured artists are Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Lotte Laserstein, Frida Kahlo, Alice Neel, Marlene Dumas, Cindy Sherman, and Elizabeth Peyton.
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Die mexikanische Künstlerin FRIDA KAHLO (1907–1954) steht für eine der bedeutendsten Positionen in der Malerei des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ihre Bilder vereinen Elemente des Surrealismus mit Einflüssen aus der Volkskunst Lateinamerikas, lassen aber ebenso Einflüsse der Neuen Sachlichkeit durchscheinen.Die mexikanische Künstlerin FRIDA KAHLO (1907–1954) steht für eine der bedeutendsten Positionen in der Malerei des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ihre Bilder vereinen Elemente des Surrealismus mit Einflüssen aus der Volkskunst Lateinamerikas, lassen aber ebenso Einflüsse der Neuen Sachlichkeit durchscheinen.
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The portrait offers the possibility of observation and introspection, and is at the same time one of the most private and representative artistic genres. But what distinguishes the specifically female gaze? On the occasion of the major fall exhibition 2021 at Fondation Beyeler, this catalogue brings together nine women artists from Europe and America from the beginning of modernism to the present day, whose works represent an outstanding contribution to the history of the portrait. The individual view of the artists on themselves and on their surroundings in the course of time is expressed. In the catalogue, renowned authors explore the individual artists and their fascinating ways of reflecting on themselves and on others.
The featured artists are Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Lotte Laserstein, Frida Kahlo, Alice Neel, Marlene Dumas, Cindy Sherman, and Elizabeth Peyton.
