Today I have stumbled upon a leading lady of the Impressionist movement. Although women during her day were told that making art was a bad thing and they just shouldn't do it, she enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts at the age of 16. The teachers and students there ridiculed her, and she found that the slow pace and classes frustrated her, so she moved to Europe where she could learn from the studies of the Old Masters. Her father told her that he would "rather die than see her become a bohemian", but despite his words she moved to Paris in 1866, accomplishing a highly successful career in arts.
Look at how lovely and beautiful her paintings (and sketches!) are!!! They're just so amazing and they honestly look like photographs, they just make me feel so warm inside and her story is beautiful, ah!
Look at how lovely and beautiful her paintings (and sketches!) are!!! They're just so amazing and they honestly look like photographs, they just make me feel so warm inside and her story is beautiful, ah!
1. Breakfast in Bed (1897)
2. The Coiffure (c. 1891)
3. Summertime (1894)
4. The Reader (1877)
5. Figure of a Nude (time unknown)
6. Sketch of Antoinette No. 1 (1901)
2. The Coiffure (c. 1891)
3. Summertime (1894)
4. The Reader (1877)
5. Figure of a Nude (time unknown)
6. Sketch of Antoinette No. 1 (1901)