National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.)

Krystyna Wasserman

Susan Fisher Sterling

Jordana Pomeroy

Washington, D.C. National Museum of Women in the Arts

National Museum Of Women In The Arts Staff

Curators of the Nmwa

Britta Konau

Nancy Heller

This beautifully designed volume is an accessible, comprehensive treasure that spans art history from the Renaissance to the present, featuring eighty-six women artists from around the world. The book is divided into seven sections representing chronological and regional groupings. Each section contains an introductory essay that places the works in historical context to provide an overview of the social and political forces that shaped the eras and regions in which the works were created. Also included is a section on artists' books.

Works from the National Museum of Women in the Arts

Women Artists

Strikingly beautiful and a pleasure to read, Women Artists surveys female painters and sculptors from the Renaissance to the present, illuminating both the obstacles the artists encountered and the contributions they made. 179 illustrations, 132 in full color.

An Illustrated History

Brett Topping

Evelyn Borchard Metzger

Artist Evelyn Metzger always travelled first class through the East Coast and around the world: this title covers both her social life and her artistic appreciation and contributions, examining her formal studies of art history at Vassar, her flexibility and travels, and her portraits. Plenty of black and white and color illustrations accompany a strong survey of her life and times. -- Midwest Book Review

Artist Evelyn Metzger

The Age of Grandeur and a Woman who Lived it

An unprecedented visual documentation of the works of women artists throughout the centuries, with full color photo reproductions.

Nancy Heller

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