Feminist Art

Before & After, by Saelia Aparicio - Ink and watercolor - 90 x71 cm / 35.43 x 27.95 in - Nude and figurative drawing, c. 2025 Saelia Aparicio expands drawing until it becomes...

Compostable Trinity, by Saelia Aparicio - Ink and watercolor - 90 x71 cm / 35.43 x 27.95 in - Nude and figurative drawing, c. 2025 Saelia Aparicio expands drawing until it become...

Cigarette Break, by Nicole Chaput - Oil on resin - 50 x 40 cm - Feminist Myth, c. 2022 Nicole Chaput expands painting until it becomes body, working through a deeply carnal and tact...

Cover illustration for mid-century children's book publisher Merril Publishers. Signed lower right. Unframed. Retta Scott or Retta Worcester was (February 23, 1916 – August 26, 1990) was an pioneering Female Illustrator / American artist. She was the first woman to receive screen credit as an animator at the Walt Disney Animation Studios. Scott worked on storyboards to develop scenes of Bambi, his mother, and the film’s hunting dogs, on which she spent weeks to develop them into “vicious, snarling, really mean beasts.” Male artists in the company were stunned who initially assumed that only a man could create drawings with such intensity and technical skill. Her sketches caught the eye of Disney, so when the film went into production, she was assigned to animate scenes of hunting dogs chasing Faline. She worked under the film's supervising director, David D. Hand,and was tutored by Disney animator Eric Larson. This was a significant coup for the young woman, since at the 1930s-era Disney studio, women were considered only for routine tasks: "Ink and paint art was a laborious part of the animation process, and was solely the domain of women..." Her promotion to animator was in part thanks to the success of herself and other women such as Bianca Majolie, Sylvia Holland, and Mary Blair as storyboard artists. Even after receiving a promotion to animator, she and her animations continued being under appreciated in the industry. Though the most recognized Walt Disney female artist is Mary Blair, it is Retta Scott who opened up the doors for women in the animation industry. She became the first woman to receive screen credit as an animator. By the spring of 1941, Scott was also considered a "specialist in animal sketches." Scott helped produce Fantasia and Dumbo, as well as an adaptation of The Wind in the Willows that was later cancelled. She also made an appearance in The Reluctant Dragon...

Unique work made from handprinting and printed collage on paper. Signed and dated "Spero 89" lower right recto.

Disney Legend Mary Blair was also a commercial illustrator for national brands such as Maxwell House Coffee and Beatrice Foods, and two complete national campaigns for Pall Mall cigarettes. The present work was part of her Pall Mall cigarette campaign "'So friendly to your taste!'". We are unsure whether this work was a reproduced, or was only used in a test market , or for a client comp. Nonetheless, as a piece of commercial work-for-hire art, it rises to the realm of fine art. Even though the look of the work has a quick, loose and playful feel to it, each element is carefully placed to strike a perfect balance. In this campaign, the artist created the background, and the art director stripped in the product label. The cigarette to the left is also a cut-out and pasted into position to achieve the ideal look. Commercial art is, in almost all cases, a collaborative effort between the Art Director, the Artist, Account People, and the Client, yet in this case, the Mary Blair signature flat graphic and colorful style is dominant and the packaging is secondary. We have to assume the client, American Tobacco Company's brand Pall Mall was trying to sell the sizzle and not the steak. Nothing in advertising is done by chance. This Pall Mall campaign was acutely tested, and apparently, the Mary Blair style was the brand identity that the ad agency chose over other submissions. Blair's warm personal feel fits perfectly with the tag line "'So friendly to your taste!'" and connects with the audience. In the 1950s - 1960s, Mary Blair was one of the few women artists to design and execute a major mainstream advertising campaign that was not solely women-oriented subject matter: babies, women's clothes, and household products. Cigarette ads had some of the most significant budgets and visibility. Typically, they were a full page back or inside cover and pervasive billboards. The ad agencies could have called any artist in the world, and they would have jumped at the opportunity for such a sought-after, lucrative and prestigious job. In the commercial art field, Mary Blair was somewhat like Margaret Burke...

Includes a Certificate of Authenticity

Liliane Danino, Queen of the desert, Natural pigment and fabric on canvas, mixed media, idealized portrait, woman of virtue, Israeli artist, Israeli art

Michèle TAUPIN was born in Paris, but she could have been born somewhere in ancient Greece, on the banks of the Nile or in Florence… “An immense desire...

Study for Inner Feeling I, by María Conejo - Sketch - 76 x 56 cm - Women Empowering drawing, c. 2024 María Conejo’s proposal consists of a series of oil paintings and ink drawings ...

Soft pastel on toned archival sanded paper with border suitable for framing under glass. Signed and dated on bottom left hand corner

A black woman with a scarf on her head, very expressive, who looks like she is feeling something intensely.

Soft pastel on toned sanded pastel paper richly worked. Part of an ongoing series on mirrors and fame figures. Signed at bottom

part of a series of women with handbags signed on reverse

Whether the subject matter is figuration or nature, Audrey Anastasi approaches all her subjects directly and unabashedly. In this work on paper, she c...

Known for painting fantastical, anxiety-ridden narrative scenes with a touch of humor, Jenny Toth works from direct observation, sometimes with the aid of elaborate set-ups and props...

An elegantly rendered mid-century Parisian model with a stylish hat is masterfully rendered by American female illustrator Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom ...

This work clearly has homosexual overtones which in the mid-'40s was as daring as showing nudity. I am not sure if this was the artist's intention but the salesgirl and the model look identical and she signs it twice Shermond. Added to this is a strobe light effect where the model's image is partly replicated giving the impression of 2 figures. She's lost in thought pondering the notion of removing the bows and seeing the consequences. Meanwhile, the sales girls ( perhaps her alta ego - perhaps an admirer ) eggs her on. Caption: "You can always remove the bows if you think they're too fussy." Cover cartoon for unknown publication - Signed "Shermund" twice in the lower right image, dated on verso, and captioned in graphite in the lower margin. Original Matte and not framed - Barbara Shermund...

María Conejo’s proposal consists of a series of oil paintings and ink drawings that offer a profound and intimate exploration of the emotions within us. The artworks depict an anatom...

Scorpius, by María Conejo - Ink on Paper - 40 x 30 cm - Feminist, Zodiac Series, c. 2024. Drawing inspiration from ancient medical texts, alchemical treatises, astrological imagery...

Perhaps it is her skill in portraiture which renders such strength to Olga Antonova’s still life paintings. Beneath her brush, technically “inanimate” objects come alive with a vibrancy and depth of character that make a viewer want to know their history. Each curve of kettle or teacup rounds the bend, just out of sight, beckoning us nearer. Russian-born Painter Olga Antonova trained at the Repin Institute in Saint Petersburg and specializes in still life paintings of shiny kettles and porcelain china...

Inner Feeling II, by María Conejo - Oil Painting - 160 x 140 cm - Women Empowering, c. 2024 María Conejo’s proposal consists of a series of oil paintings and ink drawings that off...

Charming original watercolor by American artist Peggy Abrams, known for her elegant and whimsical portrayals of fashion accessories. This piece features a richly detailed purple hat ...

Tapered hands and pointy-toed female figures along with the cropped legs of a stagehand are depicted in a dance performance. Blanchard was a fashion illustrator and worked for many years in the advertising department of Lord & Taylor. Work is modestly framed Stamped on back "Copyright Conde Nast...

Svetlana Kalachnik’s unmistakable work expresses a mastery of the craft of painting, her art depicts situations of complicity between her characters; she takes the viewer into a worl...

Joyce Wieland (1931-1998) is one of the most accomplished and versatile Canadian artists. She achieved a level of commercial and critical success in her lifetime that was exceptional for a woman in her era in a male-dominated field. Wieland established new benchmarks for what was possible for a female artist to achieve. Notably, she was the first female artist to have a solo exhibition at the National Gallery (Ottawa) in 1971. Many of her innovative creations predate similar works by female artists...

Joyce Wieland (1931-1998) was one of the most accomplished and versatile Canadian artists of the 20th century. Emerging on the Toronto art scene at the beginning of the 1960s, over t...

Mid-Century fashion watercolors by accomplished Austrian Female Illustrator. Fashion Gret Kalous-Scheffer (1892 Vienna - 1975 Vienna) was a daughter of the renowned Austrian painter...

Generations ahead of the pack, little-known Lorraine Fox developed a simple, charming and flat style that is emulated today but not equaled. Her work is rooted in sound academic trai...

Lorraine Fox (1922–1976) was an American illustrator and commercial artist who illustrated magazines, book covers, and advertisements. Among the magazines, she illustrated for was Wo...

signed in orange along lower right of image Illustration for Women's World magazine, published October, 1937 Condition is good. 4.5 inch, unobtrusive vertical crease running from top down into center of image Maginel Wright Enright Barney was the sister of architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the illustrator of several children''s books, including those of L. Frank Baum...

Michèle TAUPIN was born in Paris, but she could have been born somewhere in ancient Greece, on the banks of the Nile or in Florence… “An immense desire...

Torso 1955 is a cast plaster with oil paint to resemble a bronze cast. The base is wood, carved, sanded and painted. The base shows slight wear on corners. The sculpture is perfect. ...

Deborah Brown Voyager, 2021 Portfolio of 6 images Two plate white ground, sugarlift and aquatint etching printed on Rives BFK white paper Image Size: 16 x 20 inches Paper Size: 22 ...

Woman smiling and giving life to color

We can see the face of a woman who is very, very happy, we don't know why.

We can see two friends having a good time while they seem to be talking about something, one touching her hair.

We can see a woman's face divided by small squares that separate her and distort her face a little.

We can see in profile the face of a very serious young woman, with colorful and imaginative hair.

We can see the face of a woman who is very expressively feeling sensations that make her look the way we see her.

Black woman with a headscarf, very expressive, feeling sad

We can see the face of a girl who feels nostalgic and she can be clearly seen in a very expressive way.

Study for Inner Feeling I, by María Conejo - Sketch - 76 x 56 cm - Women Empowering drawing, c. 2024 María Conejo’s proposal consists of a series of oil paintings and ink drawings ...

María Conejo’s proposal consists of a series of oil paintings and ink drawings that offer a profound and intimate exploration of the emotions within us. The artworks depict an anatom...

Inner Feeling I, by María Conejo - Oil Painting - 160 x 140 cm - Women Empowering, c. 2024 María Conejo’s proposal consists of a series of oil paintings and ink drawings that offe...

Glazed ceramic, signed

Passion is a contemplative bronze sculpture in which Sylvie Mangaud transforms a reclining human figure into a study of emotion, elegance, and presence. The elongated body stretches ...

"Chanel Glasses", lenticular print by Cécile Plaisance. Lenticular printing is a technology in which lenticular lenses are used to produce printed im...

"Baywatch", lenticular print by Cécile Plaisance. Lenticular printing is a technology in which lenticular lenses are used to produce printed images with the ability to change or mov...

"Baywatch", lenticular print by Cécile Plaisance. Lenticular printing is a technology in which lenticular lenses are used to produce printed images with the ability to change or mov...

"Baywatch", lenticular print by Cécile Plaisance. Lenticular printing is a technology in which lenticular lenses are used to produce printed images w...

"Heidi Champagne", lenticular print by Cécile Plaisance. Lenticular printing is a technology in which lenticular lenses are used to produce printed i...

"Heidi Champagne", lenticular print by Cécile Plaisance. Lenticular printing is a technology in which lenticular lenses are used to produce printed images with the ability to change...

"Kim", lenticular print by Cécile Plaisance. Lenticular printing is a technology in which lenticular lenses are used to produce printed images with t...

"Kim", lenticular print by Cécile Plaisance. Lenticular printing is a technology in which lenticular lenses are used to produce printed images with t...

"Crazy Horse", lenticular print by Cécile Plaisance. Lenticular printing is a technology in which lenticular lenses are used to produce printed images with the ability to change or ...

"Crazy Horse", lenticular print by Cécile Plaisance. Lenticular printing is a technology in which lenticular lenses are used to produce printed images with the ability to change or ...

"Ray Ban Girl", lenticular print by Cécile Plaisance. Lenticular printing is a technology in which lenticular lenses are used to produce printed images with the ability to change or...

"Olga smoking nun mirroir", lenticular print by Cécile Plaisance. Lenticular printing is a technology in which lenticular lenses are used to produce printed images with the ability ...

"Alex smoking burqa (proche)", lenticular print by Cécile Plaisance. Lenticular printing is a technology in which lenticular lenses are used to produce printed images with the abili...