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Richard Westall (1765-1836) RA - Early 19th Century Watercolour, Woman Reading
By Richard Westall
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished watercolour study depicting a women reading a prayer book. The artist captures the
Category

Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Studious Girl Reading a Book - Women's Education - Female Illustrator
By Elizabeth Shippen Green
Located in Miami, FL
19th century, women artists became part of professional enterprises, including founding their own art
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1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Charcoal

Jennifer reading- blue grey abstract and figurative painting of a women
By Michael Azgour
Located in New York, NY
Michael Azgour is an artist and educator whose work addresses the impact of digital imagery on contemporary culture. His paintings combine evocative, expressive representation with g...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Acrylic

Reading Green
By Patty Carroll
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Wanderings (Reading) Oct21
By Elizabeth Emery
Located in Boston, MA
, which invites conversation around women’s sports. Through interviews, advocacy, and writing she
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21st Century and Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Nude Reading, from Nudes, 1994
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Palo Alto, CA
In Roy Lichtenstein Nude Reading, from Nudes, 1994, a woman comfortably lounges in her home
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1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - The Reading
By Andrea Vandoni
Located in Paris, IDF
women and the symbolism of the coffee makerswhichlike the firstare able to offer intense aromas and
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Literature" contemporary bronze mural sculpture figurative girl reading book
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
enjoying moment of freedom and time with herself reading a book. Joan’s latest sculpture series of female
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Steel, Bronze

"Rose & Prose" contemporary bronze table, mural sculpture figurative reading
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
brings an out-of-the-box approach to sculpture creation. The small vivid women figures linked or bonded
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Eve Arnold - Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses, Photography 1955, Printed After
By Eve Arnold
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses by James Joyce, New York, Long Island, 1955." All available sizes
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1950s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Paper, Cotton

Daughter Reading to Mother - British 1900 Impressionist portrait oil painting
By Philip Wilson Steer
Located in London, GB
masterly use of light and colour. Two women sit closely by a window, possibly mother and daughter. The
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Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Sense & Sensibility" bronze table mural sculpture figurative girl reading book
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
series of female figures brings an out-of-the-box approach to sculpture creation. The small vivid women
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

"Thriller" bronze table mural sculpture figurative girl reading book carefree
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
of female figures brings an out-of-the-box approach to sculpture creation. The small vivid women
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

"Mythology" bronze table mural sculpture figurative girl reading book carefree
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
of female figures brings an out-of-the-box approach to sculpture creation. The small vivid women
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Steel, Bronze

"Adventure" bronze table mural sculpture figurative girl reading book carefree
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
of female figures brings an out-of-the-box approach to sculpture creation. The small vivid women
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Steel, Bronze

Reading - Acrylic Figurative Painting Colors Pink Green White Blue Brown
By Florence Metge
Located in Sofia, BG
"Reading" is a painting by the French artist Maestro Florence Metge. Through her art, she has a
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Woman Reading, " Etching with Aquatint by Manuel Robbe, circa 1955
By Manuel Robbe
Located in Long Island City, NY
techniques, along with his sense of color harmony and his choice of subjects: stylish women, children in
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1950s Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

"Woman Reading", An He, Impressionistic Portrait, Original Oil on Canvas, 40x30
By An He
Located in Dallas, TX
"Woman Reading" by An He is an original impressionistic oil on canvas portrait painting measuring
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Early 2000s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Woman reading a letter, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
WOMAN READING A LETTER Three-quarter portrait of an Edo period Japanese courtesan caught reading a
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21st Century and Contemporary Edo Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

Figurative Study of a Women and Man
By Emile Lejeune
Located in Houston, TX
, and poetry readings, particularly by Apollinaire and Cocteau. After visiting Provence, Emile Lejeune
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Don Quixote and Women - Etching by Wladyslaw Jahl - 1951
Located in Roma, IT
Don Quixote and Women is an etching and drypoint print on ivory-colored Japanese paper, realized by
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1950s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

"Untitled" Mary Abbott, Abstract Expressionist Collage, Ninth Street Women
By Mary Abbott
Located in New York, NY
her time reading the writings of Marcel Proust, studied the work of Pablo Picasso and made paintings
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

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Paper

Figurative portrait interior oil painting Women and child portrait painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
large size animated interior painting of two women and a girl is quite eye catching. A colourful
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1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

AT THE BEACH - Modern Women Portrait, Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Marzena Ślusarczyk
Located in Salzburg, AT
they take us into an intimate dimension of the women portrayed. However, Slusarczyk's pictures are
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"Women Labour, " Acrylic on Paper signed by Samuel B. Kpentenkple
By Samuel B. Kpetenkple
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Women Labour" is an original acrylic painting on paper by Samuel B. Kpetenkple. It depicts two
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Early 2000s Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Untitled - Portrait of Black African Women in London by Korean Photographer
By Heun Jung Kim
Located in Gilroy, CA
colored women societies, I offer a complex reading of a black female's experience as both victimizing and
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Digital

"Harvest" Working Women Hungarian European Modernism Expressionism 1926 WPA Era
By Stephen Csoka
Located in New York, NY
"Harvest" Working Women Hungarian European Modernism Expressionism 1926 WPA Era. 10 x 11 inches oil
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1920s Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Surrealist Mermaid Orchestra Large Painting Royal College Art Women LGBTQ+ Blues
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism. In October
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pen, Mixed Media, Paint, Archival Paper

Surrealist Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Women artist Chicken Love
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Reading, UK, creating a series of large-scale collages and writing surreal short stories. In 2021 she was
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen

Don Quixote and the Women - Etching and Drypoint by Wladyslaw Jahl - 1951
Located in Roma, IT
Don Quixote and the Women is anetching and drypoint print on ivory-colored China paper, realized by
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1950s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Mayfair Lane, #02 (The last Picture Show) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Women, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
uncertainty of my reading here presented, acts as a caveat to the very condition that Schneider’s photographs
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Mayfair Lane, #03 (The last Picture Show) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Women, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
a clearly defined story. Indeed, the uncertainty of my reading here presented, acts as a caveat to
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Mayfair Lane, #01 (The last Picture Show) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Women, Color
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
a clearly defined story. Indeed, the uncertainty of my reading here presented, acts as a caveat to
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Large Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Women painting Blue Foot Foliage
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism. In October
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Paint, Archival Paper, Pen

Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Women artist Red Green
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
would slither from her vulva, scaring them from the act of love forever. Women were cautioned that they
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Woodcut, Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen

Ancient Portraits of Women from Nagasaki - Hand-Colored Albumen Print 1870/1890
Located in Roma, IT
Geishas in the interior, a singer and two prints of women of rank, the first while reading and the second
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1880s Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Large Surrealist Painting Royal College Art Women LGBTQ+ Pink Blue Tiger Palms
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism. In October
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2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Pen, Archival Paper, Paint, Mixed Media

Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Women artist Green Blue
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
her port-a-cabin studio near Reading, UK, creating a series of large-scale collages and writing
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Woodcut, Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen

Marilyn Monroe - Strong Women - Textural Oil Painting and Image Immersed in Text
By Christina Major
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ignored. The large scale also creates a different “reading” of the painting depending on the viewing
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Afghan Women at Shoe Store, Kabul by Steve McCurry, 1992, Digital C-Print
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Afghan Women at Shoe Store, Kabul by Steve McCurry is a 20 x 24 inch digital C-Print, printed on
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1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Digital

Queen Elizabeth 2 Oil on Birch Panel Unique Style Women in the Arts 30”x40”
Located in Houston, TX
pastimes. She enjoyed reading mysteries, working on crossword puzzles, and reportedly, even watching
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel, Birch

Heading Home - Sunset - Symbolist Figure in Landscape Oil by Edmond Aman-Jean
By Edmond Aman-Jean
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
(1921); Women Reading (1922); Two Women, Sleep, Rest (1922); Reverie (1923) Vienne: The End of the Book
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1890s Symbolist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Folio from a Book of Hours, c.1475 Delft (Holland)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned as is usual Most probably created at the Church of St. Agnes, by the women of the Convent of the
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15th Century and Earlier Medieval Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink

Golden Reality – 14-09-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Degas in mind, in this one I let model do something like reading in this particular case. Degas drew
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2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pencil

A. Chambers - Framed Early 20th Century Gouache, Today's Paper
Located in Corsham, GB
elderly women is pictured at her kitchen table, reading today's paper in the morning light. Chambers has
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Early 20th Century Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Untitled - Contemporary Portrait of Black African Woman in London Green + White
By Heun Jung Kim
Located in Gilroy, CA
colored women societies, I offer a complex reading of a black female's experience as both victimizing and
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Digital

Mary Cassatt: Graphic Art at Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition poster
By Mary Cassatt
Located in New York, NY
, reading, crocheting, pouring tea, and enjoying the company of other women. Publisher Smithsonian
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1980s Impressionist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Regattas day (a tribute to Seurat). Large format Riverside scene with figures.
Located in Segovia, ES
series entitled "Women and reading", issued by Correos de España to enhance the cultural integration of
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1990s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Golden Reality - 14-09-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Degas in mind, in this one I let model do something like reading in this particular case. Degas drew
Category

2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pencil

Dust Storm (Vertical) by Steve McCurry, 1983, Digital C-Print, Photography
By Steve McCurry
Located in Dallas, TX
Archive Supergloss Paper, available in an edition of 75. This photograph features a group of women, all
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1980s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Digital

Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Birds Eating Men
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
morsels. ‘What shall we do?’ the men shouted. ’The women will save us!’ cried another. But the women were
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen

Ava Gardner Oil on Canvas by Christina Major 66 x 88
By Christina Major
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
aren’t any hard women, only soft men.” As an undergraduate Christina Major developed into a portrait
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2010s Realist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Woman
By Elizabeth Osborne
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
, The Women of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: Past to Present, 2024. Berry Campbell, New
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1970s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper

Portrait of a Woman
Portrait of a Woman
H 22.75 in W 30.25 in D 0.01 in
Christmas Greeting Card - Original Ink by Erhard Klepper - 20th Century
By Erhard Klepper
Located in Roma, IT
represents two women while reading a Christmas Greeting Card, skillfully depicted with details, it is
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1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

19th Century genre oil painting of a woman carrying flowers
By Laslett John Pott
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
, a pose the artist often used in his paintings of women. Laslett John Pott was a genre and
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Afternoon Repose By Gustave Léonard De Jonghe
Located in New Orleans, LA
chair, her black lace dress billowing as she takes a break from reading to rest her eyes. Her daughter
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Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Letter - Drawing by Chevalier - 1901
Located in Roma, IT
the artwork is very good and aged. The artwork represents the scenery of two women while reading
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Early 1900s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pastel

The Letter - China Ink and Watercolor Drawing by E. Klepper - 1950s
By Erhard Klepper
Located in Roma, IT
: 28.5 x 20cm. The artwork represents two women while reading a letter, skillfully depicted with details
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

Temptations St. Anthony Teniers II Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Flemish
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
basest instincts. Also harassing the saint are two attractive temptress women, one of whom hands him a
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Oil

Woman Portrait Photography Print Titled "Spy" by Luciana Pampalone
Located in Plainview, NY
A photography archival pigment print of a a woman holding a reading magnifier close to her eye in
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Glass

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