can any one give me names of famous still life painters who were women?

Answer 1

Women Renaissance and Baroque painters tended, like their male counterparts, to focus on portraits of individuals, religious themes and still life paintings. Some of these women learned to paint in their fathers' workshops and others were noble women whose advantages in life included the ability to learn and practice the art of painting. Their talent is obvious though their names are barely known.




Clara Peeters (1589-1657?): Her paintings include still life depictions, portraits and even self-portraits. (Look carefully at some of her still life paintings to see her self-portrait reflected in an object.) She disappears from history in 1657, and her fate is unknown.

Giovanna Garzoni (1600-1670): One of the first women to paint still life studies, her paintings were popular. She worked at the court of the Duke of Alcala, the court of the Duke of Savoy and in Florence where members of the Medici family were patrons. She was official court painter for the Grand Duke Ferdinando II.

Louise Moillon (1610-1696): French Huguenot still life painter, her father was a painter and art dealer and so was her stepfather. Her paintings, often of fruit and only occasionally including figures, have been described as "contemplative

Josefa de Ayala (Josefa de Óbidos) (1630-1684): A Portuguese artist, Josefa de Ayala painted a wide variety of themes, from portraits and still life paintings to religion and mythology.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Georgia O'Keefe.