Women's Art History
In honor of Women's History Month, the Smithsonian American Art Museum—in partnership with the Martin Luther King Library—presents a series of slide-illustrated talks celebrating more than 200 years of art by American women.Today at noon Anna DeKnight, Smithsonian American Art Museum docent, will focus on women painters and sculptors and their contributions to our nation's art and culture. The presentation will include works by artists such as Harriet Hosmer, Lilly Martin Spencer, and Edmonia Lewis as well as Marisol, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Alma Thomas, whose colorful work we feature today.
Other lectures in this series include:
3/9/2001—Faye Powe, public programs coordinator, will discuss the artist Anne Truitt, who has pursued a singular artistic vision throughout her career.
3/23/2001—Joan Lawrence, Smithsonian American Art Museum docent, will discuss printmakers of the last century and explain various printmaking techniques used by these talented women.
3/30/2001—Sally Hoffmann, Smithsonian American Art Museum docent, will share some insights into the families of notable American painters, such as Jane and Thomas Moran, Maria and Thomas Dewing and the numerous children of Charles Willson Peale.
All of the lectures will take place at noon on the appointed day in the Martin Luther King Library, East Wing, 2nd floor lobby.
Pictured: Alma Thomas, 1891–1978, Autumn Leaves Fluttering in the Breeze, 1973, acrylic, 40 x 50 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of the artist.
In honor of Women's History Month, the Smithsonian American Art Museum—in partnership with the Martin Luther King Library—presents a series of slide-illustrated talks celebrating more than 200 years of art by American women.Today at noon Anna DeKnight, Smithsonian American Art Museum docent, will focus on women painters and sculptors and their contributions to our nation's art and culture. The presentation will include works by artists such as Harriet Hosmer, Lilly Martin Spencer, and Edmonia Lewis as well as Marisol, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Alma Thomas, whose colorful work we feature today.