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Dutch women painters As a lover of art and especially paintings leo had some questions, and after research she found some answers 26 <strong>HEDY</strong>
Are there no great female artists in Dutch history? Yes, there are! Are they hushed up? I believe so. Are the only women who had something to do with art the nude models or muses who are shown in the paintings? No! Those are the answers that I found. Was art made by women by definition “craft”? A craft considered inferior to real “art”? After seeing some work of female Dutch painters (some I only came across by accident) I came to the conclusion that they are certainly no less great than the works of let’s say Rembrandt, Vermeer and my favourite painter Van Gogh. In the 19th century 1100 women practised fine arts in the Netherlands. Most of these women were forgotten after death. The art world was rather unfavourable to women and painting was seen as a leisure activity for wealthy ladies. A professional career was reserved for only a few. Female painters can be split in two categories: a considerable group of ladies from the upper classes and the bourgeoisie who during their upbringing had learned how to draw and paint. They practised the art as a hobby. In addition there was a larger group of women who had developed as a professional artist and sold their work to generate an income. A solid art training was of great importance for all these women. But that wasn’t easy because the art schools traditionally did not admit wo- <strong>HEDY</strong> 27
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