The Hidden Women Artists Of Renaissance

shruti chawan
Aug 9, 2022
2 min read

Updated: Apr 5

Every artist or person fond of art is familiar with the term renaissance and who does not know 'Leonardo da Vinci', Michelangelo and Rembrandt ?. But, the question arises where were the women? Did women artists never exist back then? Could they never make it like the men or they were never allowed to? Why are they hidden away and a lot more .

The historian writer AMANDA VICKERY reveals many such women artists and a lot more of their unknown secrets in her 2018 BBC art show the story of women and art.

A woman artist whose papercut portraits outsold three times that of Rembrandt. A young woman artist whose work impressed Michelangelo and to whom van Dyck pays homage in her 90s, the woman in the Dutch republic who is the pioneer of painting the still lives of breakfast pieces, and The female sculptor who carved her way to be one among the men and made it as a sculptor in the basilica. A nun self-taught artist who painted 7meters long 'The last supper', Who are these women? And what is their story? (Here is a piece of short information about these incredible women and their works)

( The below images and information are only to give a short brief about the artists , information is derived from Historian Amanda vickery's show and other online sources. The purpose is to only share information related to art and artists with all due credits given and if not mentioned details were not available)