National Museum of Women in the Arts

The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington is one of the major art museums in the United States and the largest in the world that collects artworks by women exclusively.

When the museum

As in 1893 during the World's Fair a larger exhibition of art works created by women was shown for the first time, grew up with many visitors for the first time the desire to create a home for the artists of world history with a permanent exhibition. But this desire was realized with the establishment of the " National Museum of Women in the Arts" until the end of the 20th century. Wilhelmina Cole Holladay was the main initiator, who won a number of organizations and individuals for the project in selfless Advertise. Basis of the collection formed his own collection, which they had gathered together with her husband Wallace F. Holladay since the 60s. In 1981, the new museum was officially registered as a private, non-profit organization. Two years later, in 1983, was acquired for the collection, which so far has no own premises, an impressive home. These were to the former Masonic Temple of the Grand Lodge " District of Columbia ". After extensive work on the building, the museum could open in a separate building opened its doors in 1987 for the first time. The museum houses an impressive collection of art, which cover the period from the Renaissance to the present and show that there were women always artistically active.

Selected works of art

Work by the end of the 18th century

Sofonisba Anguissola: Portrait of a woman with her daughter; Rosalba Carriera: Allegory of America; Lavinia Fontana: Portrait of a Woman; The Holy Family with the Infant John the Baptist; Marguerite Gérard: Prelude to a concert; Angelika Kauffmann: The Gower family of the Earl of; Adélaïde Labille - Guiard: Presumed Portrait of the Marquise de Lafayette; Judith Leyster: The Concert; Charlotte Mercier: Portrait of Madeleine de la Bgoière de Perchambault; Portrait of Oliver le Gouidic de Troyen; Louise Moillon: Still life with lemons, oranges and pomegranates; Marie -Genevieve Navarre: Portrait of a Woman; Clara Peeters: Still life with fish and cat; Rachel Ruysch: Flowers in a vase; Flowers in a jug; Elisabetta Sirani: Maria with the child; Anna Dorothea Therbusch: Woman with veil; Elisabeth -Louise Vigee -Lebrun: Portrait of Princess Belozersky; Portrait of a little boy

Works of the 19th century

Cecilia Beaux: Portrait of Ethel Page; Rosa Bonheur: Sheep on the sea; Mary Cassatt: The Bath; Camille Claudel: Young girl with a bunch of (plastic ); Eva Gonzalès: Portrait of a Woman in White; Berthe Morisot: The Birdcage; Lake at Bois de Boulogne; Lilla Cabot Perry: Portrait of Elsa Tudor; Lady with violet shell; Lady in evening dress

20th century works

Lola Álvarez Bravo: De Generación en Generación; Alice Baber: Burning Boundary; Sonia Delaunay: Study for Portugal; Eulabee Dix: Portrait of Ethel Barrymore; Boy with red hair; Portrait of Betty Sadler; Malvina Hoffman: Anna Pavlova (plastic ); Frida Kahlo: Self-portrait, Leon Trotsky devoted; Ida Kohlmeyer: Chauffeur; Käthe Kollwitz: In his arms are (plastic ); The Farewell (plastic ); Elaine de Kooning: Bacchus No. 3; Jardin de Luxembourg VII; Lotte Laserstein: Dear, to washing; Marie Laurencin: Portrait of a young girl with hat; Doris Lee: Churches in the Sun ( Siesta ); Paula Modersohn -Becker: Head of an old peasant woman; Gabriele Münter: Child with ball; The Staffelsee in the autumn; Breakfast of birds; Anne Truitt: Summer Dryad (plastic ); Suzanne Valadon: Combs Santander female nude; Flowers in a Vase Empire; The discarded doll; Girl on lower wall; Marguerite Thompson Zorach: Reclining female nude