Women in art 1800-1900

On this course we will examine a group of immensely talented painters and sculptors who won critical acclaim in their day, and includes a Pre-Raphaelite and a founder member of the Impressionists. The work of these artists hangs in Tate Britain, the National Gallery and other major international collections around the world, yet most are not household names. The only thing these artists had in common was that they were all women.
On this course we will discuss how these extraordinary artists achieved so much at times when the odds were still stacked against them. What qualities did these women have? Why was it still in the 19th century a challenge to be an artist and a woman at the same time? And why are so few household names?
The artists whose work we will examine will include Mary Bashkirtseff, Rosa Bonheur, Marie Bracquemond, Elizabeth Thompson (Lady Butler), Mary Cassatt, Camille Claudel, Eva Gonzalès, Harriet Hosmer, Edmonia Lewis, Berthe Morisot, Emma Brownlow, Emily Mary Osborn, Emma Sandys and Käthe Kollwitz. We will also consider the work of pioneering photographers such as Julia Margaret Cameron and Lady Clementina Hawarden.