ARTIST OF THE WEEK: 20. ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI

Name: Artemisia Gentileschi

Born: July 8, 1593; Rome, Italy 

Died: c.1656

Active Years: 1610 - 1656

Nationality: Italian

Art Movement: Baroque

Field: painting

Influenced by: Caravaggio

Artemisia Gentileschi was an Italian Baroque painter, today considered one of the most accomplished painters in the generation following that of Caravaggio. In an era when female painters were not easily accepted by the artistic community or patrons, she was the first woman to become a member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence. She specialized in painting pictures of strong and suffering women from myths, allegories, and the Bible. Some of her best known themes are “Judith Slaying Holofernes” and “Judith and Her Maidservant.” She was known for being able to convincingly depict the female figure, anywhere between nude and fully clothed.

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