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Fall in love with Frida Kahlo

frida kahlo fall in love with this mexican artist on http://schulmanart.blogspot.com/2015/07/fall-in-love-with-frida-kahlo.html

As an artist blogger I feel a tremendous responsibility to turn a spotlight on women artists. Since  Frida Kahlo is currently at the New York Botanical Gardens, I want to share a guest blog post I wrote.

Turn a spotlight on Women Artists


This post is part of my "Famous Women Artists" series where I turn the spotlight on different women artists on my blog. Blenda Tyvoll has asked me to focus on...

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Happy Birthday Frida Kahlo

frida kahlo at the botanical gardens http://schulmanart.blogspot.com/2015/07/happy-birthday-frida-kahlo.html
The New York Botanical gardens have re-imagined Kahlo’s beloved Casa Azul in the Conservatory and simultaneously are displaying rare artworks in their art gallery. 

Frida Kahlo was born on this day, July 6th. 
So Happy Birthday Frida!!


This exhibition is on view through November 1, 2015.

From the website:
This blockbuster exhibition is the first to examine Frida Kahlo’s keen appreciation for the...

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Famous Women Artists: Mary Cassatt

This post is part of my "famous women artists" series where I turn the spotlight on different women artists. This week we focus on painter Mary Cassatt.

 

American Impressionist in Paris





Mary Cassatt was a leader in the Impressionist art movement during the late nineteenth century in Paris and is probably the artist responsible for bringing interest of collecting impressionist art to America....

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Famous Women Artists: Alice Neel

This post is part of my "famous women artists" series where I turn the spotlight on different women artists. This week we focus on modern painter Alice Neel.


Expressionist Portrait Artist


Alice Neel is known for psychologically disturbing portraits during the twentieth century. Initially a painter in Greenwich Village, she moved to Spanish Harlem to blaze her own trail. Painting portraits while...

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Famous Women Artists: Helen Frankenthaler

Famous Women Artists: Helen Frankenthaler read more on http://schulmanart.blogspot.com/2014/09/famous-women-artists-helen-frankenthaler.html
This post is part of my "famous women artists" series where I turn the spotlight on different women artists. This week we focus on modern painter Helen Frankenthaler.

Abstract Expressionist


Helen Frankenthaler was part of the group of abstract expressionist painters who studied under Hans Hoffman in the 1950's. Being in this group of artists exposed her to the highest levels of art society and she...

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