Overview

Women Artists in Denmark 1880-1910: In Search of the Modern follows a number of female Danish artists who rebelled against the notion that art was a male-dominated discipline. They attended Georg Brandes' lectures, discarded their corsets, and experimented with new artistic expressions. They were not merely spectators of the Modern Breakthrough in Scandinavia: they actively participated in it. By examining the period's literature, photographs, satire, and art, this book demonstrates how these artists interpreted modernity, portrayed one another, and explored the dynamics between the sexes. Featuring more than 100 artworks, the book provides new perspectives on modernity, rescuing from the obscurity of art history an entire generation of female artists who, until now, have been known primarily through the paintings of Anna Ancher, Marie Krøyer, Agnes Slott-Møller, and Bertha Wegmann.

Full Product Details

9788775974320

Table of Contents

Reviews

Author Information

Inge Lise Mogensen Bech holds a PhD in Art History and is a curator at the Randers Art Museum. Her doctoral thesis focused on some of the overlooked and marginalised others of art history: women, popular culture, and madness.  Lene Bøgh Rønberg holds a PhD in Art History and is a curator and project researcher at the Hirschsprung Collection. Previously, she worked on the Danish Golden Age and on Rembrandt. From 2008 to 2020, Rønberg was the head of collections at KØS Museum of Art in Public Spaces, where she curated exhibitions on memorials, contemporary art in churches, and art projects in hospitals.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available