Brilliant AlbumWhat a brilliant album! I was very moved by the contents of this album. Interesting details about the artists. I have listened to it many times and would like to borrow it again.Rose
![Album 1 The first collection of paintings from the National Gallery, Arnolfini Marriage by Jan van Eyck, 1434, oil on oak. Portrait of a wealthy couple holding hands in their bedchamber. The man on the left wears a long black gown and large brimmed top hat the lady on the right wears a fine green gown and frilled white veil. A small dog stands by her feet.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_300,h_230/https://livingpaintings.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Album-1-The-First-Collection-of-Paintings-from-The-National-Gallery-Arnolfini-Marriage-300x230.jpg)
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This collection is a selection of works of art from the National Museum of Women in Arts, Washington DC. These three contrasting pieces – an etching, an oil painting and a photograph – reveal the personal thoughts and political sensibilities of three important and influential 20th century female artists.
We have here a rather stylised, but nonetheless appealing, full-length portrait of Frida entitled "Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky". Like many of her paintings, it relates to a particular event: the brief affair THAT Frida, aged 30, had with Leon Trotsky the exiled Russian revolutionary leader, shortly after his arrival in Mexico in 1937. She painted the portrait as a gift for Trotsky on his birthday. Her figure holds a letter which reads, in translation,
"To Leon Trotsky, with all my love, I dedicate this painting on 7th of November 1937. Frida Kahlo in San Angel Mexico".
This portrait is painted in warm, earthy colours and Frida looks beautiful, seductive and self-confident.
The Downtrodden, Kathe Kollwitz, 1900
Self Portrait dedicated to Leon Trotsky, Frida Kahlo, 1937
Self Portrait in Kimono with Brian, NYC, Nan Goldin, 1983
Brilliant AlbumWhat a brilliant album! I was very moved by the contents of this album. Interesting details about the artists. I have listened to it many times and would like to borrow it again.Rose
Enjoyable AlbumI just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the Women in Art collection, and it has set me on the road to a lot of further reading. Thank you for this fascinating album. It was so good to have more content putting the images into context.Library Member
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