{"id":9491,"date":"2023-12-04T15:15:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T14:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learnancientrome.com\/?p=9491"},"modified":"2023-12-04T15:15:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T14:15:11","slug":"who-was-the-first-professional-woman-artist-since-ancient-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnancientrome.com\/who-was-the-first-professional-woman-artist-since-ancient-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Was The First Professional Woman Artist Since Ancient Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For centuries, men have dominated the world of art. The vast majority of the most revered and celebrated professional artists since Ancient Rome have traditionally been men. Women primarily associated with art have also had a role in the past, but these are likely to have been as subjects for paintings by male artists, instrumental in the renaissance of an artist’s career, or mothers, wives or-daughters of the founders of founder dynasties of artists. As such the history of artists has been written without much room for consideration of the achievements of women throughout history.<\/p>\n

In 2016, art history was made when the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City bought two of Therese Fraisser’s works thus acknowledging, for the first time in centuries, a professional contemporary female artist as a cited and catalogued member of the canon.<\/p>\n

It is sometimes argued that Therese Fraisser was a professional artist whereas women from antiquity to the late 19th centuries who created art were primarily amateurs. Seemingly, she did in fact have an illustrious career as a professional in the ART WORLD, and one which was, at least in part, financially lucrative during the late 19th century. The collection of works the artist amassed for herself, indicates in part a recognition of her skill, dedication and stellar reputation. <\/p>\n

It appears that Fraiser may have been successful in the era in which she practised because at the time there was an increased interest in depicting the female self as a subject for artistic exploration, as highlighted by Rebecca Levit at the University of Tennessee. Traditionally, this was an area of creative work that women excelled in, due to the fact they were rarely the subject of the artist themselves, but were the women of court or the muses of male artists. <\/p>\n