Women by Women

Painting, Reading in the garden, Dasha Pogodina

Reading in the garden

Dasha Pogodina

Painting - 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm

$1,242

Painting, Smirk, Nina Urushadze

Smirk

Nina Urushadze

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm

$2,033

Print, La cage et L'encre noir, Sandra Chevrier

La cage et L'encre noir

Sandra Chevrier

Print - 71.1 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm

$1,468

Painting, Totem Serpent, Angelika Zorigt

Totem Serpent

Angelika Zorigt

Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm

$1,129

Painting, Lydol, Alida Ymélé

Lydol

Alida Ymélé

Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm

$2,259

Painting, Velours #1, Mathilde Polidori

Velours #1

Mathilde Polidori

Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm

$2,259

Fine Art Drawings, Where the fuck did monday go, Marie Boralevi

Where the fuck did monday go

Marie Boralevi

Fine Art Drawings - 140 x 100 x 0.1 cm

$9,475

Painting, Seafood, Irina Drozd

Seafood

Irina Drozd

Painting - 210 x 170 x 1 cm

$5,647

Painting, Je ne travaille pas, je suis travaillée, Miss.Tic

Je ne travaille pas, je suis travaillée

Miss.Tic

Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm

$8,921

Photography, Consolation, Laura Makabresku

Consolation

Laura Makabresku

Photography - 40 x 40 cm

$875

Painting, Eicona, Sylvie Cappe

Eicona

Sylvie Cappe

Painting - 81 x 60 x 1.5 cm

$960

Painting, Le sud, Léa Augereau

Le sud

Léa Augereau

Painting - 115 x 90 x 5 cm

$5,647

Painting, A portrait, Katarzyna Szydlowska

A portrait

Katarzyna Szydlowska

Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm

$791

Print, Woman's Right, Natalia Rak

Woman's Right

Natalia Rak

Print - 50 x 35 cm

$147

Painting, Blue Moon, Mathilde Schmill

Blue Moon

Mathilde Schmill

Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm

$610

Sculpture, Résurrection, Annie-Claude Ferrando

Résurrection

Annie-Claude Ferrando

Sculpture - 60 x 50 x 20 cm

$5,872

Painting, What’s Kept Inside, Maisha De la Cruz

What’s Kept Inside

Maisha De la Cruz

Painting - 123 x 214 x 1 cm

$9,932

Painting, Blue VR7731, Kseniya Rai

Blue VR7731

Kseniya Rai

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm

$3,049

Photography, Mhysa, Mathilde Oscar

Mhysa

Mathilde Oscar

Photography - 90 x 60 x 1 cm

$1,694

Painting, Blue VR779, Kseniya Rai

Blue VR779

Kseniya Rai

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm

$2,925

Sculpture, Petite Stella 4/8, Valérie Hadida

Petite Stella 4/8

Valérie Hadida

Sculpture - 41 x 15 x 16 cm

$5,534

Painting, L.A., Cannibal Malabar

L.A.

Cannibal Malabar

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm

$2,259

Print, Quand je croise la bétise, Miss.Tic

Quand je croise la bétise

Miss.Tic

Print - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm

$2,710

Painting, La Cage, béatitude ravageuse, Sandra Chevrier

La Cage, béatitude ravageuse

Sandra Chevrier

Painting - 76.2 x 55.9 x 2 cm

$19,000

Painting, You Can Talk, Zena Blackwell

You Can Talk

Zena Blackwell

Painting - 45 x 35 x 3.5 cm

$1,185

Painting, Palabre, Brigitte Millet

Palabre

Brigitte Millet

Painting - 111 x 94 x 3 cm

$960

Painting, Tres soeurs tressées X, B.AX

Tres soeurs tressées X

B.AX

Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm

$1,118

Photography, Lucia at eleven, Cristina Fontsare

Lucia at eleven

Cristina Fontsare

Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm

$903

Painting, Portrait of a girl with glasses, Eugene Gorbachenko

Portrait of a girl with glasses

Eugene Gorbachenko

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm

$2,259

Painting, Sun-Atsuko, Monika Nowak

Sun-Atsuko

Monika Nowak

Painting - 147 x 98 x 3.5 cm

$9,825

Photography, Salvatora mundi, Mathilde Oscar

Salvatora mundi

Mathilde Oscar

Photography - 60 x 40 x 1 cm

$678

Painting, Self Love, Poonam Choudhary

Self Love

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm

$990

Painting, Two Faced, Poonam Choudhary

Two Faced

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 61 x 3.8 cm

$1,200

Painting, Flower, Eklektik

Flower

Eklektik

Painting - 29 x 29 x 3.5 cm

$508

Photography, Rouge sur Blanc, Charlotte Abramow

Rouge sur Blanc

Charlotte Abramow

Photography - 10 x 15 cm

$678

Painting, La violoniste au chapeau, Martine Fauve Dechavanne

La violoniste au chapeau

Martine Fauve Dechavanne

Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm

$1,694

Painting, Equilibrium, Galya Popova

Equilibrium

Galya Popova

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm

$2,710

Painting, Red Head, Nina Urushadze

Red Head

Nina Urushadze

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm

$2,033

Painting, Bliss Queen, Poonam Choudhary

Bliss Queen

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 5.1 cm

$800

Painting, Sisters, Poonam Choudhary

Sisters

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm

$1,800

Photography, What is Love?, John Yuyi

What is Love?

John Yuyi

Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm

$3,953

Painting, Pieces of me, Poonam Choudhary

Pieces of me

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm

$900

Painting, Sorotité, Clara Elliot

Sorotité

Clara Elliot

Painting - 80 x 80 x 5 cm

$1,782

Painting, Virée, Sylvie Eudes

Virée

Sylvie Eudes

Painting - 19 x 19 x 2 cm

$565

Painting, Tentation, Caro Graffiti

Tentation

Caro Graffiti

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm

$960

Photography, Pay 3, John Yuyi

Pay 3

John Yuyi

Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.4 cm

$3,953

Painting, Dawn, Lianne Kocks

Dawn

Lianne Kocks

Painting - 40 x 30 x 3 cm

$903

Painting, Lean on me, Lianne Kocks

Lean on me

Lianne Kocks

Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm

$1,129

Photography, White trash beautiful I (29 Palms, CA), Stefanie Schneider

White trash beautiful I (29 Palms, CA)

Stefanie Schneider

Photography - 60 x 59 x 0.1 cm

$2,259

Painting, Live Wire, Zena Blackwell

Live Wire

Zena Blackwell

Painting - 60 x 45 x 2 cm

$1,054

Print, La Cage Et La Trace Du Crayon (Large), Sandra Chevrier

La Cage Et La Trace Du Crayon (Large)

Sandra Chevrier

Print - 73.5 x 60 cm

$2,850 $1,425

Print, Anastasia, Françoise Nielly

Anastasia

Françoise Nielly

Print - 90 x 90 cm

$3,219

Sculpture, Mirant el mar I, Teresa Riba

Mirant el mar I

Teresa Riba

Sculpture - 44 x 10 x 9 cm

$4,065

Sculpture, Nocturna, Valérie Hadida

Nocturna

Valérie Hadida

Sculpture - 64 x 45 x 20 cm

$13,665

Photography, Eternal Recurrence #63, Photo collage with intervention by the artist, Natasha Zupan

Eternal Recurrence #63, Photo collage with intervention by the artist

Natasha Zupan

Photography - 151.1 x 121.9 x 0.3 cm

$6,000

Painting, Lilith nª003, Marta Fàbregas

Lilith nª003

Marta Fàbregas

Painting - 50 x 50 cm

$1,581

Painting, Selflash, Magenta LN

Selflash

Magenta LN

Painting - 55 x 38 x 3 cm

$565

Painting, Le manteau rouge, Victorine Follana

Le manteau rouge

Victorine Follana

Painting - 70 x 50 x 4 cm

$1,242

Print, Gold Dress, Joanna Sarapata

Gold Dress

Joanna Sarapata

Print - 200 x 70 x 0.1 cm

$1,242

Painting, Sororité #5, Mathilde Polidori

Sororité #5

Mathilde Polidori

Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm

$3,388

Painting, Voyage Intérieur, Marta Grassi

Voyage Intérieur

Marta Grassi

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm

$2,033

Photography, Eternal Recurrence #43, Enlarged Photo Print, Natasha Zupan

Eternal Recurrence #43, Enlarged Photo Print

Natasha Zupan

Photography - 152.4 x 135.9 x 0.3 cm

$5,000

Sculpture, Dreaming in Technicolor, Alex Hodge

Dreaming in Technicolor

Alex Hodge

Sculpture - 21 x 21 x 0.6 cm

$400

Painting, Anxious portrait, Rebecca Yunjeong Lee

Anxious portrait

Rebecca Yunjeong Lee

Painting - 73 x 60 x 3 cm

$2,210

Painting, Stolen childhood, Marina Dobrovolskaya

Stolen childhood

Marina Dobrovolskaya

Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm

$5,647

Painting, Félicité, Sophie Dumont

Félicité

Sophie Dumont

Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm

$6,211

Painting, Klimt, Daan Van Doorn

Klimt

Daan Van Doorn

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm

$1,637

Painting, Bleuyellow, Daan Van Doorn

Bleuyellow

Daan Van Doorn

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm

$1,694

Print, Ideally this print will take you far away, Laure Prouvost

Ideally this print will take you far away

Laure Prouvost

Print - 60 x 45 cm

$1,355

Painting, Etat d'âme, Sabine Louriac

Etat d'âme

Sabine Louriac

Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm

$632

Print, Lady with Hat, Kiki Kogelnik

Lady with Hat

Kiki Kogelnik

Print - 66 x 86.4 cm

$7,500

Painting, Indiana, Carine Ricard

Indiana

Carine Ricard

Painting - 76 x 58 x 3 cm

$1,355

Painting, Fridark Vador, B.AX

Fridark Vador

B.AX

Painting - 80 x 60 cm

$1,118

Painting, Débordements, Marta Grassi

Débordements

Marta Grassi

Painting - 120 x 150 x 2 cm

$4,517

Painting, Sitting Pretty, Esther Obiwuru

Sitting Pretty

Esther Obiwuru

Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm

$2,850

Photography, Throat of a Rose, Hollie Miller

Throat of a Rose

Hollie Miller

Photography - 35.2 x 59.4 x 0.2 cm

$1,581

Painting, The eternal city, Dasha Pogodina

The eternal city

Dasha Pogodina

Painting - 51 x 40 x 2 cm

$339

Photography, Fluidity of a woman I, Katya Taneva

Fluidity of a woman I

Katya Taneva

Photography - 150 x 100 x 0.2 cm

$6,934

Painting, Her life, SISC

Her life

SISC

Painting - 116 x 73 cm

$2,033

Painting, La petite tasse de lait, Odile Pinto-Corbin

La petite tasse de lait

Odile Pinto-Corbin

Painting - 55 x 40 x 3 cm

$1,737

Painting, Un moment à soi, Barbara Petit Lisy

Un moment à soi

Barbara Petit Lisy

Painting - 81 x 130 x 2 cm

$6,315

Painting, There is nothing here, Irish Galon

There is nothing here

Irish Galon

Painting - 61 x 46 x 1 cm

$3,382

Print, Beach Ball, Kiki Kogelnik

Beach Ball

Kiki Kogelnik

Print - 91.4 x 66 cm

$7,500

Women by Women

For as long as art has existed, women have been the central subject. Depicted historically by male painters through the male gaze, women have been admired as objects of desire and of beauty. In past centuries, the artistic world was largely configured by a hypermasculine scene of male artists and art collectors. We have the great masters of the classicalist tradition, like Rembrandt, to thank for the mythically inspired, idealized trope of the female nude. Women in this context were seen but remained unheard.

With the emancipation of women at the turn of the 19th century, came a shift in this mentality in the world of art. Nowadays we see as many female artists as we see of their male peers. What once was a women's education, to take up embroidery, painting and other artistic pursuits are now no longer viewed as gender-biased activities. In the 21st century, contemporary female artists such as Tracey Emin, Diane Arbus, and Cindy Sherman have re-explored the female subject through the lens of the feminist movement. Artists such as Emin have reimagined the nude through a woman's own eye. The woman has therefore transcended from object behind the lens of the camera or artist's paintbrush to subject and authority of her own image. 

These paintings of women by women vary in medium and subject matter but are uniquely feminine in their depiction owing to the fact that no two women are the same. Artsper invites you to explore the female gaze through a variety of portraits and scenes of everyday life with women as the main subjects. Go check out our selection of contemporary female artists such as Charlotte Abramow, Sofiya Akimova and Lorna Simpson at the front of this new artistic campaign: art of women by women for women!  

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