Saturday, January 6, 2024 (continued)
Change of plans on a rainy day, we returned to the Baltimore Museum of Art for their special exhibit: Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800, which reveals that women participated at every level of artistic production, from sourcing materials to managing workshops, resulting in a diverse expression of creativity.
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Point de France Needle Lace Furnishing Flounce
(late 17C, by Unidentified French Lacemaker) |
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Apollo and Attendants Flaying Marsyas (c 1662, by
Barberini Tapestry Workshop directed by
Maria Maddalena della Riviera)
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Green Frog Service Plate (1774, by Wedgwood) was
commissioned by Catherine the Great of Russia, where
at least seven women were involved in the decoration |
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Princess Anna Alexandrovna Galitzin
(c 1797, by Élisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun) |
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Rimmonim/Torah Finials in silver (1784 by Hester Bateman),
Yad/Torah Pointer (1781, by Hester Bateman)
and Torah Binder (1764-1765, by Beila Yehuditah)
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St Mary Magdalene (1627, by
Anna Maria Vaiani) etching and engraving |
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Quillwork with Madonna & Child (18C,
by Unidentified European Maker) |
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| Quillwork/Paper Filigree detail |
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Manuscript Illumination of Mary Magdalene
in the Initial G from Illuminated Antiphonies,
vol 5 (c 1503-1515, by Eufrasia Burlamacchi) |
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| Papercut (1707, by Anna Maria Garthwaite) |
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| Papercut detail |
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Men's Nightcap (c 1580, by
Unidentified British Embroiderer) |
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Crewel Work Bed Curtain (1692,
by M K Herbert) |
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| Bed Curtain detail |
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Quillwork/Paper Filigree Cabinet (c 1789, by sisters-in-law
Sophia Jane Maria Bonnell and Mary Anne Harvey Bonnell) |
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Paper Filigree Cabinet detail with tiny rolled paper
less than a quarter-inch in diameter |
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| Sampler (1792, by Elizabeth Larter at age 14) |
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| Sampler detail |
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Still Life with a Basket of Fruit and a Bunch of Asparagus
(1630, by Louise Moillon) |
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| Still Life detail |
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Blue and Yellow Macaw (c 1789,
by Sarah Stone) |
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| Blue and Yellow Macaw detail |
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Tureen and Stand (c 1725, by Meissen, decorated by
Anna Elizabeth Auffenwerth Wald and perhaps
Sabina Auffenwerth Hosennestel) |
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Two-handled Vase and Cover (c 1790, by
Wedgwood, designed by Elizabeth U Templetown |
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Flower Arrangement (c 1748, by Manufacture Nationale
de Sèvres; workshop director Marie-Henriette Gravant) |
A special exhibit that caught our eye:
Eyewinkers, Tumbleturds, and Candlebugs: The Art of Elizabeth Talford Scott (Mixed media fiber works):
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| Hourglass (1984) |
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Hourglass detail (Tumbleturds were dung
beetles of the Carolina swamps) |
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The Family of the Whosits (1995)
is on loan from the Museum of Art,
Rhode Island School of Design (KSS) |
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| The Family of Whosits detail (a Candlebug is a firefly) |
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| Eye of the Eighties (1991) |
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| Eye of the Eighties detail (Eyewinkers are eyelashes) |
The
Eye of the Eighties was given by the artist to her ophthamologist who was able to restore the failing sight of Elizabeth Talford Scott.
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| My Dreams (1987-1998) |
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| My Dreams detail |
Special exhibit:
Raúl de Nieves: and imagine you are here:
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| A Beautiful Nightmare (2023) chandelier |
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Tamiko and Kent with Untucked
Parrotineal Pull Through the House
Down Boots, OKKUURD!!! (2023) |
Next: Hagley Museum: Nation of Inventors.
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