This is a thorough analysis of the role of the female as an artistic subject in a vast range of Impressionist works produced by both male and female artists. There is a focus on the works of two female painters of excellence who were part of the movement: Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt. Their fundamental role in those key years in art history is fully acknowledged.
In the Impressionist period, the female had many different faces: woman-mother linchpin of the family and the working class woman, the respectable lady of the bourgeoisie, the demi-mondaines and the "fallen woman". But in this show and catalogue, the theme of the female also acts as a magnifying glass in order to better observe the role of Impressionism as an avant-garde artistic movement and analyse the reciprocal differences in pictorial handling of the same subject. The richly illustrated catalogue presents some of the most beautiful and important works produced during the Impressionist period, which come from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen and other prestigious public and private institutions.
A series of critical essays by leading international experts in the sector thoroughly explores - from a clearly original perspective - some of the fundamental aspects of Impressionist production.
Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 6 October 2006 - 21 January 2007
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