Women Artists

Women’s Day Message To All Women!

Magda Michalska 8 March 2017 min Read

Happy International Women’s Day! I hope you are celebrating today with all women present in your lives: girlfriends, mothers, sisters, aunties, hairdressers, nail stylists, doctors, engineers, teachers, politicians and wise grannies.
Today’s post is a remainder to all of you, my dear women. Please, always remember that…

You are beautiful

Umberto Boccioni, Study Of A Feminine Face, 1910, Private Collection
Umberto Boccioni, Study Of A Feminine Face, 1910, Private Collection

You are smart

Fernand Léger, Woman with a Book, 1923, MoMA
Fernand Léger, Woman with a Book, 1923, MoMA

You are strong

Frida Kahlo, Tree Of Hope, Remain Strong (Arbol de la Esperanza, Mantente Firme(, 1946, Daniel Filipacchi Collection, Paris, France
Frida Kahlo, Tree Of Hope, Remain Strong (Arbol de la Esperanza, Mantente Firme), 1946, Daniel Filipacchi Collection, Paris

You are free

Rene Magritte, Freedom Of Mind, 1948
Rene Magritte, Freedom Of Mind, 1948

You are somebody’s inspiration

Odilon Redon, Muse On Pegasus, 1900, Private Collection
Odilon Redon, Muse On Pegasus, 1900, Private Collection

You can do anything

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Young Girls by the Seaside, 1887, Musée d'Orsay
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Young Girls by the Seaside, 1887, Musée d’Orsay

You can become whoever you wish

Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #6, 1977, MoMa
Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #6, 1977, MoMa

You are of no less importance than anyone else

Diego Velazquez, Portrait Of The Infanta Maria Teresa Future Queen Marie Therese Of France, 1653, Louvre, Paris
Diego Velazquez, Portrait Of The Infanta Maria Teresa Future Queen Marie Therese Of France, 1653, Louvre, Paris

You are a work of art!

Gustave Klimt,The Three Ages of Woman (Die drei Lebensalter einer Frau), 1905, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome
Gustav Klimt,The Three Ages of Woman (Die drei Lebensalter einer Frau), 1905, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome

 

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