Welcome to the Exhibit
One of the greatest struggles of female artist in the 19th and 20th centuries has come in the form of their male counterparts. Female artists were often successful based on their relationship to well-known male artists. Such is the case of the accomplished French artist Berthe Morisot, whose success is due largely to modeling for Edouard Manet, and marrying his brother Eugene Manet. While this position had it’s positive side, it often resulted in overshadowing of the female, as in the case of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner, and an incorrect interpretation of the work, as in the case of Georgia O’Keefe. This exhibition presents some of the great female artists and explores the positive and negative impacts their male counterparts had on their artwork.
This photograph of Krasner and Pollock portrays the public perception of the couple. Pollock is seen in action, splattering paint across a canvas, while Krasner calmly looks on.