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EXPLORING FEMALE ARTISTS WORKSHOP
Young Artists will be exploring the works of Frida Kahlo, Grandma Moses and Laurel Burch through simple art exercises.
Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954) was a Mexican painter known for her many
self-portrait paintings. She was inspired by her heritage, and loved to
make colorful and bright work, filled with symbolic images. As a strong
and determined woman, she overcame her struggles and accomplished
a great deal as an artist.
Anna Mary Robertson Moses, or Grandma Moses, was an American folk
artist. She began painting in earnest at the age of 78 and is a prominent
example of a newly successful art career at an advanced age. She gained
the nickname “Grandma Moses” from a reviewer at New York’s Herald
Tribune. Her paintings became immensely popular and were appreciated
for their nostalgic charm. She exhibited her work internationally into her
90s and painted until a few months before her passing at age 101.
Laurel Burch was not only an incredible artist, but overcame a
tumultuous upbringing, and learned to live with a debilitating bone
disease too. Her optimism inspired many, and can be seen in the many
beautiful paintings and works of art she left behind. This tutorial imitates
one of her favorite ways of drawing a cat, which leaves lots of room for
students to complete in their own way. Laurel went on to work on cast
metals and wood, and to include spinoff products on paper, porcelain and
fabric. In 1979, she started Laurel Burch Inc. as its president and chief
designer. In the 1990s she licensed her designs to a dozen or so
companies that now make and distribute her creations worldwide.