Release Date

13 Apr, 1988

Runtime

00:59: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

The history of Western art has few examples of great women artists. This documentary uncovers the works of some gifted women, while exploring why talent such as theirs was overlooked. We learn that women were denied admission to art school, or if admitted, not allowed to study the human figure. Also, male art historians did not take their work seriously, denying them the recognition they deserved. Rosa Bonheur, Mary Cassatt and Georgia O'Keeffe bear witness to the fact that talent knows no gender. Jane Alexander reads from letters and diaries and Germaine Greer provides wry social commentary.

Original Title

The Artist Was a Woman

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Actors

Jane Alexander

Germaine Greer

Ann Sutherland Harris

Linda Nochlin

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