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Article: The transatlantic nature of Louise Abbema's Columbian Exposition mural sketches *.(Critical essay)
- Article from:
- Aurora, The Journal of the History of Art
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
- Author:
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It could be rough sailing for women artists in the nineteenth century and it was no easier for Louise Abbema (1858-1927; Fig. 1). A popular painter in Paris in the later nineteenth century, recipient of numerous awards, and one of actress Sarah Bernhardt's favored portraitists, Abbema and her art are little-known today. (1) When she is considered, it is often for her notoriety for smoking cigars and donning masculine attire--she dressed as a captain of the dragoons and wore a tricorn hat atop her short cropped hair. This article, however, is concerned with Abbema the artist and the two mural sketches she contributed to the Woman's Building at Chicago's 1893 World's ...