Locating Women Artists in Early Modern (1250-1850) Europe
Women artists from around 1200 to 1850 worked against the backdrop of institutionalized sexism, distinct gender roles, and at times, fierce competition with their contemporary male artists. That is not to say, though, that women were not recognized as 'professional' artists in their own right during this time.
Oscar Wilde on Painting, 1889-1891
The purpose of this timeline is to show Oscar Wilde's references to nineteenth-century painters around the time he wrote (and revised) The Picture of Dorian Gray. This timeline links five works by Wilde--"The Portrait of Mr. W. H." (1889), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), and "The Decay of Lying" and "The Critic as Artist" (both from his essay collection Intentions, 1891)--with paintings by artists he references within the work, also viewable in the linked gallery.