On this day in 1935, Amelia Earhart left Honolulu for a 2,400 mile trans-Pacific flight to Oakland, CA. She was the first person to complete that flight solo. To celebrate the anniversary of this flight, I wanted to highlight some female ground-breakers in our collection:
- Georgia O’Keeffe’s artistic career began with a series of abstract charcoal drawings, which were some of the most radical artworks of their time.
- Lee Krasner is one of the only female artists associated with Abstract Expressionism, despite constant overshadow by her fellow artist husband Jackson Pollock.
- Berthe Morisot was the first woman to exhibit with the Impressionists.
- The innovative photography of Cindy Sherman, who serves as both the photographer and model, challenges and questions the role of women in society and art.
- The first work by a 20th century Mexican artist to be purchased by the Louvre Museum in Paris was a self-portrait painted by Frida Kahlo.
Artworks shown:
- Georgia O’Keeffe, Bare Tree Trunks with Snow, 1946, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Art Association Purchase
- Lee Krasner, Pollination, 1968, Dallas Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Algur H. Meadows and the Meadows Foundation, Incorporated
- Berthe Morisot, Winter (Woman with a Muff), 1880, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the Meadows Foundation Incorporated
- Cindy Sherman, Untitled, 1981, Dallas Museum of Art, General Acquisitions Fund
- Frida Kahlo, Itzicuintli Dog with Me, c. 1938, Lent by private collection
Andrea V. Severin
Interpretation Specialist