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Under these circumstances, pursuing a career as an artist required not only the financial means for private tuition but also a great deal of determination. Although some women artists were surprisingly well-known in their time – including Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, Marie Wiegmann and Paula Monjé – almost all of them have been forgotten today. They are relatively underrepresented in public collections, such as the one here at the Kunstpalast, and many of the works on display are being presented to the public for the first time since the nineteenth century.
Providing a much-needed “second glance”, this show fundamentally expands our understanding of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century art. The exhibition adds a significant and long-overlooked chapter to the history of art and clearly demonstrates that this art history is incomplete without the influence of women artists.