Sleepers, bathers, children, landscapes, portraits, ballerinas, field workers. Is there anything she couldn't paint? View 334 soulful images by this great woman painter:
Wikimedia Commons has a fascinating page of sleeping women in art. I can think of a few more images to add - paintings by Balthus, for instance. I have even painted some sleeping women myself. It's one of my favorite things to paint! I chose a few sculptures to post here.
These paintings were done by a GREAT Russian woman artist named Zinaida Serebriakova (1884-1967). She belonged to the artistic family of Lanceray and married her first cousin Boris Serebriakov. She spent time in Italy and studied in Paris from 1905-1906. Unfortunately, after spending some happy years painting up a storm, she experienced some tragic times and poverty when her husband died during the October Revolution (1919) and she was left with 4 children. She moved to Paris in 1924 to work on a commission with only two of her four children and, after that, was not allowed to have contact with the rest of her family until 1960. A year before her death she was celebrated in Russia as one of the greats and became very popular there. I first discovered her on the childrenincinema website and then again on femme femme femme. She not only painted a charming pierrot (female), but also, quite a few joyful female nudes. There is something so relaxed and natural about her style. Something so beautiful about her technique. Amazing work.
Crehore at Crater Lake, Oregon Crehore with Kachina at Ft Cody, Nebraska How about another look back in time? I've been scanning old slides. I drove cross-country three times in a row in my early 30's. The first time was with a girlfriend name Virginia and the second time was with Lou Reimuller. The third trip I took all by my little ol' self. There is nothing like camping out across the USA. I wouldn't have missed it for the world. The Art of Amy Crehore (For you, Raliegh!)