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Paula Butterfield

@pbutterwriter.bsky.social

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La Luministe is my historical/biographical novel about Berthe Morisot, the first woman Impressionist. Film aficionado, pasta enthusiast, Pacific Northwesterner.

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Paula Butterfield @pbutterwriter.bsky.social · 2d

Shower in Late Autumn,by Uemura Shōen.
#FallFriday

Paula Butterfield @pbutterwriter.bsky.social · 5d

For #NationalAppleDay, a sampler by the appropriately named Mary Applewhite, completed in 1855 when she was 12 years old.
#TextileArt #Needlepoint

Paula Butterfield @pbutterwriter.bsky.social · 8d

German Expressionist Gabriele Münter's Stafflesee in autumn. #FallFriday

Paula Butterfield @pbutterwriter.bsky.social · 11d

While 18th c. French court painters like #ElisabethVigéeLebrun were painting the 1%, #FrançoiseDuparc (#BOTD in 1726) depicted the working class people of her time.

Paula Butterfield @pbutterwriter.bsky.social · 13d

For #IndigenousPeoplesDay, art by native women artists from the Native Fashion Now show held at Portland Art Museum in 2016.

Paula Butterfield @pbutterwriter.bsky.social · 16d

Undergrowth in Autumn, Berthe Morisot
#FallFriday

Paula Butterfield @pbutterwriter.bsky.social · 19d

The Autumn, by Venetian pastel artist Rosalba Carriera.
#FallHarvest

Paula Butterfield @pbutterwriter.bsky.social · 21d

Argentinian artist Marta MInujin created this Parthenon of Books (25,000 of them) on the site of book burnings in Kassel, Germany as a statement about free speech.
#BannedBooksWeek

Paula Butterfield @pbutterwriter.bsky.social · 23d

Autumn Leaves, by Georgia O'Keeffe.
#FallFriday

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Paula Butterfield @pbutterwriter.bsky.social · 25d

For the #FirstDayOfOctober, images of autumn. Mary Oliver captures the the comfort of piled leaves and the shifting of the firewood.

Paula Butterfield @pbutterwriter.bsky.social · Sep 23

Happy birthday to sculptor Louise Nevelson (#BOTD in 1899) and painter Suzanne Valadon (#BOTD in 1865). And their cats, of course.

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Paula Butterfield @pbutterwriter.bsky.social · Sep 22

Autumn Breeze, by Alma Thomas.
#FirstDayOfFall

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Paula Butterfield @pbutterwriter.bsky.social · Sep 20

The Ballet Girl & The Dressmaker, by Laura Knight (1930). A bit of the behind-the-scenes feel of Degas, don't you think?
#NationalDanceDay

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Paula Butterfield @pbutterwriter.bsky.social · Sep 17

Such a good synopsis of #HildegardVonBingen's life. She was known as the Sybil of the Rhine. Today we would call her an eco-feminist, among many other labels. Be sure to scroll down and listen to some of her musical compositions. Her plate in The Dinner Party resembles a Gothic stained glass window.

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Paula Butterfield @pbutterwriter.bsky.social · Sep 16

Here are two portraits of traditional Mexican women, from the mid-20th c. Donna di Tehuantepec, by Tina Modotti, and De Generación en Generación, by Lola Álvarez Bravo. #HispanicHeritageMonth

Paula Butterfield @pbutterwriter.bsky.social · Sep 8

For Marianne von Werefkin's birthday (#BOTD in 1860), here's a portrait of her, by her friend, Gabrielle Münter. Both were involved in the avant-garde #GermanExpressionist movement which stressed emotions rather than objective reality.

Paula Butterfield @pbutterwriter.bsky.social · Sep 6

Self-portrait by Marie-Gabrielle Capet, allegedly painted on her 22nd birthday #OTD in 1781. French #Neo-classical portraitist, student of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard.

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Paula Butterfield @pbutterwriter.bsky.social · Sep 3

Elin Danielson-Gambogi (#BOTD in 1861) was the first professional woman artist in Finland. She married an Italian artist and lived the rest of her life in Italy. The asymmetrical composition of The Pianist appears to be more about the piano than the player. #WomenArtists