Seven Women Who Changed Art

Seven astonishing women, seven life stories, seven paths that turned the history of art in a new direction. Artemisia Gentileschi, Frida Kahlo, Marina Abramović and others—tender and steadfast, gifted and free. They didn’t wait for the right moment—they drew it closer themselves and made it happen.

Artemisia Gentileschi, Maria Bashkirtseva, Ida Rubinstein, Tamara de Lempicka, Eileen Gray, Frida Kahlo, and Marina Abramović—seven extraordinary women who had the courage to change the course of art’s development.

Gentle and unbending, confident and doubting, independent and vivid—they lived without looking over their shoulder for “someday later” and “if the circumstances allow,” creating works that provoked both harsh criticism and sincere admiration.

This book will inspire you with the biographies and creativity of heroines from different eras, united by the ability to start over and carry their ideas through to the end. These are women who were not afraid to be in the spotlight, yet never remained “just a picture.” Women who, even in the darkest times, kept seeing the light—and creating it.

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