The Female Gaze
The Female Gaze — By women, not of women

For centuries, women in art were the subject: painted by men, posed by men, interpreted through male desire and male narrative. When women were behind the canvas, the entire worldview shifted. These are their works.

Five Extended Figures

Five Extended Figures

Sophie Taeuber-Arp

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From $33
Bird Motif Composition (detail)

Bird Motif Composition (detail)

Sophie Taeuber-Arp

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From $33
Moonrise

Moonrise

Clarice Beckett

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From $33
Tranquility

Tranquility

Clarice Beckett

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Summer Fields

Summer Fields

Clarice Beckett

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Sherbrook

Sherbrook

Clarice Beckett

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The Yellow Bush

The Yellow Bush

Clarice Beckett

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Landscape with Birches

Landscape with Birches

Paula Modersohn-Becker

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Riiul toas

Riiul toas

Karin Luts

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Crimean Bride

Crimean Bride

Lola Liivat

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Untitled Compositions (c. 1921)

Untitled Compositions (c. 1921)

Lyubov Popova

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Composition (1917)

Composition (1917)

Lyubov Popova

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From $33
Moonrise

Moonrise

Maria Yakunchikova

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Sous-Bois

Sous-Bois

Berthe Morisot

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Solva (Fishing Village in Pembrokeshire)

Solva (Fishing Village in Pembrokeshire)

Frances Hodgkins

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Untitled (Textile Design No. I)

Untitled (Textile Design No. I)

Frances Hodgkins

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From $33
Untitled (Textile Design No. VI)

Untitled (Textile Design No. VI)

Frances Hodgkins

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From $30
The Ten Largest, No. 8, Adulthood (1907)

The Ten Largest, No. 8, Adulthood (1907)

Hilma af Klint

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The Flower and Fruit of Henry Lenny (1861)

The Flower and Fruit of Henry Lenny (1861)

Georgiana Houghton

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Flower of Samuel Warrand (1862)

Flower of Samuel Warrand (1862)

Georgiana Houghton

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Nu au chat, allongé sur une draperie à fleurs

Nu au chat, allongé sur une draperie à fleurs

Suzanne Valadon

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From $33
Bouquet de Tulipes

Bouquet de Tulipes

Suzanne Valadon

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From $33
La Joie de vivre

La Joie de vivre

Suzanne Valadon

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From $33
Untitled (Horse)

Untitled (Horse)

Olga Vladimirovna Rozanova

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From $33
Étude de forêt

Étude de forêt

Berthe Morisot

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Forêt de Compiègne

Forêt de Compiègne

Berthe Morisot

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From $33
Porteuse de Vase

Porteuse de Vase

Sophie Taeuber-Arp (Swiss, 1889–1943)

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From $33