Women Artists: An Illustrated History

Firmly established as one of the premier histories of women in the fine arts, Nancy G. Heller’s Women Artists returns in an expanded fourth edition. With coverage of the 1990s and the beginning of the new millennium, nearly half the volume is now devoted to the remarkable period from 1960 to the present, when women artists emerged as the most dynamic force in contemporary art. New to this edition are innovative contemporary American artists, such as Janine Antoni and Renee Cox, as well as major international figures, including Iran’s Shirin Neshat, Shahzia Sikander from Pakistan, and the Icelandic sculptor and performance artist Katrin Sigurdardottir. As in past editions, all the artists’ works are represented in large-format color reproductions, and the artists’ careers are examined in concise critical biographies.

Editorial Reviews

„An attractive, even tempered survey of American and European women artists from the Renaissance to the present.“
– |Los Angeles Times

„The last twenty years of scholarship have brought many forgotten women artists to attention, but too often their presentation has been marred by anachronistic feminist rhetoric. Nancy G. Heller’s lucid, evenhanded Women Artists is a noteworthy exception.“
– The Washington Post

Praise for: Women Artists

„The last 20 years of scholarship have brought many forgotten women artists to attention, but too often their presentation has been marred by anachronistic feminist rhetoric. Nancy G. Hellers lucid, evenhanded Women Artists is a noteworthy exception.“ – The Washington Post

„Anyone just now waking up to the fact that women have been missing from written art history would do well to begin with this attractive, even-tempered survey of American and European women artists from the Renaissance to the present.“ – Los Angeles Times
– From the Publisher