Nineteenth-Century Women Artists Scott Derks Actus Reus8

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Nineteenth-Century Women Artists Scott Derks Actus Reus8The nineteenth century saw the emergence of more professional women artists than ever before. But they still faced the age old presumption: that a womans role in life was to marry and have children. If they were ambitious enough to flout convention, they were still hampered by their lack of proper training. But from mid century onwards, women were able to attend private art schools in Paris and could, for the first time ever, study the nude figure.