Judith Leyster
Women are often erased from art history, where it takes some digging to find the famous female painters that changed, inspired, and pushed the art world forward while they were alive. To celebrate these artists, the DailyArt app and DailyArt Magazine will be devoted to them this month. Enjoy! : )
Judith Jans Leyster was a Dutch Golden Age painter. She painted genre works, portraits, and still lifes. Although her work was highly regarded by her contemporaries, Leyster and her work became almost forgotten after her death. Her entire oeuvre was attributed to Frans Hals or to her husband, Jan Miense Molenaer, until 1893 (when the Louvre found her monogram under a fabricated Frans Hals signature).
The singing lute-player in today's work is depicted di sotto in su, from a low vantage point. His extravagant red breeches with yellowish-gold and black stripes are slightly out of focus, creating the illusion that the viewer is looking up at him from close by.
See you tomorrow!
P.S. In Berlin you can visit an exhibition showing exclusively women's art. It is called Fighting for Visibility and is on view until 8 March 2020. Read more about it here.