Cultural Experience Field Report #1: NMWA - Art Appreciation

This report details a visit to the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) in Washington D.C., focusing on its mission to celebrate women's achievements in the arts. The report highlights key artworks and artists such as Sofnisba Anguissola, Mary Cassatt, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Frida Kahlo, analyzing their styles and the emotional impact of their pieces. It discusses the museum's history, its role in recognizing women artists, and the challenges it faced. The report also covers the museum's collection of paintings, sculptures, and decorative art, and the stories conveyed through these works. It emphasizes the museum's significance in the 21st century and its contribution to honoring the creativity of women in the arts.

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The national Museum of Women of arts is located in Washington D C that is dedicated
towards celebration of the achievements of the women in performing, visual and literary arts.
The museum was founded in 1987 that had the collection of around 4500 paintings, decorative
art, paper works, and sculptures (washington.org). The museum includes the exemplary art
works of legendary women who were considered the legends of their time in field of arts.
In the museum, there were various exemplary works of the artists. One of the adorable of
all paintings that arouse intense human emotions was the painting of a mother and daughter that
brought down immense love emotions of motherhood for a spectator. In the painting, a beautiful
mother was looking at her innocent child and the child was looking up at her with innocence.
Such as spectacular painting was created by the Nobel woman Sofnisba anguissola who was one
of the great painters of southern Europe. The painter was good at making the child portraits with
great intricacy. Another great painter in the American history was Mary Cassatt, an American
woman who defied all the customs to be one of the greatest painters of all time (Ibrahim, Baloğlu
and Kesici). In one of the paintings of Mary cassatt painted beautifully a mother who is making
his child bath in the tub filled with water. She was one of the few artists who are known for her
bold move. Besides , these paintings, some of 21st century paintings was created by one of the
famous artists O’keaffe. The artist O’ keaffe was good at abstract paintings that had dearly
caught the attention of her audience (Kossek and Wu).
In the museum, all the paintings and sculptures told some stories of the past lives of these
exemplary women artists who defied customs to create such alluring sculptures and interesting
paintings. Every painting and sculpture told a story that was attractive in its own way. The
museum itself gives the vibes of great achievement of women that were brought to justice by the
creators of the museum. There is a sense of serenity and composure felt after seeing beautiful
and breathtaking sculptures and paintings lined up in an attractive manner. In the 21st century,
another important painter was Alice Hartigan who painted abstract paintings that conveyed deep
meanings to the spectators. In the efforts to recognize her paintings, she changed her name from
Alice to George Hartigan, as she believed that work would be more recognizable with the male’s
name (Guhn and Schonert-Reichl).
Although every experiences at the museum was great mesmerizing but one such
experience was seeing a self-portrait of an artist who was a keen observer of herself or perhaps

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was narcissists. The ideas of self-portrait were in itself unique that made the experience of seeing
the self-portrait of the artist unique. The self-portrait artist was Frida Kahlo whom she dedicated
to Leon Trotsky (washington.org). The painting was amazingly beautiful as it depicted the
beauty in which the colors were used to portray the magnificence of the painting. The artist used
the colors in such a mysterious fashion that the narcissism and self-centerd characteristics of the
painting were visible in the bold fashion. The usage of colors in such a fashion made it one of the
attractive paintings in the eyes of the viewers. The another interesting painting was created by
one of the famous painters of southern Europe Georgia in which the dog was portrayed with
innocence that evoke the feeling of piety for the spectator.
It could be said that these paintings were responsible for bringing the truths of life to the
surface through their abstract means of communication. The museum had been the testimony for
so many years about the talents of the women that were kept hidden from the eyes of the world.
During the period of establishment of the museum, many critics opposed its development, as
they did not understand the importance of erecting the only women Museum. According to
various renowned scholars of that time, the establishment of such museum was essential to honor
the creativity of the women artists, who else were the lost pages of history in the patriarchal
society. The National museum of women arts gave the recognition to the works of women that is
still celebrated in the 21st century.

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