Doing the Laundry - 19C Europe

Gustave Caillebotte (French painter, 1848–1894), Laundry Drying, Petit Gennevilliers 1892

When I was a child, Monday was laundry day. Today we just toss soiled linens into the washer, no matter the hour or day of the week. But when I drive through the nearby Amish countryside, where electric appliances are not allowed, I realize that laundry has been drying on the lines & blowing in the winds for centuries, even when snow covers the ground.

John Thomas Peele (English-born genre artist, 1822–1897) The Song of the Shirt (This artist also painted in the United States.)

Berthe Morisot (French artist, 1841-1895). Woman Hanging Out the Wash

Berthe Morisot (French artist, 1841-1895). Hanging the Laundry Out To Dry

Charles Rossiter (British painter, 1827-1897) Song of the Shirt - Folding the Laundry

Elin Kleopatra Danielson-Gambogi (Finnish painter, 1861-1919) A Sunny Day

Edgar Degas (French painter, 1834–1917) Laundress Carrying Linen 1876

Frederic Ulrich (American expatriate painter, 1858-1908) Washerwomen Seville

Helen Allingham (née Helen Mary Elizabeth Paterson) (English painter, 1848–1926) Hanging the the Washing

Helene Schjerfbeck (Finnish artist, 1862-1946) Drying Laundry, 1883.

Jean-François Millet (French painter, 1814–1875) Les lavandières

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1919)

Gustave Caillebotte (French painter, 1848–1894) Laundry Drying 1892

Willibald Alfred Reuter (German artist, 1868-1899) Auf dem Wäschetrockenplatz 1899

Edgar Degas (French artist, 1834-1917). In a Laundry 1884

Edgar Degas (French painter, 1834–1917) Washer Women

Thomas Liddall Armitage (1800-1900) Washing Day

Désiré François Laugée (French artist, 1823 - 1896) Le linge de la ferme

Emile Claus (Belgian artist, 1849-1924) Sunny Day 1899

Sisters & Sisterhood 19C

"Any woman who chooses to behave like a full human being should be warned that the armies of the status quo will treat her as something of a dirty joke. That's their natural and first weapon. She will need her sisterhood." Gloria Steinem  

James Jacques Joseph Tissot. (French, 1836-1902) Two Sisters

It is much more complicated than sexual harassment, it is centuries of patriarchy.

"Gender is the remaining caste system that still cuts deep enough, and spreads wide enough, to be confused with the laws of nature." Gloria Steinem. Moving Beyond Words

1630 Woman as The Air by Abraham Bosse (French, c 1602-04–1676)

1630 The Air by Abraham Bosse (French, c 1602-04–1676)

17C Romance by Jean Leblond 1605-1666

Jean Leblond 1605-1666 The Four Seasons - Summer

1500s Women of Substance attributed to Bernardino Licinio 1489-1565

 

1522 Bernardino Licinio (1498-1565) Portrait of a Woman

Bernardino Licinio (c. 1489–1565) was an Italian High Renaissance painter of Venice & Lombardy. Bernardino Licinio painted both secular portraits & religious works. He was born in Bergamo in Lombardy. Some speculate that he may have trained in the studio of Giovanni Bellini (1430 -1516). As his work changed over time, his paintings indicate that Licinio stayed close to the the most recent artistic developments of the Venetian school of painting. Bernardino Licinio was part of an artistic family, going on to train his nephew Giulio Licino (1527–1584). Bernardino’s brother, Arrigo (Giulio’s father) was also a painter, as was another brother, Fabio.

1524 Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

1540s Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Helena Capella

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

1525 Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Woman with book

1533 Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Woman

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

1525 Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) An Allegory

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Woman with Husband's Portrait

1520s Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

1540 Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

1520-25 Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) A Concert

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) A Concert

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) A Concert

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Lady with a Book

Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady and a Lamb

1550 Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565) Portrait of a Lady

Women Working - Doing the Laundry - 20C

Thomas CS Benham (English painter, 1878- 1922) Jour de séchage

Abram Efimovich Arkhipov  (Russian artist, 1862-1930) The Washer Women

Aristide Maillol (French artist, 1861-1944) Laundry

William Orpen (Irish Painter, 1878-1931)  The Wash House

Louis Valtat (French artist, 1869-1952) Woman with a Wash Tub 1909

Pierre Auguste Renoir (French Impressionist painter, 1841-1919) Laundresses 1912

Marie van Regteren Altena (Dutch artist, 1868-1958) The Linen Room

Pierre Bonnard, (French painter, 1867-1947). The Linen 1900 Detail

Abram Efimovich Arkhipov (Russian artist, 1862-1930) Washer Women

Franz Marc (German painter, 1880-1916) Laundry Fluttering in the Wind

William Orpen (Irish Painter, 1878-1931)  Lottie of Paradise Walk

Egon Schiele (Austrian Expressionist Painter, 1890-1918) House with Drying Laundry 1917

1900 Carlo Cressini (Italian 1864-1938) Laundry

Jean-Eugene Buland (French painter, 1852-1927)  Le déjeuner des laveuses

Rik Wouters (Belgian artist, 1882-1916) Woman Ironing 1912

Andrei Andreevich Tutunov (Russian artist, 1928) The Laundry Drying 1945

Stanley Spencer, (English painter, 1891 – 1959) Sorting Laundry