Images of gentility : Lilla Cabot Perry's portraits of women

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1993
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Lilla Cabot Perry, an American Impressionist, painted both portraits and landscapes, but it is her portraits of women which are especially intriguing. Born in 1848, Perry began painting around 1877 and continued until her death in 1933. Perry's portraits of women range from her own three daughters and professional models to upper class Boston sitters. Although upper class women were urged to take an interest in painting and music, these hobbies were to cease when women entered marriage. Serious professional women artists were strongly discouraged so Perry's decision to pursue a career in painting at the end of the nineteenth century is exceptional. Moreover, Perry's career as an artist financially supported her family at a time when few upper class women worked.

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