MAO Zhou
Butterflies (18th century) (detail)
(蝴 蝶)
ink and colour on paper
30.7 x 523.0 cm (image)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Dr G. E. Morrison, 1921
1178-3
Observations: Women in Art and Design History

Perseverance and Ambition: 1500-1900

Discover the earliest works by women artists in the NGV Collection.

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Art Tour – Women in Art: 17th–18th Century A hand is discovered in Anne Forbes’ Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Hamilton Dr. Maria Quirk reflects on the work Florence Fuller’s Paper boy | Melbourne in 1888 Perspectives from an NGV Curator and Conservator The Female Australian Impressionists Pivotal painters

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Mary Beale: pioneer of portraiture
Hester Bateman: An eighteenth-century entrepreneur
Technical insights to Elizabeth Thompson’s The 28th Regiment at Quatre Bras 1875
‘Who was this talented Maria Margaretha la Fargue?’

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Rediscovering Fumie Taniguchi
The Power of ‘Women’s Work’: Craftivism
Her Story
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