Women Artists Posters & Prints “C...-”
for the social studies, art and art history/appreciation classrooms and home schoolers.

Julia Margaret Cameron (née Pattle)
b. 6-11-1815; Calcutta, India
d. 1-26-1879; Ceylon

Julia Cameron, noted for her portraits that were romantically slightly out of focus, was given her first camera by her daughter; within a year she was a member two photography societies.

Her social standing put her in the unique position of being able to photograph notable neighbors and visitors during the time she lived in England. Cameron was also the great-aunt of author Virginia Woolf.

• Charles Darwin photo
• Thomas Carlyle photograph

Rosalba Giovanna Carriera
b. 10-7-1675; Venice, Italy
d. 4-15-1757

Rococo artist Rosalba Giovanna Carriera specialized first in portrait miniatures, and later became known for her pastel work. Carriera's ability to represent textures and patterns, faithfully re-creating fabrics, gold braid, lace, furs, jewels, hair and skin and show-casing the sumptuous, material life-style, made her a favorite of rich and influential patrons.

Mary Cassatt
b. 5-22-1844; Allegheny City (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania
d. 6-14-1926; near Paris, France

• more Mary Cassatt posters

Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel
b. 8-19-1883; Saumur, France
d. 1-10-1971; Paris

Pioneering fashion designer Coco Chanel was the only person in the couturier field to be named on Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century.

Her modernist thought, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her the founder of one of the most famous fashion brands, Chanel.

• Chanel No. 5 Perfume

Marie-Anne Collot (Falconet)
b. 1748; Paris, France
d. 2-24-1821

Marie-Anne Collot was a portrait sculptor, who assisting her teacher and father-in-law Etienne Falconet in Russia on the creation of the Bronze Horseman monument to Peter the Great, also produced a bust of Catherine the Great.