Breaking Barriers: Sophie Fremiet and the Rise of Women Artists in Europe

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A woman in a blue dress with white detailings sits upon a chair wearing an orange shawl.

Portrait of a Woman, 1818. Sophie Fremiet (later Rude). Oil on canvas, 63 7/8 x 46 5/8 in. Getty Museum, 2024.25

Sunday, May 4, 2025

2pm

Getty Center & Online

Museum Lecture Hall

Free

This event has been rescheduled to May 4, 2025.

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Around the turn of the 19th century, over a thousand women contributed more than 7,000 works to London's and Paris’ premier exhibitions. It was a transformative moment for women artists in Europe, who exhibited and sold their art in unprecedented numbers. In this context, Sophie Fremiet painted her luminous Portrait of a Woman. Art historian Paris A. Spies-Gans delves into this era to upend longstanding assumptions about women’s opportunities and wrongly forgotten triumphs.

Portrait of a Woman (1818) is on view at the Getty Center, South Pavilion, Gallery S204

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