Self-Portrait at the Easel — Sofonisba Anguissola

Throughout history, artists who have enjoyed great artistic fame while still alive can be counted on the fingers of one hand. For most people, proper recognition has not come until years later, even centuries. To this sad reality, we must add one more variable. If the artist was a woman, the difficulties multiplied exponentially. The silence and invisibility of women in the History of Art have been a resounding fact for centuries, turning their recognition into something residual and practically nonexistent. Fortunately, this trend is now beginning to change, but it is a journey that still needs many stages. Although buried under a male hegemony that was the normality in the past, some women artists managed to break those iron barriers and mainly make a place for themselves in the pictorial world. <a href="https://medium.com/@alejandro.orradre/self-portrait-at-the-easel-sofonisba-anguissola-16f153a6bfaf">Website</a>