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‘COLORED BY A LADY’ ON VIEW AT ARADER GALLERIES IN NYC

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NEW YORK CITY — Arader Galleries presents “Drawn and Colored by a Lady: Four Centuries of Female Artists,” on view through March 24. For the very first time, more than 50 works by female natural history artists of the last four centuries will be displayed in one exhibit.

The title of this show derives from the credit line sometimes given to female illustrators during the Eighteenth Century and speaks to the position of women in society and to their struggle for recognition as bonafide artists during the centuries that precede our own.

Most of the female artists included in the exhibit needed to paint to earn a living, and their success is all the more remarkable considering most were denied the opportunities available to their male counterparts. Barred from formal academy training, female artists were forced to depict still life and natural history subject matter. Some even gave up opportunities for marriage and motherhood in the pursuit of their careers.

The contribution of these artists to the genre of still life and natural history painting has been little recognized and is thus now worthy of celebration. This exhibit includes works by Giovanna Garzoni (1600–1670), Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), Barbara Regina Dietzsch (1706–1783), Madame Antoinette Pauline Knip (1781–1851), Priscilla Susan Bury (1793–1869), Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899), Clara Poteau (Nineteenth Century), Elizabeth Blackwell (1647–1717), Elizabeth Coxen Gould (1804–1841), Priscilla Susan Bury (1793–1869) and Jenny Phillips (1947–).

Arader specializes in antique natural history engravings and watercolors, maps and atlases, rare books and American and European paintings.

The gallery is at 1016 Madison Avenue between 78th and 79th Streets. For information, www.aradergalleries.com or 212-628-3668.