How Did Judith Leyster Influence Art

Dutch Golden Age painter Judith Leyster and Art Influence

How is it that art influences life and life influences art? Art is an expression artist have used to respond to social and political mores. For instance, art historically was gender-specific in the Dutch Golden Age? Today women and men artist create work of the art for viewers to relish without concern of their gender. However, during the seventeenth century Dutch Golden Age men were only allowed to paint landscapes. Women, if they were allowed to paint their work, was limited to painting still life subject matter and portraits. Moreover, women during the Dutch Golden age were not offered landscape painting training. Therefore author Ms. New recently read a book titled The Last Painting of Sara De Vos by Dominic Smith. The book is a dramatic story about a character artist Sara De Vos whom chooses to forge a painting. However, her forgery cost her credibility as an artist. Therefore, it was not until Leyster’s death that she could find closure and atone for her mistakes. Although the character Sara De Vos is a fictional character, some Dutch Golden age women pioneers arose from a male dominated art industry. According to Smith women such as Maria Sibyll Merian and other artists defied traditional …show more content…

New, a trained graphic designer values women artist that made it possible for her to study art. Additionally, in the past, Ms. New was a member of the Art Guild in Topeka, KS. Therefore, Ms. News’s membership may not have been possible without Leyster’s influence. The prestige and honor to be considered one of the few artists selected for the Art Guild was a moment she will always remember. A memory Ms. New shared with friends and family a milestone in history; it was the Art Guilds 100 anniversaries televised. Another honor was volunteering at the art gallery. Keeping the gallery nice and neat by dusting and vacuuming was an honor. Also, it was an honor to sell an art piece for the first