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Edward W. Redfield, Fleecydale Road, c. 1930. Michener Art Museum.
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Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903) - La Calle Jouvenet à Rouen - 1884
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[TW] Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1652) was an Italian Baroque painter and a completely kickass lady. One of her best known paintings is the gory Giuditta che decapita Oloferne, (Judith Beheading Holofernes), which she painted when she was nineteen years old during the trial of her rapist, Agostino Tassi. The trial was a grueling and humiliating ordeal for Artemisia, who had to undergo a gynecological exam and torture with thumbscrews to determine if she was telling the truth. Tassi was eventually found guilty, but never faced punishment for his crimes. It’s clear from her painting what Artemisia’s feelings on the subject were.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvgct9Fqzm1qeu6ilo1_500.jpg)
[TW] Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1652) was an Italian Baroque painter and a completely kickass lady. One of her best known paintings is the gory Giuditta che decapita Oloferne, (Judith Beheading Holofernes), which she painted when she was nineteen years old during the trial of her rapist, Agostino Tassi. The trial was a grueling and humiliating ordeal for Artemisia, who had to undergo a gynecological exam and torture with thumbscrews to determine if she was telling the truth. Tassi was eventually found guilty, but never faced punishment for his crimes. It’s clear from her painting what Artemisia’s feelings on the subject were.
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Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Marie Therese Walter, 1937
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[TW] Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1652) was an Italian Baroque painter and a completely kickass lady. One of her best known paintings is the gory Giuditta che decapita Oloferne, (Judith Beheading Holofernes), which she painted when she was nineteen years old during the trial of her rapist, Agostino Tassi. The trial was a grueling and humiliating ordeal for Artemisia, who had to undergo a gynecological exam and torture with thumbscrews to determine if she was telling the truth. Tassi was eventually found guilty, but never faced punishment for his crimes. It’s clear from her painting what Artemisia’s feelings on the subject were.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvgct9Fqzm1qeu6ilo1_1280.jpg)
