The National Museum of Women in the Arts

Where as in most places, museums are closed on Mondays, here in DC, they are mostly open.  So what better way to spend the last Monday of my winter break that at a museum?  I chose the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Over the years the collection has expanded and the works housed there cross a wide chronological and stylistic range.  Here are some of the paintings currently on display.

Still Life of Fish and Cat, after 1620

Clara Peeters (1594-after 1657)

Flemish

Virgin and Child, circa 1663

Elizabetta Sirani (1638-1665)

Italian

Bowl of Lemon and Oranges on a Box of Wood Shavings and Pomegranates, circa 1630's

Louise Moillon (1610-1696)

French

Sheep by the Sea, 1865

Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899)

French

The Cage, 1885

Berthe Morisot (1841-1895)

French

Africa, 1935

Lois Mailou Jones, (1905-1998)

American

Tejido Espacio-Tiempo, 1954

Remedios Varo (1908-1963)

Spanish/Mexican

Superwoman, 1973

Kiki Kogelnik (1939-1997)

Austrian

Victoria's Secret, 1995

Robin Kahn (1961-   )

American