We need to go back about 700 years to answer this question. The Renaissance was a time of flourishing art, geographical and scientific discoveries, trade, etc. But it was still a time when a woman's role was predetermined from the moment she was born. And creative pursuits such as serious painting or professional writing were strictly the domain of men. There are many examples in history when women writers had to publish books under a male pseudonym. And women were only allowed into the art of painting as models to be painted, muses to be inspired by, and sometimes as apprentices who were not to be taken seriously.
Women could learn fine arts only in private lessons or in the family if the father or husband was an artist. But such training had many restrictions. For example, under no circumstances were women allowed to attend classes where nudes were painted from life. Most of the works created by female artists of the time were portraits, still lifes and landscapes
Artemisia Gentileschi was an Italian artist, the first woman to become a member of the Accademia dell'Arte Disegno.
Pictured is a painting of the artist's self-portrait, 1615-1617
It was not until the end of the 19th century that women were officially allowed to study on an equal footing with male students at the famous art academies in St Petersburg, Paris and London. This was a big step for women in the arts.
Emilia Yakovlevna Shanks was a Russian-English artist, the first woman admitted to the Association of Travelling Art Exhibitions.
In the photo is the painting "Hiring a governess", around 1913
What about now?
Thanks to the development of modern technology and the unfortunate experience of global quarantine within four walls, new ways of experiencing art have emerged. Here is one example
Today, the modern woman does not even have to leave home to become a professionally sought-after sculptural artist. There are no restrictions on age or experience. A student can be a young mum with young children, a working woman or a retired woman. To learn sculpture painting in our school, you do not have to leave your family, work or other female responsibilities, which remain as they were 700 years ago. You can master volume painting at our school remotely, taking classes at your own pace, with no time constraints. Will such creative education be of high quality? Of course, yes!
The online School of Sculptural Painting by Evgenia Ermilova has a license to carry out educational activities from the Ministry of Education, Science of the Russian Federation.
Evgenia Ermilova, author of sculptural painting technique, professional artist-colourist with academic education, Member of the Eurasian Art Union, founder of the school of sculptural painting and trade mark of materials for creativity Evgenia Ermilova™, author of the book ‘Sculptural Painting’.
Sculpture painting school students from different countries and their works:
On the photo is a graduate of Evgenia Ermilova's school of sculptural painting Ankita Jain from India and her graduation work
On the photo is Anna Tolstikova from Russia, a graduate of the school of sculptural painting, who became a certified teacher of the technique, mum of 6 children
and a fragment of her painting for a creative competition among students of the School by Evegenia Ermilova
Pictured here is Sculpture School graduate Joy Stevenson from Mississippi USA, who graduated from our school at the age of 77
The photo shows Tatiana Matveeva, a graduate of the School of Sculptural Painting, who won the creative competition for students of the School of Sculptural Painting,
her competition painting and her graduation work
