The art historian, Sara Rubayo, visit ‘Woman I had to be’ to explain the origin of women as artists. The expert points out that The first painters in history were nuns and those women who were daughters of artists. or from a wealthy family. Furthermore, he points out that many of them broke the established rules when creating, but that the majority focused on painting “still lifes and portraits.”
On the subject of signing the works, Rubayo comments that the majority of those women They didn’t dare sign them with their full name., not because of what they will say, but because of their value. When they made the complete signature, His works lost value. On the other hand, if they only put the initials, it could not be identified whether it belonged to a woman or a man and, therefore, their paintings acquired greater value in the market.
On the other hand, the historian comments that currently the Prado Museum “It only has 24 works painted by women“, compared to the 1,600 works of male origin. However, she remains calm because she knows that the museum “is making an effort” to correct that difference.
