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The accomplishments of American
lesbian artists in the nineteenth century, some of whom are
only now receiving recognition, are all the more remarkable for the
obstacles they faced as women and as homosexuals. |
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Catinou Knitting, a painting by Anna Elizabeth Klumpke.
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 Charlotte
Cushman (1816-1876) was one of the most famous actresses of the
nineteenth century. She used her fortune and fame to champion the
work of other women artists, among them her lover Emma Stebbins. |
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 Harriet
Hosmer (1830-1908) fought against social barriers that kept women in positions of financial dependence to become a noted sculptor with a unique neoclassical style. Her
mannish dress and adventurous behavior frequently scandalized the
polite society of her day. |
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American-born artist Anna Elizabeth
Klumpke (1856-1912) is best known today as the last lover of
acclaimed French painter Rosa Bonheur but she was an accomplished artist in her own right. |
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 Sculptor Mary
Edmonia Lewis (1844-1907), the only daughter of an
Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indian mother and an African-American father, lived most of her life
in Rome, where she was a member of a lesbian circle of American
expatriates and artists. |
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 Emma
Stebbins (1815-1882) is remembered for the sculpture that she
produced between 1859 and 1869 and for being the lover of actress Charlotte Cushman.
She was one of
several women sculptors who went to Rome in the mid-1800s to learn to
work in marble. |
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 Boston sculptor Anne Whitney (1821-1915), struggled for equality in a male-dominated field and chose subjects--abolitionists, feminists, and blacks--that reflected her
liberal political and social beliefs. |
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