Women artists in Spain in the Modern Age: A map through the Spanish historiography

Abstract

In history, women have been marginalized. The art world has not been an exception. The main problem facing women artists was not a matter of talent, but condition. All of them had to deal with a series of difficulties that prevented them from developing their talent and artistic abilities with freedom. This lack of consideration seems to have remained in historiography for the subsequent centuries. For a long time, the history of art has ignored the artistic work of these women, which has greatly hampered the work of contemporary researchers. Even so, studies on female artists have gradually proliferated over the recent decades. Our objective with this article is to take a journey throughout historiography that allows us to know the evolution of the studies carried out in our country about women artists in the Spain of the Modern Age.