NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS

Opened in 1987, it is the only museum in the world dedicated to women artists. In 1937, Hans Hofmann wrote about Lee Krasner's paintings: «This is so good, you would not know it was painted by a woman! " Today only 5% of visible art in museums is the work of women. The existence of this museum is therefore very important… the current collection has over 4 500 pieces.

To see, in the lobby: The Artist and Her Family at a Fourth of July Picnic (1864), by Lilly Martin Spencer; Susan Avery and Isaac Avery (two portraits), Sarah Miriam Peale (1821); A Gentleman's Table (1890), by Claude Raguet Hirstafter.

Mezzanine: selection of the permanent collection, European paintings from the th to the th century. Bowl of Lemons and Oranges on a Box of Wood Chips and Pomogranates, by Louise Moillon; Still Life of Fish and Cat, of Clara Peeters (the first painting acquired by the museum); paintings of artists from northern Europe (th and th centuries) that have had a significant role in the development of dead nature. Concert by Judith Leyster; Prelude to a Concert by Marguerite Gérard; Portrait of La Fayette de La Fayette, of Adelaide Labille-Guiard; Portrait of Princess Belozersky, Elizabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun; Italian artists from the th century: Virgin and Child, of Elisabetta Sirani, Portrait of a Noblewoman, of Lavinia Fontana. See also the jewellery collection from 1685 to 1845.

Level 2: dedicated to temporary exhibitions, 5 or 6 per year.

Level 3: selection of permanent collection, modern and contemporary art. My Porch, Helen Turner; Portrait of a woman with white bodice (1905) by Mary Cassatt; Cage (1885), Berthe Morisot; The abandoned Doll (1921), by Suzanne Valadon (who asked for Renoir before painting herself). Beginning: Traute Business, De Laserstein; Walking Blindly by Elizabeth Catlett; Africa, of Lois Mailou Jones; Nude Nude of Marguerite Thompson Zorach. Self-portrait dedicated to Léon Trotsky (1937) of Frida Kahlo; Stepping Out (2000), a bronze of Elizabeth Catlett. Very strong works by German artist Käthe Kollwitz, featuring themes such as rape in Raped (1921). Also a self-portrait and 2 bronzes, including the sublime embrace of The Farewell (1940). Several paintings by Alice Neel, such as T.B. Harlem (1940) and Pregnant Julie and Algis (1967). Great paintings of abstract expressionist movement (late 1940 s). Persian Steep (1977) of Mary Grigoriadis; Bacchus No. 3 (1978) from Elaine de Kooning; The Springs (1937), Lee Krasner; Spiritualist (1973), Helen Frankenthaler. Selection of the collection of portraits of women made by women! Superb black and white photographs. Step Piano, Sweeping Beauty, Snake Man, Alison Saar; Portrait of Colette (1951) and one of Marlène Dietrich, entitled Destiny Wrinkles Again, by Louise Dahl-Wolfe; the beautiful Puritan Love Duet (Martha Graham, the famous pioneer of modern dance in the US, with Hawkins, whose wife she was at a time), by Barbara Morgan. A museum that you love very much!

For one case: Mezzanine Café, open from a. m. to p. m. Monday to Friday.