WOMEN OF THE “CONTEMPORARY ERA” From the 18 th century to the 21 st century

What do I see? What do I think? What do I wonder? Some given information

1755 Marquise de Pompadour by Maurice-Quentin Delatour Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Mar- quise de Pompadour is portrayed. A French noblewoman, mistress of king Louis XV and very influent at the Versailles court. An educated women, who knew about books and music, and supported the Enlightenment.

1877 October by James Tissot Mrs. Kathleen Newton is portrayed. She was born in India in an Irish family. She was a twenty-second- year-old divorc é e and mother of an illegitimate child, when she met Tissot, a French painter, in London. She became his lover and muse and they had a child. She was ill of tuberculosis and died, as the fictional Romantic heroines.

1938 Girl Reading by Pablo Picasso Dora Maar is portrayed. She was a clever French photographer of Croatian origin. She lived in Argentina when she was a child. She met Picasso in Paris in 1936 and they became lovers for some years. She photographed how Picasso painted Guernica.

2009 Blue Veil by Aydin Matlabi An unknown young Iranian woman is portrayed. She is portrayed at her home. She represents modern Iran. The photo is from the series “ Landscape Revolution People ”, made by the Canadian-Iranian photographer Aydin Matlabi during a period of political uprisings in Teheran. Original picture at: aydin-matlabi.jpg?w=300&h=300 aydin-matlabi.jpg?w=300&h=300

All the pictures have been reproduced for educational purposes. Marquise de Pompadour: the painting is in the public dominion. Photo by M. Beck-Pollack from the Musée du Louvre website. October: the painting is in the public dominion. Photo taken by me at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Girl Reading: the painting can be protected by copyright in some countries. Photo taken by me at the Chicago Art Institute. Blue Veil: the copyright of this photograph belongs to the photographer Aydin Matlabi. I took a picture of his photo at the exhibition hold at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

Sources for the texts: Information displayed at the Chicago Art Institute and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. pompadour daydin-matlabi-musee-des-beaux-arts-de-montreal/.