The obstacle race
Subtitle: the fortunes of women painters and their work
By: Germaine Greer.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
Subjects: Women painters -- Biography.; Painting -- History.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "If men and women are equally capable of genius, why have there been no female artists of the stature of Leonardo, Titian or Poussin? In seeking to answer this question, Germaine Greer introduces us to major but underestimated figures in the history of Western painting -- Angelica Kauffmann, Natalia Goncharova, Suzanne Valadon, Berthe Morisot, Kathe Kollwitz -- and produces a brilliantly incisive and richly illustrated study. She explains the obstacles as both external and surmountable and internal and insurmountable in the race for achievement."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [335]-360.