another female artist you never heard of

Forgotten at large in the 21st century, Ellen Thesleff had a career that spans the last decades of the 19th, all the way up to the middle of the 20th century. As an active artist, she spent almost 70 years. From her birthplace, the city of Helsinki, through Paris and Florence, Ellen Thesleff interacted with the contemporary movements, creating unique art pieces. The great movements of the late 19th and early 20th century, Symbolism and Expressionism, define her work. Relieving herself from the dogma of academic art, she freely experiments with various forms and techniques. Considering her use of color, Ellen Thesleff’s art ranges from almost fully monochrome to vivid and bright works of her late career.

Sources:
https://www.thecollector.com/who-is-e... - my article on which the video is based on
M. Lahelma, Ideal and Disintegration: Dynamics of the Self and Art at the Fin-de-Siècle, University of Helsinki, 2014
https://helda.helsinki.fi/items/793c3...
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/wom...
https://web.archive.org/web/201603120...
https://www.svenharrys.se/en/explore/...
https://web.archive.org/web/201504021...
https://jarvienreitit.fi/en/julkaisut... (some of the images are sourced from here)
https://www.academia.edu/28089279/_Si...