Joanna Koerten was Dutch artist. She worked with different medias as painting, drawing, embroidery, glass etching and wax modelling. But she is best known for her work as a silhouette cutter, the art of creating outline images from pieces of cut paper mounted on a contrasting background.
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Do you happen to know her time period? Just curious because the style looks old but otherwise hard to date.
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Yes. She lived between 1650-1715.
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Thank you.
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Fascinating! Women artists have always had to contend with that line between art and craft, but no one can deny that this is fine art. I’m happy to hear about an artist I hadn’t known about before.
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Thank you very much for the comment! I’m really happy to introduce artists that have been overlooked by Art History. And thanks for reading the blog.
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