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Katy Hessel | Curator and Founder of @TheGreatWomenArtists
In December of 2017, I was introduced to the incredible painting of Flora Yukhnovich at her solo exhibition in London. Seeing her expansive Rococo-inspired canvases reminiscent of Fragonard and Tiepolo masterpieces, but reimagined with traits of modern femininity, inspired me to think about the lack of women painters as 'masters' working in 18th century and exhibiting in vast, opulent spaces. At the same time, Kate Dunn (after being classically trained for four years in Florence) was breaking away from her traditional style, …