When I wrote a chapter about Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 – c. 1656) in my book, Women in Art: Artists, Models and Those Who Made It Happen, I wanted to separate the sensationalism of her biography from her art, which was original and high-quality, regardless of the unusual circumstances of her life. The exhibition entitled Artemisa Gentileschi: The Heroine of Art seems to have a similar goal of presenting the painter’s achievements throughout her life and not only from the perspective of her traumatic youth.
