Brushing Up on Women’s History
With her hand-carved paintbrushes, Rebecca Szeto is getting a handle on great women of history. As a faux-finish painter, the San Francisco artist collects humble, end-of-life paintbrushes, which serve as both means and end.
The slow pace of whittling down the handles gives Szeto time to reflect on each individual and individual brush — a fitting tribute to the Old Masters.
Mary Tudor
Geisha
Reina Marianna of Austria
Geisha
Margaret Roper
Angela Isadora Duncan
Doña Hongari (after Velazquez)
Violet Jessep
Las Meninas
Suzette Lemaire
Infanta Marie Therese III
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Ode to Magritte
Madonna and Child
Berthe Morisot
Emilie du Chatalet
