The First Homosexuals by Jonathan D. Katz offers a stunning and illuminating look at the first self-consciously queer art.
Tag: Anna Klumpke (1856–1942)
American lesbian and painter Anna Klumpke (1856-1842) in her studio ca. 1885-90. Courtesy of the Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives.
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856–1942): Portrait of Rosa Bonheur, 1898, pastel on paper
55.5 × 45.5 cm. Current location: Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
All her life French painter Rosa Bonheur’s favorite subject was animals. She was a lesbian.