In 1971 the late Linda Nochlin burst onto the public scene with her groundbreaking essay, ‘Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?’ Unlike other apologists, she made no claim that there were, in fact, great overlooked women artists but shifted the ground of the question to ask why circumstances made it impossible for women to be great artists.
Honor Clerk
The sorrow and the pity
Linda Nochlin sensitively analyses images of the extreme poverty that crippled the 19th century

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