Across the United States, numerous late-career women are receiving institutional recognition, some for the first time. 1933), Bridget Riley (b. Does the artist bear any resentment for this recognition coming so late in her career? Her career had largely been a private one though, mostly holding back her work from public view, allowing her husband Bruce’s career to take center stage–a common theme for female artists. “No painter, dead or alive, has ever made us more aware of our eyes than Bridget Riley,” art critic Robert Melville is quoted saying in 1971.

Source: Forbes April 02, 2022 15:28 UTC