Review of the female figure in Modern Spain through her representation in painting

Abstract

Art, in this case paint, is a historical source that allows the study of the situation of women in certain historical contexts. No piece of art is created innocently; moreover, the perspective of the person who creates it conditions it. Painting, in its vitality dimension, comprises an aesthetic response to a reality in which consciously or unconsciously the identity of the artist, political, social and economic space infer. Something similar happens with the repetition of topics and models of representation, which do not refer to mere fashions, mostly because they are generated in a given society. Therefore, through the analysis of works that feature women, the objective is to show female models prevailing in Spain in the 1920s, as well as the importance of the perspective of the artist, both male and female, when representing female figures. While male artists continue using women as objects of representation, women use art as a means of protest, portraying themselves as creative subjects