Women in the Arts

Schwartz’s digital films came decades before CGI was commonplace.

Youngblood’s work often explored the lives of the “Big Mamas” who raised her.

Flack’s realistic work bucked the trend of abstract expressionism in the 1950s and ‘60s.

She wrote the award-winning children’s book “Tar Beach,” based on one of her quilts.

She won Tony Awards for “The Rink” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman.”

She released her first album just before she turned 90.

She was Pulitzer Prize-nominated for “Painting Churches” and “Pride’s Crossing.”

She had other soap opera roles in “All My Children” and “Another World.”

She won Best Actress Oscars for “Women in Love” and “A Touch of Class.”

Her 1964 painting “Paloma à la Guitare” sold for $1.3 million in 2021.