Luckily, despite these limitations, women artists continued to push to make space for themselves in the art world.
Florence Wyman Ivins was the first woman artist to have a solo exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1921. Ivins attended The Art Students League in New York City and was best known in the community for her watercolor paintings and drawings for children. She even designed posters for the Met’s “Story Hours for Children” program and the covers for the Children’s Bulletin. Ivins married William Mills Ivins Jr., who worked at the Met for around thirty years.
Following suit, Dahlov Zorach Ipcar made her debut as the first woman to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1939. She was also the youngest artist to be featured, being only 21 years old.