The Rise and Diversity of Women's Art: A Study on Self-Expression in Art

In the middle of the 20th century, with the rise of the feminist movement and the continuous development of society, feminism gradually received attention. The artistic creation associated with it also developed, and people noticed the value of it. The status of female artists is gradually rising. The art is gradually diversifying. In this field of artistic creation, female artists have finally gained a place in the field of art according to their own research and efforts. According to their own unique aesthetic value and emotion, female artists give play to their unique artistic talent, breaking the inertia of male dominance in traditional art, and showing the creativity of female art. Through the introduction of the development of women's art from the 1960s to the present, this paper analyzes the characteristics and styles of women's art in different historical periods through the self-expression in women's art works and the maternal image in women's art works. Furthermore, it concludes the differences between them and male creators in art, so as to judge the new direction of contemporary female art to be developed.