Episode 65: Artist Romaine Brooks and the Lesbian Gaze

Romaine Brooks, “White Azaleas,” 1910
Romaine Brooks, “Self-Portrait,” 1923

The art of expatriate American painter Romaine Brooks cannot be separated from her life as woman and a lesbian. Come into her world through her painting White Azaleas.

Image Credits: Smithsonian Museum: https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/brooks