Dinorá Justice: Mother/Nature

On View: May 5 – June 3, 2023
Reception: Friday, May 5, 5-7pm
In Conversation: Dinorá Justice & Michelle Millar Fisher, Ronald C. and Anita L. Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Thursday, May 11, 5:30pm

“The celebratory energy of my paintings serves to underline my belief that women and nature must be seen as beneficial sources of life, and that the age-old contempt of the patriarchy for everything it deems “weak” wreaks havoc on the planet and all its living creatures.” - Dinorá Justice

Portrait Forty-four - after Matisse's "Reclining Odalisque" (Odalisque with Dogwood Tree)

2021, oil and acrylic on canvas, 38×52”
SOLD

Portrait Fifty-nine - after Ingres' "La Grande Odalisque"

2023, oil on acrylic on canvas, 28.5×38.5”
SOLD

Portrait Fifty-six - after Delacroix's "Women of Algiers" (Large)

2022, oil and acrylic on canvas, 72×72”
SOLD

Portrait Thirty-seven - after Delacroix's "Women of Algiers"

2021, oil and acrylic on canvas, 52×58”
SOLD

Collage 22-01 - after Matisse's "The Dream"

2022, found decorative paper, printed media, hand-marbled paper, pencil, watercolor on paper, 12×9”
SOLD

Portrait Forty-two - after Ingres' "La Grande Odalisque"

2021, oil and acrylic on canvas, 16×18”
SOLD

Portrait Twenty-eight - after Modigliani's "Reclining Nude"

2019, oil and acrylic on canvas, 8×16”
SOLD

Portrait Fifty-eight - after Matisse's "Romanian Blouse" 1937

2023, oil and acrylic on canvas, 14×11”
SOLD

Portrait Forty-six - an Imaginary Portrait of Maria Sibylla Merian after Manet's "Olympia"

2021, oil and acrylic on canvas, 14×14”
SOLD

Portrait Forty-seven - after Matisse's "Reclining Odalisque"

2022, oil and acrylic on canvas, 9×12”
SOLD

Portrait Forty-eight - after Matisse's "Reclining Odalisque"

2022, oil and acrylic on canvas, 9×12”
SOLD

Portrait Forty-nine - after Matisse's "Reclining Odalisque"

2022, oil and acrylic on canvas, 9×12”
SOLD

Portrait Fifty-two - Odalisque with Sun - after Ingres' "La Grande Odalisque"

2022, oil and acrylic on canvas, 38×52”
SOLD

Portrait Fifty-three - after a Matisse Ink Drawing

2022, oil and acrylic on canvas, 20×16”

Portrait Thirty-two - after Matisse's "Reclining Odalisque"

2019, oil and acrylic on canvas, 18×24”

Portrait Fifty-four - after Matisse's "The Dream"

2022, oil and acrylic on canvas, 12×9”
SOLD

Portrait Fifty-seven - after Matisse's "Odalisque with a Turkish Chair" 1928

2022, oil and acrylic on canvas, 24×30”
SOLD

Birds in Flight 22-01

2022, marbling drawing on handmade paper, 26×31”
SOLD

Collage 22-02 - after Manet's "Olympia"

2022, found decorative paper, printed media, hand-marbled paper, pencil, watercolor on paper, 9×12”
SOLD

Dinorá Justice

Justice was the recipient of the Mass Cultural Council Artist Fellowship in Painting in 2022 and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Tufts University Traveling Fellowship in 2020, the latter leading to a solo exhibition of new work at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in November of 2023.

Dinorá Justice: Mother/Nature

Portrait Forty-four - after Matisse's "Reclining Odalisque" (Odalisque with Dogwood Tree)

Portrait Fifty-nine - after Ingres' "La Grande Odalisque"

Portrait Fifty-six - after Delacroix's "Women of Algiers" (Large)

Portrait Thirty-seven - after Delacroix's "Women of Algiers"

Collage 22-01 - after Matisse's "The Dream"

Portrait Forty-two - after Ingres' "La Grande Odalisque"

Portrait Twenty-eight - after Modigliani's "Reclining Nude"

Portrait Fifty-eight - after Matisse's "Romanian Blouse" 1937

Portrait Forty-six - an Imaginary Portrait of Maria Sibylla Merian after Manet's "Olympia"

Portrait Forty-seven - after Matisse's "Reclining Odalisque"

Portrait Forty-eight - after Matisse's "Reclining Odalisque"

Portrait Forty-nine - after Matisse's "Reclining Odalisque"

Portrait Fifty-two - Odalisque with Sun - after Ingres' "La Grande Odalisque"

Portrait Fifty-three - after a Matisse Ink Drawing

Portrait Thirty-two - after Matisse's "Reclining Odalisque"

Portrait Fifty-four - after Matisse's "The Dream"

Portrait Fifty-seven - after Matisse's "Odalisque with a Turkish Chair" 1928

Birds in Flight 22-01

Collage 22-02 - after Manet's "Olympia"

Dinorá Justice

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