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Art historical writing was predominantly concerned with male artists whose activities were documented and commented on from the patriarchal point of view and evaluated by masculine criteria.
While traditional artistic conventions associated with academic values were challenged and rejected by avant-garde, the situation of women artists did not change in any radical way. Feminists claim that the academic canon was merely replaced by modern canon. This led the feminist movement to begin to question the value system of the modern canon.
Feminist art history further reveals the extent to which women's access to artistic education was restricted. At the same time, however, it appears that opportunities for women to study, practice and exhibit were gradually increasing. This trend intensified at the turn of the twentieth century in Europe with the growth of private academies, especially in Paris, offering women facilities to study art.