“In this painting, Dumas triumphantly demonstrates a formal mastery of the woman’s body while simultaneously ... Marlene Dumas was born in 1953 in Cape Town, South Africa, is based in the ...

Dumas began painting in 1973. Her work reflects her political concerns and reflections on her identity as a white woman of Afrikaans descent in South Africa. “At a very, very early stage her ...

South African painter Marlene Dumas (71) has made history, claiming the title of the most expensive painting sold by a living woman artist at an auction. Dumas' 1997 work of art titled Miss ...