Julia Beck, Nénuphars

You’re in for a sporting good time! We’re celebrating Women’s History Month with a Sweet 16 of artworks for your March Madness bracket picks. Revisit some favorites and discover new ones as you complete your bracket with a selection of paintings in the collection by women artists. Submit your winner by April 7 for a chance to win a Museum-exclusive T-shirt from the Museum Store.

How to complete your bracket

Each one of us connects with art in our own way. Determine your winner for each matchup using the questions below. Share your bracket picks with friends. Are you rooting for the same artwork or are you team rivals? Download your bracket here.

Hint: You can answer these questions without knowing what the artwork is about! But to learn more, we invite you to read the labels or visit mam.org/collection. Pick up a map at the admissions desk and find artworks one through 16 for the most direct path.

Round 1: Sweet 16 The winner of each matchup is the artwork you will most likely visit again.

Round 2: Elite Eight Which artwork from each matchup most aligns with your personality?

Round 3: Final Four Choose the artwork whose artist you want to talk with. What would you ask them?

Round 4: Championship If you could display one artwork in your home to see every day, which would you choose?

Let us know your selection at mam.org/march-madness.

Selected works of art
Joan Mitchell, Untitled, 1960. Oil on canvas. 30 × 30 in. (76.2 × 76.2 cm). Gift of Lynde B. Uihlein M2005.138. Photo by John R. Glembin © Estate of Joan Mitchell
Katy Cowan, (corresponding fluctuations; light and shadow; river) Position, 2019. Oil and enamel paint, and graphite on cast aluminum. 23 1/2 × 17 × 5 in. (59.69 × 43.18 × 12.7 cm). Gift of Barbara and Thomas Ruben M2019.122. Photo by Brian Forrest. Courtesy of the artist and Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles. © Katy Cowan
Susan Rothenberg, Mist from the Chest, 1983. Oil on canvas. 78 × 89 in. (198.12 × 226.06 cm). Gift of Friends of Art M1984.5. Photo by Dedra Walls. © Susan Rothenberg / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Lesley Vance, Untitled, 2019–2020. Oil on linen. 80 × 67 × 1 1/2 in. (203.2 × 170.18 × 3.81 cm). Purchase, with funds from Tony and Sue Krausen, in memory of Reva Shovers M2020.104. Photo by Fredrik Nilsen Studio. Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles. © Lesley Vance
Sylvette David, The Mermaid, n.d. Oil on board. 15 1/8 × 20 1/8 × 1 1/8 in. (38.42 × 51.12 × 2.86 cm). Gift of Anthony Petullo M2012.25. Photo by John R. Glembin. © Lydia Corbett
Sylvia Levine, Untitled, 1987. Oil on board. 8 1/2 × 15 3/4 in. (21.59 × 40.01 cm). Gift of Anthony Petullo M2012.129. Photo by Larry Sanders
Georgia O’Keeffe, Pelvis I, 1944. Oil on canvas. 36 × 30 in. (91.44 × 76.2 cm). Gift of Mrs. Harry Lynde Bradley M1973.609. © 2010 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Helen Frankenthaler, Blue-Fall, 1966. Acrylic on canvas. 89 1/8 × 68 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (226.38 × 173.36 × 3.49 cm). Gift of Mrs. Harry Lynde Bradley M1975.178. © 2010 Helen Frankenthaler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
M. Virginia Hammersmith, Flood, 1939. Oil on Masonite. 36 1/4 × 26 1/2 in. (92.08 × 67.31 cm). Gift of Mrs. Erich Cramer Stern M1973.115. Photo BY John R. Glembin
Kay Sage,
Reflex Arc 1951
Oil on canvas
27 3/4 x 23 in. (70.49 x 58.42 cm)
Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Gerhard D. Straus
M1962.1125 Photo by John R. Glembin
Cecilia Beaux, Olive Bagley, Mrs. Stedman Buttrick and Son John, 1909. Oil on canvas. 33 1/4 × 25 in. (84.46 × 63.5 cm). Gift of Mrs. John D. Bryson M2008.76. Photo by John R. Glembin
Ada Walter Shulz, Motherhood (The Kiss), before 1914. Oil on canvas. 33 × 28 in. (83.82 × 71.12 cm). Gift of Wisconsin Federation of Women’s Clubs, 5th District M1919.4. Photo by John R. Glembin
Julia Beck, Nénuphars, ca. 1890. Oil on canvas. 18 1/8 × 21 5/8 in. (46 × 55 cm). Purchase, with funds from the Lucia K. Stern Trust M2022.24
Norah Neilson Gray, Golden Eyes, 1917. Purchase, with funds from Avis Martin Heller in honor of the Fine Arts Society
Catherine Lusurier, Charlotte-Françoise DeBure, 1776. Oil on canvas. 29 1/2 × 24 in. (74.93 × 60.96 cm). Bequest of Arthur and Noryne Riebs M1959.80. Photo by John R. Glembin
Maria-Theresia Van Thielen, Still Life with Parrot, 1661. Oil on canvas. 21 × 27 in. (53.34 × 68.58 cm) framed: 27 1/2 × 33 3/4 × 3 1/2 in. (69.85 × 85.73 × 8.89 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Schroeder in memory of their parents M1967.41

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Image: Julia Beck, Nénuphars (detail), ca. 1890. Oil on canvas. 18 1/8 × 21 5/8 in. (46 × 55 cm). Purchase, with funds from the Lucia K. Stern Trust M2022.24