Den kvinnliga konstnärens övergång från amatör till professionell i Italien under början av 1900-talet. : De första kvinnliga utställningarna och en studie om Tyra Kleens nätverksrelation i Rom.

Sammanfattning: The essay describes the transition of female artists from amateur to professional through an analysis of female participation in professional exhibitions during the early 20th century in Italy. Specifically, it examines the history of the Società delle Artiste, the group of pioneers who want to identify themselves in the field of professional art, and the first two exclusively women's international exhibitions organized in Italy. Furthermore, this study contains the analysis of part of the Swedish artist Tyra Kleen's correspondence with two exponents of the Italian cultural elite, Arnaldo Cervesato and Sibilla Aleramo. The method of analysis used is discourse analysis in combination with Pierre Bourdieu's theory of cultural fields.The study identifies the factors behind the change in the status of female artists in Italy as a product of the influence of the phenomenon of female associations as promoters of the "new woman" and her social positioning as a useful and functional element in general modern renewal. The analysis of Tyra Kleen's correspondence confirms the importance of the relational network required for a female artist in Italy to establish herself and identifies the connections to the sphere of women's associations.