Linda Nochlin, Trailblazing Feminist Art Historian, Dies at 86 Linda Nochlin, the perspicacious art historian who brought feminist thought to bear on the study, teaching, and exhibition of art, reshaping her field, has died, according to people close to her family. She was 86. In 1971, Nochlin earned widespread attention for her landmark essay “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?,” which a