by Erika Gaffney | Aug 18, 2019 | News/Blog
The National Gallery of Ireland; source, Wikipedia. According to an article published on August 11, 2019 in The Sunday Times of London, the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI) has decided to prioritize the acquisition of works by female artists. The NGI’s decision...
by Erika Gaffney | Aug 7, 2019 | News/Blog
A New Book Announcement Published by Amsterdam University Press, this essay collection features innovative scholarship on women artists and patrons in the Netherlands 1500–1700. Covering painting, printmaking, and patronage, authors highlight the contributions of...
by Erika Gaffney | Jul 30, 2019 | News/Blog
Agneta (or Agnes) Blok, Dutch Mennonite art collector and horticulturalist, as Flora Batava on a commemorative medal by Jan Boskam, 1700. Wikipedia. The organizers seek proposals for papers to fill out an RSA panel (or panels) titled Early...
by Erika Gaffney | Jul 28, 2019 | News/Blog
There also have been many experienced women in the field of painting who are still renowned in our time, and who could compete with men. Among them, one excels exceptionally, Judith Leyster, called “the true Leading star in art.” —Theodore...
by Erika Gaffney | Jul 16, 2019 | News/Blog
Q&A about Judith Leyster (1609–1660), the protagonist of Callaghan’s 2018 novel We notice an exciting new trend in publishing: real women artists from the distant past feature as protagonists in new works of historical fiction, and as subjects of scholarly...
