by Erika Gaffney | Oct 30, 2019 | News/Blog
Vase of Flowers, n.d., by Mary Moser. Source, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK. When Britain’s Royal Academy was founded in 1769, there were two women among the thirty-six founding members—Angelica Kauffman (also known as Maria Anna Angelika...
by Erika Gaffney | Oct 8, 2019 | News/Blog
A new show opens this week, featuring works by highly successful female artists in the 17th- and early 18th-century Netherlands A Still Life of Lilies, Roses, Iris, Pansies, Columbine, Love-in-a-Mist, Larkspur & other Flowers in a Glass Vase on a Table Top,...
by Erika Gaffney | Oct 5, 2019 | News/Blog
View of the Princeton University Art Museum Store; source, PUAM website. We are delighted to have Art Herstory represented at the Princeton University Art Museum Store. When you visit the Princeton campus, please make it a point to stop by this fine museum. While you...
by Erika Gaffney | Sep 13, 2019 | News/Blog
This month yields a bumper crop of new books about history’s women artists from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. We list those that have come to our attention, quoting the publisher’s description. If you know of other titles that should be on this...
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...
