by wpengine | Mar 19, 2021 | News/Blog
Blurbs compiled by Ceci Williams, Art Herstory Intern Here we list all the new publications about women artists that have come to our attention, published in the first quarter of this calendar year. Each description is drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website....
by wpengine | Mar 16, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Anita Viola Sganzerla, Curator Angelica Kauffman RA (1741–1807) was one of the most distinguished and successful women artists of her time. Educated, talented, sophisticated, attractive, she charmed the art world, fellow artists, and patrons alike. From...
by wpengine | Mar 9, 2021 | News/Blog
Drawings by Elisabetta Sirani and Properzia de’ Rossi Guest post by Jacqueline Thalmann, Christ Church, Oxford One of Britain’s most important Old Master drawings collections is held in Christ Church, one of Oxford’s largest colleges. Among the almost 2,000...
by wpengine | Mar 2, 2021 | News/Blog
Two Generations of Bolognese Women Artists in the Museum Collection Guest post by Danielle Carrabino, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Smith College Museum of Art Between 2019 and 2020, the Smith College Museum of Art (SCMA) acquired works by two Bolognese artists,...
by wpengine | Feb 23, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Maryse Dekker, student of art history, the University of Amsterdam As the first female student of the Netherlands, Anna Maria van Schurman built quite a reputation as an intellectual in the seventeenth century. She knew multiple ancient and modern...