by artherstory | Sep 23, 2025 | News/Blog
Guest post by Howard Burton, author and documentary filmmaker One of the great advantages in dedicating an entire film to one particular painting is that it gives you ample opportunity to take a lingering, comprehensive look at the surrounding historical context in...
by artherstory | Sep 1, 2025 | News/Blog
Guest post by Maria Ausherman, teacher, author and independent scholar Happy birthday to three American women sculptors who were born in September: Emma Stebbins (1815–1882), Anne Whitney (1821–1915), and Vinnie Ream (1847–1914)! Emma Stebbins Emma Stebbins, born...
by artherstory | Aug 19, 2025 | News/Blog
Guest post by Stephanie Dickey, art historian Feature image: Rachel Ruysch, Still Life with Flowers, 1709, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Promised Gift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterlo, in support of the Center for Netherlandish Art Picture this. The year is...
by Erika Gaffney | Aug 12, 2025 | News/Blog
Guest post by Andrea Sluder West Studio Portrait of Susan H. Bradley, ca. 1889-95; Private collection, Courtesy of the Descendants of Susan H. Bradley A prolific watercolorist, minister’s wife, and charming socialite, American painter Susan H. Bradley (1851–1929) was...
by Erika Gaffney | Jul 29, 2025 | News/Blog
Each year Art Herstory offers a new holiday card design, which features (of course!) a work by a woman artist. This year, with our seventh holiday card, we expand on the botanical art theme. The 2025 holiday card reproduces “Calla and Poincetha” by...
by artherstory | Jul 22, 2025 | News/Blog
Guest post by Olivia Turner, curatorial assistant, Meadows Museum, Dallas One of the finest art collections in the southeastern United States, the Kimbell Art Museum is committed to expanding its holdings of art by women. Today, we’ll be focusing on the five...
