by artherstory | Oct 31, 2025 | News/Blog
by Erika Gaffney, Art Herstory Founder Installation view of title banner of Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600–1750 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (photo, Kevin Allen) Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600–1750 is the first survey...
by Erika Gaffney | Oct 25, 2025 | News/Blog
Still relevant after 400 years Though we don’t know with certainty in what year sixteenth-century painter Sofonisba Anguissola was born, we know her death date: November 16, 1625. Thus November 2025 marks a significant anniversary, the 400th since the departure...
by Erika Gaffney | Oct 14, 2025 | News/Blog
History’s Dutch and Flemish women artists are having a moment! Currently there are at least three art exhibitions focused on early modern female makers of the Low Countries. Three of these shows incorporate an international traveling component. In addition,...
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...
