by Erika Gaffney | Jun 16, 2026 | News/Blog
Just in time for summer reading, we present a list of recent fiction books about specific, mostly historic women artists—from the distant past to the 21st century. This post includes novels published from 2018, the year of Art Herstory’s inception, to the...
by artherstory | Jun 11, 2026 | News/Blog
Guest post by Gurpreet Sihat, art writer The history of Mughal painting is usually told through the names of great male artists. But look closer, and a small group of women emerge from the spaces between them. The seventeenth-century Muraqqa-e-Gulshan, an imperial...
by Erika Gaffney | May 12, 2026 | News/Blog
Julia McEntee Dillon and Blanche Lazzell by Erika Gaffney, Art Herstory Founder Left: Bouquet in Chinese Jar, c. 1910, by Julia McEntee Dillon; Friends of Historic KingstonRight: The White Petunia, block cut 1932, printed 1954, by Blanche Lazzell;...
by Erika Gaffney | Apr 29, 2026 | News/Blog
Here we list all the new books about women artists—from the past, and also from the present—that have come to our attention, published in the first quarter of 2026. Each description is drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website. Do you know of other titles that...
by artherstory | Apr 11, 2026 | News/Blog
Guest post by Jane Salvage, nurse, activist and author Midwives in art and legend Giotto’s fresco of Jesus’ birth is a Christmas card favorite. All the familiar figures are there. But have you ever noticed the two women bathing and swaddling the baby? They are...
by artherstory | Apr 3, 2026 | News/Blog
Guest post by Kristin Bluemel, Monmouth University Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980) is one of twentieth-century Britain’s most reclusive and most impactful woman artists. She specialized in the print art of wood engraving, which she joined to the commercial business of...
