by wpengine | Apr 11, 2023 | News/Blog
Guest post by Nelleke de Vries, Rijksmuseum Twenthe From 11 February until 11 June 2023, Rijksmuseum Twenthe hosts the exhibition Sofonisba Anguissola: Portraitist of the Renaissance, on the noblewoman and artist Sofonisba Anguissola (c. 1532–1625). This is the...
by artherstory | Mar 25, 2023 | News/Blog
Guest post by Thomas Cooper, University of Cambridge Figure 1: Portrait photograph of May Morris by George Charles Beresford, 1909–10. William Morris Gallery, P644. On this day, one hundred years ago in 1923, the Arts and Crafts luminary May Morris (1862–1938;...
by artherstory | Mar 10, 2023 | News/Blog
Guest post by Margaretta S. Frederick, Delaware Art Museum Figure 1. Marie Spartali Stillman, The Last Sight of Fiammetta, 1876. Watercolour, bodycolour and gum arabic, 82 x 62 cm. Bonhams, 21 September 2022, lot #50. A Long-Lost Painting Reappears In fall...
by artherstory | Mar 6, 2023 | News/Blog
Guest post by Erika Piola, Library Company of Philadelphia Figure 1. Sarah Mapps Douglass, “A token of love from me, to thee,” c. 1833. Watercolor and gouache. Amy Matilda Cassey Album, Library Company of Philadelphia. At her death in 1882,...
by Erika Gaffney | Jan 18, 2023 | 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 fourth quarter of 2022. Each description is drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website. If you know of other titles that...
by artherstory | Dec 29, 2022 | News/Blog
Guest post by Ien G.M. van der Pol, Fem Art Collection To mark the bicentenary of the birth of Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899), Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux and Musée d’Orsay in Paris collaborated to organize an exhibition in her honor. Bordeaux was too far away but on...
