by wpengine | May 19, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Katherine Manthorne, The Graduate Center, CUNY On this day—May 19th—in 1834 the best-selling female artist and illustrator in post-Civil War United States was born. A native of Salem, Massachusetts, Fidelia Bridges (1834–1923) forged an artistic career...
by Erika Gaffney | May 17, 2021 | News/Blog
In a previous Art Herstory post, we highlighted one dozen women artists from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. At the time, we noted that the twelve painters and sculptors in that list represented only a small percentage of female makers of centuries...
by wpengine | May 8, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Alexandra Kiely, independent art historian An American painter and sculptor of animals, flowers, and landscapes, Matilda Browne (1869–1947) was celebrated during her lifetime but forgotten quickly afterwards. She has long been overdue for a revival, and...
by wpengine | Apr 26, 2021 | News/Blog
Theme: Women in the Arts, Architecture & Literature. Heritage, Legacy & Digital Perspectives. Organizers: Drs. Consuelo Lollobrigida (University of Arkansas-Rome Center) & Carla Rossi (University of Zurich, Research Centre for European Philological...
by wpengine | Apr 25, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Suzanne M. Scanlan, Rhode Island School of Design A yellowing, jagged-edged drawing simply titled “Sally,” by the American artist Esther Pressoir, gives us an intimate view of an unguarded moment. Perched on the arm of a wood-framed chair, the eponymous...
by Erika Gaffney | Apr 20, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Jacqueline Thalmann, Christ Church, Oxford I recently wrote an Art Herstory guest post about two drawings by Elisabetta Sirani—a Self-Portrait and a Head of a Madonna. This took me back to the fascinating subject of self-portraiture,...
