by Erika Gaffney | Jul 9, 2021 | News/Blog
Here we list all the new publications about women artists — from the past, and also from the present — that have come to our attention, published in the second quarter of this calendar year. Each description is drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website. If you...
by wpengine | Jul 5, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Cecilia Gamberini From 2 March 2021 to 25 July 2021, the rooms of Palazzo Reale in Milan are hosting an exhibition devoted to iconic Italian women artists of the Renaissance and Baroque: Le Signore dell’Arte. Storie di donne tra ’500...
by wpengine | Jun 7, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest Post by Isabelle Gapp, Incoming Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto Imagine for a moment a woman clad in reindeer-fur breeches, the coarse hair of the animal hide layered above nutukas (traditional Sámi footwear), while a fur coat,...
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...
