by artherstory | Jun 6, 2024 | News/Blog
Guest post by Hannah Lyons, Curator of the Art Collection, the University of Reading Feature image. Bust-length portrait of a young woman, head turned to the right, by Minnie Jane Hardman, c. 1884–89. The University of Reading Art Collection. On 13 March 1883, the...
by artherstory | May 28, 2024 | News/Blog
Guest post by Lesley Stevenson, London Metropolitan University Louise Moillon, Basket of Damsons, 1629, private collection; source, Wikipedia Lowizo de Molyne, Lousea Mullon, Loweza Mollon: who was Louise Moillon? On the second floor of the Louvre Museum is...
by artherstory | May 21, 2024 | News/Blog
Guest post by Isabelle Hawkins, Honors student in art history, McGill University The Education of the Virgin, 1680s, by Luisa Roldán. Polychrome paint and wood, 76 x 63 x 43 cm. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. One of the many intriguing pieces on display at Making...
by artherstory | May 16, 2024 | News/Blog
Guest post by Amy Lim, Curator of the Faringdon Collection, Buscot Park, Oxfordshire Introduction The Tate Britain exhibition Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain, 1520–1920 (16 May–13 October 2024) examines the ways in which women artists navigated a...
by artherstory | May 14, 2024 | News/Blog
by Erika Gaffney, Art Herstory Founder There is exciting news from Montreal—the city’s Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is shining a spotlight on early modern European women artists in its collection! Spotlight: Women Artists in the Early Modern European Art...
by artherstory | May 9, 2024 | News/Blog
Guest post by Christopher Fauske, Salem State University Dieppe, by Nancy Sharp, 1955, oil on canvas, 55 x 67cm; private collection Introduction The life and work of British artist Nancy Sharp (1909–2001) coincides almost perfectly with the past century. ...