by artherstory | Oct 7, 2023 | News/Blog
Guest post by Suzanne Karr Schmidt, Newberry Library Rarely does a major cultural institution host an exhibition for an artist who is not already represented in its collections. Even more rarely does such an exhibition feature a female artist. When I walked into the...
by Erika Gaffney | Sep 25, 2023 | News/Blog
A modern woman artist returns to Providence, 100 years on Installation view of the Esther Pressoir “pod” now on view at RISD Museum, Providence, RI One century after attaining her art degree, Esther Estelle Pressoir (1902–1986) returns to the Rhode Island...
by artherstory | Aug 12, 2023 | News/Blog
Guest post by Kristen Marchetti, Cole Fellow 2022–2023 Sarah Cole (1805–1857) was an accomplished American artist known for her paintings, etchings, and drawings. Like her brother Thomas Cole, an influential figure in the Hudson River School, she worked in...
by artherstory | Aug 8, 2023 | News/Blog
Guest post by Julie Nash Left: Mary Stevenson Cassatt, On a Balcony, c. 1878–1879. Oil on canvas, 89.9 × 65.2 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge in memory of her aunt, Delia Spencer Field. 1938.18. Photo courtesy The Art Institute of...
by Erika Gaffney | Jul 18, 2023 | News/Blog
Historic and contemporary female landscape artists in conversation Installation photo of the “Barstow’s Creative Process” wall in the New Studio; author photo. Women Reframe American Landscape at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site (TCNHS) in...
by Erika Gaffney | Jul 12, 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 second quarter of this calendar year. Each description is drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website. Do you know of...