by artherstory | Jun 18, 2024 | News/Blog
Guest post by Ellice Wu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Angelica Kauffman, Self-Portrait, c. 1770–75. Oil on canvas, 74 x 61 cm. Ramsbury Manor Foundation. 2024 is shaping up to be a great year for exhibitions on women artists—and certainly no less...
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 wpengine | Jul 5, 2022 | News/Blog
Guest post by Paris Spies-Gans, Harvard Society of Fellows Although rarely acknowledged or discussed in these terms, the period from 1760 to 1830 was a watershed moment for women artists in Britain and France. In fact, it was in both nations in these exact...
by wpengine | Apr 19, 2022 | News/Blog
Guest post by Heidi A. Strobel, University of North Texas Self-Portrait, c. 1785, by Mary Linwood (British, 1755–1845). Embroidery, 59 x 45.7 cm. Private Collection. Gallery Pioneer In 1809, embroiderer Mary Linwood (1755–1845) opened a gallery in...
by wpengine | Jan 11, 2022 | News/Blog
Guest post by Stephanie Pearson, museums.love In two of the smaller rooms in Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie, some thirty paintings have been assembled into a stimulating special exhibition about the artist Anna Dorothea Therbusch (1721–1782), celebrating the 300th...
