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 | Dec 16, 2023 | News/Blog
Guest post by Alessandra Masu, author, journalist and art historian Finally, Italy also has a museum truly open to women artists: Museo Ottocento Bologna. It is a museum dedicated to Bolognese artists (men and women) of nineteenth and twentieth...
by artherstory | Nov 28, 2023 | News/Blog
Thoughts on Maestras at Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza Guest post by Jitske Jasperse, Instituto de Historia, CCHS, Madrid Fig. 1 Nodes of which women artists were part. Displayed on the wall of Maestras, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid. Photo:...
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...