by artherstory | Sep 15, 2026 | News/Blog
Guest post by C.J. Denton, author of La Pittura There is a version of Artemisia Gentileschi that has become very familiar. She is young. She has survived a brutal assault and the arguably crueler ordeal of a public trial. She paints Judith leaning over Holofernes,...
by Erika Gaffney | Aug 30, 2026 | News/Blog
Each year Art Herstory offers a new holiday card design, which features (of course!) a work by a historic woman artist. Our recent holiday cards reproduce art by 19th- or 20th-century artists; in many cases, the theme is botanical. This year, for the image on our...
by Erika Gaffney | Aug 1, 2026 | News/Blog
Here we list children’s books about women artists—from the distant past to the present—published in 2025 or later. Each description is drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website. If you know of other titles that should be on this list, please let us know by...
by Erika Gaffney | Jun 16, 2026 | News/Blog
Just in time for summer reading, we present a list of recent fiction books about specific, mostly historic women artists—from the distant past to the 21st century. This post includes novels published from 2018, the year of Art Herstory’s inception, to the...
by artherstory | Apr 11, 2026 | News/Blog
Guest post by Jane Salvage, nurse, activist and author Midwives in art and legend Giotto’s fresco of Jesus’ birth is a Christmas card favorite. All the familiar figures are there. But have you ever noticed the two women bathing and swaddling the baby? They are...
