by Erika Gaffney | Dec 27, 2023 | News/Blog
Great news: in terms of museum exhibitions, 2024 is shaping up to be exciting for women artists from early modernity through the present. Here, though, we focus (almost) exclusively on women artists from the Renaissance to the early 20th century. Keep checking back;...
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 Erika Gaffney | Dec 28, 2022 | News/Blog
Maria Hadfield Cosway has recently closed at the Fondazione Maria Cosway. On January 15, Sofonisba—History’s Forgotten Miracle closes at Nivaagaards Malerisamling and Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature closes at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. What do fans of...
by wpengine | Dec 12, 2019 | News/Blog
Guest post by Carol M. Cram, Founder, Art in Fiction The Sisters, 1869, by Berthe Morisot. Held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Women have painted for centuries, so why don’t we know more about history’s female artists? Fortunately, several major...
by wpengine | Sep 17, 2019 | News/Blog
Guest post by Paula Butterfield, author of La Luministe and other works of historical fiction Berthe Morisot, Woman at Her Toilette, 1875/80. Art Institute of Chicago. Years after their brief affair, musician Evans Herman wrote a nostalgic poem for Joan...
