by wpengine | Mar 10, 2023 | News/Blog
Guest post by Margaretta S. Frederick, Delaware Art Museum Figure 1. Marie Spartali Stillman, The Last Sight of Fiammetta, 1876. Watercolour, bodycolour and gum arabic, 82 x 62 cm. Bonhams, 21 September 2022, lot #50. A Long-Lost Painting Reappears In fall...
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 | Mar 26, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Helen Draper, independent scholar and author Mary Beale, Self-portrait with husband Charles & son Bartholomew, c.1659–60, oil on canvas, Geffrye Museum. Detail, head of the artist. This week, in March 1633, clergyman John Cradock DD...