by artherstory | Jun 6, 2024 | News/Blog
Guest post by Hannah Lyons, Curator of the Art Collection, the University of Reading Feature image. Bust-length portrait of a young woman, head turned to the right, by Minnie Jane Hardman, c. 1884–89. The University of Reading Art Collection. On 13 March 1883, the...
by artherstory | May 16, 2024 | News/Blog
Guest post by Amy Lim, Curator of the Faringdon Collection, Buscot Park, Oxfordshire Introduction The Tate Britain exhibition Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain, 1520–1920 (16 May–13 October 2024) examines the ways in which women artists navigated a...
by artherstory | 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...