Rachel Ruysch at Munich’s Alte Pinakothek

by Erika Gaffney, Art Herstory Founder Outdoor signage at Alte Pinakothek, Munich, for Rachel Ruysch: Nature into Art. Author photo. The world has waited a very long time—300 years, give or take—for the first monographic exhibition of the Amsterdam-based flower...

Discovering Early Modern Women Artists in Iberia

Guest post by Cathy Hall-van den Elsen, Independent scholar Researching the life and work of the Spanish sculptor Luisa Roldán has been a lifelong endeavor. In 2020, as Covid set in and I waited for the publication of my book Luisa Roldán, I wondered about other...

Louise Moillon: A Pioneering Painter of Still Life

Guest post by Lesley Stevenson, London Metropolitan University Louise Moillon, Basket of Damsons, 1629, private collection; source, Wikipedia Lowizo de Molyne, Lousea Mullon, Loweza Mollon: who was Louise Moillon? On the second floor of the Louvre Museum is...