by Erika Gaffney | Jul 10, 2022 | News/Blog
Here we list all the new books about women artists—from the past, and also from the present—that have come to our attention, published in the second quarter of this calendar year. Each description is drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website. If you know of...
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 | Apr 5, 2022 | News/Blog
Blurbs compiled by Ceci Williams, Art Herstory Intern Here we list all the new books about women artists—from the past, and also from the present—that have come to our attention, published in the first quarter of this calendar year. Each description is drawn from...
by wpengine | Feb 8, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Nina Reid, MA student of Art History, University of Amsterdam Today marks the 255-year anniversary of the death of flower painter Catharina Backer (Amsterdam 1689–Leiden 1766). She grew up surrounded by her father’s great art collection and was spoon-fed...
by wpengine | Jan 26, 2021 | News/Blog
Maria Sibylla Merian’s Artistic Entomology Guest post by Kay Etheridge, Gettysburg College; with translations from German by Michael Ritterson Portrait of Maria Sibylla Merian at 32, 1679, attributed to Jacob Marrel. Kunstmuseum, Basel....
