Rosa Bonheur—Practice Makes Perfect

Guest post by Ien G.M. van der Pol, Fem Art Collection To mark the bicentenary of the birth of Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899), Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux and Musée d’Orsay in Paris collaborated to organize an exhibition in her honor. Bordeaux was too far away but on...

Marie Laurencin and the Autonomy of Self-Representation

Guest post by Mary Creed Fig. 1. Marie Laurencin, Self-Portrait, 1906. Colored pencil and pencil on notebook paper. Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris In an attempt to tell a more inclusive story of modern art,...

The Many Faces of Suzanne Valadon

Guest post by Suzanne Singletary, Professor and Associate Dean, Thomas Jefferson University On view at Philadelphia’s Barnes Foundation until January 9, Suzanne Valadon: Model, Painter, and Rebel is the first major retrospective in North America of the...