Illuminating Sarah Cole

Guest post by Kristen Marchetti, Cole Fellow 2022–2023 Sarah Cole (1805–1857) was an accomplished American artist known for her paintings, etchings, and drawings. Like her brother Thomas Cole, an influential figure in the Hudson River School, she worked in...

New Books About Women Artists | Apr–June 2023

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. Do you know of...

Susie M. Barstow: Redefining the Hudson River School

Guest post by Nancy Siegel, Towson University Figure 1. Susie Barstow Skelding, Photograph of Susie M. Barstow in her Brooklyn Studio, 1891, 5 x 7 in. Private Collection.  An artist of the Hudson River School, Susanna (Susie) Moore Barstow (1836–1923) was raised...