by Erika Gaffney | Mar 21, 2020 | News/Blog
Here we list all the new books about women artists that have come to our attention, published in the first quarter of this year. Descriptions are drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website. If you know of other titles that should be on this list, please let us...
by Erika Gaffney | Mar 8, 2020 | News/Blog
The initial sub-series profiles female artists of the Renaissance and Baroque Allegory of Fame, c. 1630–35, by Artemisia Gentileschi. The Bennett Collection. Illuminating Women Artists, published by London-based publisher Lund Humphries, launches at a critical moment...
by wpengine | Feb 6, 2020 | News/Blog
Guest post by Quentin Buvelot, Senior Curator, Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands In 2012, the Mauritshuis in The Hague managed to acquire a particularly appealing painting by Clara Peeters, Still Life with Cheeses, Almonds and Pretzels (Fig. 1). Fig. 1,...
by Erika Gaffney | Jan 16, 2020 | News/Blog
“Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age” has recently closed at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. On February 2, “A Tale of Two Women Painters” closes at the Prado. So, what do fans of female Old Masters have to look forward to? In a...
by wpengine | Dec 12, 2019 | News/Blog
Guest post by Carol M. Cram, Founder, Art in Fiction The Sisters, 1869, by Berthe Morisot. Held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Women have painted for centuries, so why don’t we know more about history’s female artists? Fortunately, several major...
