by wpengine | May 19, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Katherine Manthorne, The Graduate Center, CUNY On this day—May 19th—in 1834 the best-selling female artist and illustrator in post-Civil War United States was born. A native of Salem, Massachusetts, Fidelia Bridges (1834–1923) forged an artistic career...
by wpengine | Mar 19, 2021 | News/Blog
Blurbs compiled by Ceci Williams, Art Herstory Intern Here we list all the new publications about women artists that have come to our attention, published in the first quarter of this calendar year. Each description is drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website....
by wpengine | Mar 16, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Anita Viola Sganzerla, Curator Angelica Kauffman RA (1741–1807) was one of the most distinguished and successful women artists of her time. Educated, talented, sophisticated, attractive, she charmed the art world, fellow artists, and patrons alike. From...
by Erika Gaffney | Mar 13, 2021 | News/Blog
Coinciding with International Women’s Day 2021, the Rijksmuseum puts works by women artists on permanent display in its most prominent gallery Gallery caption: Staff hang work by Judith Leyster, Gesina ter Borch, and Rachel Ruysch in the Rijksmuseum’s...
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....
