by Erika Gaffney | Oct 30, 2019 | News/Blog
Vase of Flowers, n.d., by Mary Moser. Source, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK. When Britain’s Royal Academy was founded in 1769, there were two women among the thirty-six founding members—Angelica Kauffman (also known as Maria Anna Angelika...
by Erika Gaffney | Oct 5, 2019 | News/Blog
View of the Princeton University Art Museum Store; source, PUAM website. We are delighted to have Art Herstory represented at the Princeton University Art Museum Store. When you visit the Princeton campus, please make it a point to stop by this fine museum. While you...
by wpengine | Sep 17, 2019 | News/Blog
Guest post by Paula Butterfield, author of La Luministe and other works of historical fiction Berthe Morisot, Woman at Her Toilette, 1875/80. Art Institute of Chicago. Years after their brief affair, musician Evans Herman wrote a nostalgic poem for Joan...
by Erika Gaffney | Sep 13, 2019 | News/Blog
This month yields a bumper crop of new books about history’s women artists from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. We list those that have come to our attention, quoting the publisher’s description. If you know of other titles that should be on this...
by wpengine | Sep 2, 2019 | News/Blog
American University, Washington, DC, 24–25 September 2021 Self-portrait with Easel, 1640s, by Michaelina Wautier (So. Netherlands, 1617–1689). Held in a private collection; source, Wikimedia. Update, May 14, 2020 The Feminist Art History Conference has been postponed,...
