by Erika Gaffney | Jul 30, 2019 | News/Blog
Agneta (or Agnes) Blok, Dutch Mennonite art collector and horticulturalist, as Flora Batava on a commemorative medal by Jan Boskam, 1700. Wikipedia. The organizers seek proposals for papers to fill out an RSA panel (or panels) titled Early...
by Erika Gaffney | Jul 28, 2019 | News/Blog
There also have been many experienced women in the field of painting who are still renowned in our time, and who could compete with men. Among them, one excels exceptionally, Judith Leyster, called “the true Leading star in art.” —Theodore...
by wpengine | Jul 20, 2019 | News/Blog
Thoughts on the MIA’s Exhibition of Native American Women Artists Guest post by Elizabeth Sutton, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Northern Iowa A Nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground. Then it is finished,...
by wpengine | Jun 26, 2019 | News/Blog
Guest post by Julia Dabbs, Associate Professor of Art History, University of Minnesota, Morris A very laudable goal of Erika Gaffney’s wonderful Art Herstory note cards is to help inform a broader audience about the achievements of historical women artists. But how...
by Erika Gaffney | Jun 3, 2019 | News/Blog
A Birthday Tribute to “the Amsterdam Pallas” Posy of flowers, with a red admiral butterfly, on a marble ledge, c. 1700, by Rachel Ruysch. Private collection; source, Wikimedia. Three hundred fifty-five years ago on this day, June 3, Rachel Ruysch was...
