by wpengine | Nov 16, 2019 | News/Blog
Guest post by Ann Golob, Researcher, Advancing Women Artists The eighteenth century was a time of tremendous change in Florence, Italy. Politically, the Medici era was coming to an end and the basic infrastructure of the city was in a state of decline. Florence—like...
by artherstory | Nov 10, 2019 | News/Blog
Thoughts on the marquee event of the Museo del Prado’s 200th-anniversary celebration Guest post by Natasha Moura, Madrid-based art blogger, educator, writer and cultural manager The exhibition A Tale of Two Women Painters just opened at the Museo del Prado in...
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...
