New Books about Women Artists | Oct–Dec 2022

Here we list all the new books about women artists—from the past, and also from the present—that have come to our attention, published in the fourth quarter of 2022. Each description is drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website. If you know of other titles that...

Rosa Bonheur—Practice Makes Perfect

Guest post by Ien G.M. van der Pol, Fem Art Collection To mark the bicentenary of the birth of Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899), Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux and Musée d’Orsay in Paris collaborated to organize an exhibition in her honor. Bordeaux was too far away but on...

Evelyn De Morgan: Painting Truth and Beauty

Guest post by Sarah Hardy, the De Morgan Foundation Mary Evelyn De Morgan, née Pickering, was born in London on 30 August 1855 to very well-to-do parents. Her mother, Anna, was the daughter of Walter Spencer-Stanhope of Cannon Hall in Yorkshire, and her father...