by Erika Gaffney | Oct 27, 2024 | News/Blog
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 third quarter of this calendar year. Each description is drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website. Do you know of other...
by Erika Gaffney | Oct 12, 2024 | News/Blog
Here we list children’s books about women artists—from the distant past to the present—published from around the time of Art Herstory’s launch. Each description is drawn from the blurb on the publisher’s website. If you know of other titles that should be...
by artherstory | Jun 30, 2024 | News/Blog
Guest post by Rowena Loverance, independent scholar, London Sylvia Shaw Judson was a professional sculptor who specialized in depicting children and animals. In midlife, however, she became a Quaker, and her career took a dramatic turn. Quaker women artists: the...
by artherstory | Mar 29, 2024 | News/Blog
Guest post by Sandy Rattley, Audacious Women Productions Augusta Savage working on an animal sculpture. Courtesy of the National Archives_1935–1947. Augusta Savage is an amazing woman who undoubtedly fits the description of “audacious,” as she overcame countless odds...
by Erika Gaffney | Nov 30, 2023 | News/Blog
Outdoor and indoor signage for the Making Her Mark exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Author photos. How to characterize an art exhibition as sweeping and ambitious as Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400–1800? The first term that...
