Cecilia Beaux in 10 Paintings
American painter Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) cannot be neatly pigeonholed into any artistic category. Rather, she sits at a curious intersection...
Natalia Iacobelli 18 September 2023
Herstory
Vinnie Ream: Should a Teenage Girl Sculpt Abraham Lincoln?
Vinnie Ream became the first woman to win a US government commission for a statue in 1866—at the age of 18! She created a life-sized figure of...
Kathie Manthorne 18 September 2023
Olga Wisinger-Florian: A Woman Floral Painter in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna
For a long time the memory of Viennese flower painter Olga Wisinger-Florian slumbered underneath a duvet of withered petals. Who knew that it was she...
Guest Profile 11 September 2023
Disobedient — A New Novel About Artemisia Gentileschi
Review of Disobedient by Elizabeth Freemantle. A novel about the early life of Baroque Italian artist Artemesia Gentileschi
Candy Bedworth 6 September 2023
Mary Delany’s Flower Collages
Mary Delany was a socialite of 18th-century England. She is known for being one of the earliest members of the Bluestocking Society, but was also an...
Anna Ingram 4 September 2023
The Feminist Artists Who Changed the World
Discovering the trailblazing women who led the way for female talent today.
Guest Profile 3 September 2023
Last Chance to See! Berthe Morisot: Shaping Impressionism
London’s Dulwich Picture Gallery presents Berthe Morisot: Shaping Impressionism, in partnership with the Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris. The first...
Natalia Iacobelli 2 September 2023
5 Women Artists Whose Works Were Misattributed to Men
“Why have there been no great women artists?” continues to be a question that pops up all too often. The response can be succinctly...
Anastasia Tsaleza 28 August 2023
Sarah Lucas in Five Works: British Humor and Sexual Innuendos
With her daring and thought-provoking works, Sarah Lucas challenges social norms and perceptions of gender, sexuality, and identity, earning a...
Carlotta Mazzoli 24 August 2023
Alice Neel: The Story of Defying Convention
Today, Alice Neel is considered one of the greatest portrait painters of the 20th century. As she usually painted her friends, family, neighbors, and...
Gokce Dyson 13 August 2023
Queen Marie Antoinette in Portraits
Marie Antoinette, the final Queen of France and Navarre before the French Revolution, is renowned for numerous portraits that depict her life.
Zuzanna Stańska 10 August 2023
Hanna Hirsch-Pauli: Friendship Goals and Feminism in the 19th-Century Stockholm
Swedish artist Hanna Hirsch-Pauli (1864-1940) is best known for her genre scenes and portraits. She studied at the painting school of August...
Europeana 7 August 2023
