Masterpiece Story: The Ten Largest by Hilma af Klint
Hilma af Klint was a Swedish abstract artist who was way ahead of her time. She might just be the first abstract painter in Western modern art...
Jinnie Stork 23 March 2025
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Masterpiece Story: Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. IV by Georgia O’Keeffe
Georgia O’Keeffe is one of the greatest female artists of the early 20th century. She could also be considered the mother of American Modernism.
James W Singer 23 March 2025
The Dreamlike, Queer, and Femme Paintings of Marie Laurencin
Most art fans know the names of the male avant-garde artists in the early 1900s, but fewer people know of the women who mastered the craft. Marie...
Guest Author 21 March 2025
Masterpiece Story: Portrait of Virginia Woolf by Vanessa Bell
Rebellious, creative and productive. Three of the so many adjectives to depict the two very intelligent artists sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia...
Merve Parla 21 March 2025
The Love of Ida Rubinstein and Romaine Brooks
Being a bisexual woman at the beginning of the 20th century was difficult. They were looked down on, they were scorned and discussed behind their...
Magda Michalska 21 March 2025
The Divine Sarah: Sarah Bernhardt, The First Artist Superstar
While we are all familiar with celebrity culture and can recognize all of the Kardashians by their silhouettes, the idea of ‘celebrity’ is not a...
Wendy Gray 21 March 2025
Lee Miller—Photographer of the Extremes
Lee Miller (1907–1977) was a fashion and war photographer, a model, a muse, and a gourmet cook. She lived life to the fullest with all its bright...
Joanna Kaszubowska 20 March 2025
13 Groundbreaking Female Photographers
Quickly, how many female photographers can you name? Unfortunately probably not as many as their male counterparts. We are here to change that! Women...
Ruxi Rusu, Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 20 March 2025
Kiyohara Tama or Eleonora Ragusa: An Amazing Story About a Japanese Female Painter in Sicily
When tracing Japanese art stories in Europe, we found out about this exquisite female painter. Kiyohara Tama or Otama (later known as Eleonora...
Magda Michalska 20 March 2025
(Sur)reality in the Photography of Kati Horna
Kati Horna (1912-2000) photographed both the real world and the surreal. She was a modern photographer who used her camera to document a civil war...
Natalia Tiberio 20 March 2025
Redefining the Hudson River School: Susie Barstow’s First-Ever Biography
During her lifetime, the American landscape artist Susie Barstow (1836-1923) was nationally renowned and commercially successful. So why don’t...
Emily Snow 19 March 2025
Ruth Smith: Cold Colors of the Faroe Islands
In celebration of the artistic spirit, we are delighted to present a special feature on a remarkable female artist from the Faroe Islands–Ruth...
Theresa Kohlbeck Jakobsen 19 March 2025
