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Masterpiece Story: Girl in a Blue Dress by Gwen John

Discover how artist Gwen John transformed simple compositions into breathtaking glimpses of her complex inner world.

Candy Bedworth 11 October 2026

Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Little Girl in a Blue Armchair by Mary Cassatt

Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker. She lived much of her adult life in France, where she became friends with Edgar Degas...

Zuzanna Stańska 11 October 2026

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QUIZ: Who Painted This? Female Artists Edition

Joanna Kaszubowska 10 October 2026

Women Artists

Rebecca Solomon: Success and Prejudice in the Victorian World

Rebecca Solomon was a Jewish woman who overcame contemporary prejudices to become a successful artist in mid-Victorian London. In 2022, Princeton...

Catriona Miller 9 October 2026

Artist Stories

Broncia Koller-Pinell: An Artist Lost to Time

If you are like me, it is entirely probable that you have never heard of Broncia Koller-Pinell (1863–1934). It has nothing to do with the quality...

Rachel Witte 9 October 2026

Women Artists

Making Meaning: Charlotte Salomon Painting Her Childhood

How can we turn childhood memories into art? Charlotte Salomon did exactly that in Life? or Theatre?, her remarkable series of more than a thousand...

Candy Bedworth 9 October 2026

Laura Knight, Girl at Edge of Cliff, 1917. Women Artists

Laura Knight in 5 Paintings: Capturing the Quotidian

An official war artist and the first woman to be made a dame of the British Empire, Laura Knight reached the top of her profession with her...

Natalia Iacobelli 8 October 2026

OLGA WISINGER-FLORIAN, Summer‘s Evening (Roses in Full Splendor), 1896 © Leopold Private Collection Photo: Leopold Museum, Vienna/Manfred Thumberger Painting

Olga Wisinger-Florian: The Queen of Flower Paintings from Vienna’s Golden Age

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...

Kero Fichter 7 October 2026

Women Artists

Matilda Browne: The Forgotten Female Impressionist Who Transformed American Art

Matilda Browne (1869–1947) was a successful artist painting in the Impressionist style in the early 20th century, but unfortunately, only a few...

Alexandra Kiely 7 October 2026

Kitty Kielland, Summer Night, 1886, oil on canvas, Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, Norway. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Summer Night by Kitty Kielland

Kitty Kielland is one of the many talented female artists that have been erased from modern social consciousness. She was a brilliant painter of...

James W Singer 6 October 2026

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QUIZ: How Much Do You Know about Contemporary Women Artists?

Nikolina Konjevod 3 October 2026

Anne Vallayer-Coster, Still Life with Flowers in an Alabaster Vase and Fruit, 1783, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. Detail. Masterpiece Stories

Masterpiece Story: Still Life with Flowers in an Alabaster Vase and Fruit by Anne Vallayer-Coster

Still Life with Flowers in an Alabaster Vase and Fruit by Anne Vallayer-Coster is a masterpiece of the still-life genre, 18th-century French art, and...

James W Singer 1 October 2026

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