Quiz Time! How Well Do You Know Early Modern Women Painters?
Alexandra Kiely 8 June 2024
Women Artists
5 Greatest Baroque Female Painters
These five Baroque female painters greatly impacted art: Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Leyster, Giovanna Garzoni, Lavinia Fontana, and Mary Beale.
Anna Ingram 6 June 2024
Elizabeth Blackadder’s Cosy Cats
The delicate cat paintings of Scottish artist Elizabeth Blackadder are an absolute delight. Take a closer look at her feline friends!
Candy Bedworth 4 June 2024
Discover Slavic Art Deco – The Story of Zofia Stryjeńska
Zofia Stryjeńska was a prominent Polish artist active during the interwar period. Known as the “Lady of Polish Art,” she gained...
Katarzyna Waszak 30 May 2024
The Practical Side of Modernism – Aino Aalto
Aino Marsio-Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. She was also the wife of Alvar Aalto, which might be why you haven’t heard about her. The...
Joanna Kaszubowska 29 May 2024
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun Travels Across Europe
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was a French portrait painter working in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. While her subject matter and color palette...
Natalia Iacobelli 28 May 2024
Masterpiece Story: Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
Why is art history predominantly focused on male artists? Are there not enough female artists to fill textbooks? Of course, there are enough, but the...
James W Singer 28 May 2024
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun and Amazing Women in Her Portraits
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun and women in her portraits should be a reference for every art-lover. The French painter – also known as Madame Le Brun...
Pola Otterstein 28 May 2024
The Miniature Rooms of Narcissa Niblack Thorne
The Thorne miniature rooms are the brainchild of Narcissa Thorne, who crafted them between 1932 and 1940 on a 1:12 scale. Incredibly detailed and...
Maya M. Tola 27 May 2024
Vanitas and Women Artists: A Brief of Mortality
Vanitas is an art genre that flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries, especially in the Netherlands. The term originates from the Latin word for...
Errika Gerakiti 23 May 2024
