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Celebrating women artists, past & present. Visit http://artherstory.net! Instagram, artherstorynotes. Online store at https://artherstory.net/shop/

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 5h ago

Portrait of a Gentleman, 1708, by #TeresaDelPo (Italian, 1649-1713), who died #otd, Aug 5. Held by Museo di Capodimonte; source, www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... #womenartists #artherstory

An oval-shaped bust-length depiction in pastel of a white man with long, poufy powdered white hair (a wig?), wearing an elaborate white cravat under a pale-colored jacket with darker decorative trim around the neckline and down the front. His body points toward the right side of the work (as the viewer sees it) but he turns slightly toward his right so that the viewer has almost a full view of his face.

Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · last yr.

Magdalene in Ecstasy, n.d., by #TeresaDelPo (Italian, 1649-1713), who died #otd, Aug 5. Private collection? Source, artnet.com/artists/tere... #womenartists #artherstory

A silverpoint, watercolor on parchment drawing in a gold oval frame of a pale-skinned woman with very long hair sitting on rocks in the wilderness, next to a tree. She gazes upward, lifting her outstreched arms, at the faint outline of an angel.

Francesca @francescagdesnoyer.bsky.social · 10h ago

Tal día como hoy 5 de agosto 👇 @francescmrotger.bsky.social @maneltrenchs.bsky.social @lserrat77.bsky.social @artherstory.bsky.social @mdstamper.bsky.social @cactusian.bsky.social

Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · yesterday

Let's Get It On: The Wearable Art of Betye Saar May 30 – August 22, 2026 Roberts Projects www.robertsprojectsla.com/exhibitions/...

Let's Get It On: The Wearable Art of Betye Saar - Exhibitions - Roberts Projects LA

Roberts Projects is Los Angeles-based contemporary art gallery representing artists across multiple generations of internationally recognized, established artists as well as emerging artists including...

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · yesterday

Arctium lappa (?) with Noctua comes, n.d., by #MariaSibyllaMerian (German; 1647–1717). Held at the Fitzwilliam Museum, data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/4825 #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory

A watercolor drawing portraying the complete life cycle of the Lesser Yellow Underwing moth (Noctua comes) interacting with its ecological host, likely the Greater Burdock (Arctium lappa).

Francesca @francescagdesnoyer.bsky.social · yesterday

Tal día como hoy 4 de agosto 👇 @francescmrotger.bsky.social @maneltrenchs.bsky.social @lserrat77.bsky.social @artherstory.bsky.social @mdstamper.bsky.social @cactusian.bsky.social

Joven con palomas, s/d
Tal día como hoy 4 de agosto de 1848 nació la pintora francesa Jeanne Bôle (1848-1918)

Mossy River, Virgina, EEUU, s/d
Tal día como hoy 4 de agosto de 1848 nació la pintora germana Bertha von Hillern ( 1857-1939)

El juicio de Nuremberg, 1946
Tal día como hoy 4 de agosto de 1848 nació la pintora británica Laura Knight (1877- 1970)

Ciudad de Cobalt, Ontario 1931
Tal día como hoy 4 de agosto de 1848 nació la pintora canadiense Yvonne McKague Housser (1897–1996)

Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 2d ago

Upcoming exhibition on Artemisia Gentileschi in Florence at the Museo degli Innocenti, though not much information about it yet

Artemisia Gentileschi in Florence

From October 21, 2026, to April 4, 2027, the Museo degli Innocenti , for the first time, an extraordinary exhibition dedicated to Artemisia Gentileschi’s Florentine period.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 2d ago

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#Watermelon, pumpkin and cucumber, 1950s, by #EnidMarx (British, 1902-1998). Held by Compton Verney, https://www.comptonverney.org.uk/works/watermelon-pumpkin-and-cucumber/ #NationalWatermelonDay #ar...

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 2d ago

Watermelon, pumpkin and cucumber, 1950s, by #EnidMarx (British, 1902-1998). Held by Compton Verney, www.comptonverney.org.uk/works/waterm... #NationalWatermelonDay #artherstory #womenartists

A 3-color linocut still life of the fruits named in the artwork’s title. Honestly, to this American eye they look more like watermelon, cantaloupe and zucchini. The texture of the background mirrors the texture of the cantaloupe/pumpkin. Although this is a linocut on paper, the depiction of the fruits is textured in such a way as to give it a textile vibe.

Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 2d ago

Enid Marx: the maverick textile artist who changed tube commutes for ever by Joanna Moorhead for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Enid Marx: the maverick textile artist who changed tube commutes for ever

Her fabric designs jazzed up the London Underground and though Queen Elizabeth II rejected her idea for a stamp, her work made a permanent cultural imprint, as a new exhibition reveals

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 2d ago

A Slice of #Watermelon, 1825, by #SarahMiriamPeale (American, 1800-85). Held by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art; source, www.pubhist.com/w11357 #NationalWatermelonDay #artherstory #womenartists

A still life painting of two slices of watermelon on a wooden ledge. One of the slices sits on a white plate with decoration in blue around the rim. The other sits directly on the wooden surface, mostly, with one end disappearing behind the first slice.

Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · last yr.

Still life with #watermelon and grapes, c. 1670, by #JosefaDeÓbidos (#JosefaDeAyalaFigueira; Portuguese, ca. 1630–1684). Held by Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jo... #NationalWatermelonDay #womenartists #artherstory

A horizontally long still life painting of fruits and flowers. At the left side (as the viewer sees it) is a shallow white bowl containing pears, green grapes and watermelon split open to show white fruit and blackseeds. At the right is a white plate on which sits a pile of apples and pears. Both dishes sit on a wooden ledge. In the left bottom corner are two figs, sitting on the ledge. Between the two dishes are two white jasmine flowers.

Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · last yr.

Anguria citrullus (former scientific name for #watermelon), 1709, by #MariaSibyllaMerian (German, 1647–1717), engraved by Pieter Sluiter. Held by MA Horticultural Society Lib; source, Digital Commonwealth, www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commo... #NationalWatermelonDay #womenartists #artherstory

A vertically rectangular print depicting a watermelon on a vine, on which sits a moth. A caterpillar crawls on the upper side of the watermelon rind. Some kind of egg sits near the top of the fruit, close to where it attaches to the vine. Elsewhere on the vine are two yellow flowers. A long lengthwise section - maybe a fifth to a quarter of the melon - is cut out to expose the pinkish fruit, black seeds, and white edges of rind.

Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · last yr.

Cantaloupe and watermelon, 1651, by Giovanna Garzoni. For #NationalWatermelonDay

Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · last yr.

Viva la vida -- Frida Kahlo celebrating #NationalWatermelonDay. I never realized the fruit's power!

Francesca @francescagdesnoyer.bsky.social · 2d ago

Tal día como hoy 3 de agosto 👇 @francescmrotger.bsky.social @maneltrenchs.bsky.social @mdstamper.bsky.social @artherstory.bsky.social @cactusian.bsky.social @lserrat77.bsky.social

Muchacho tirolés, 1898
Tal día como hoy 3 de agosto nació la pintora austríaca Minna von Budinszky, (1850-1913)

En la iglesia, 1884
Tal día como hoy 3 de agosto nació la pintora finlandesa Maria Wiik (1853- 1928)

Windmühlen an der Ostsee, c. 1910
Tal día como hoy 3 de agosto nació la pintora alemana Louise Elisabeth Andrae (1876- 1945)

Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 3mo ago

👓 Portrait of Paolo Morizia by Fede Galizia, 1578 –1630. Her paintings were not given the recognition they deserved until well into the 20th century. 🧑‍🎨 Read Feminist Explorations: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/feminist-e... 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians #art #academia #ArtHerstory #womenartists

Portrait of Paolo Morizia by Fede Galizia, 1578 –1630, showing an older man writing with a pair of glasses in his left hand.

Details of gasses in portrait of Paolo Morizia by Fede Galizia, 1578 –1630.

Séamas Aloysius @seamusaloysius.bsky.social · last wk.

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Rosalba Carriera | The Pastel Portraits That Transformed 18th Century Art

YouTube video by Classical Art

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Kelly Evans @kellyevans.bsky.social · 7d ago

You know Michelangelo, DaVinci, and Botticelli. But do you know Elisabetta Sirani? books2read.com/u/ml18RY #HistoricalBiography #Rennaisance #art #italy #bologna #womenartists #history #HistoricalFiction #artist #painter #strongwomen

Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 3d ago

Coming up Tues, Sept 15, 2026 - On this Spot at the Cooper Union: Five Pioneering Women Artists A Screening of Short Documentaries cooper.edu/events-and-e...

On This Spot at The Cooper Union: Five Pioneering Women Artists

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 3d ago

Frontispiece, The Entrance of the Emperor Sigismond into Mantua, 1675, by #AntoinetteBouzonnetStella (French, 1641-1676). Held by Harvard Art Museums, harvardartmuseums.org/collections/... #artherstory #womenartists

A long narrow landscape-mode etching depicting people in a classical-looking setting surrounding a plinth on which some text (see below) is inscribed. On top of the plinth, at left a female figure sits on a reclining unicorn; at right a female figure sits with her left arm over a medium-sized dog. Both women look up at a soldier, standing and holding a shield on which a snake is depicted, lifting what looks like a staff (it is cut off by the top edge of the artwork) with his right arm.

Inscriptions and Marks
inscription: lower center, in plate: A Monseigneur / Monseigneur Colbert Cheualier Marquis de Seignelay Comte / de feaux et autres lieux Conseiller du Roy en tours ses Conseils et du Conseil / Royal Commandeur et Grant Thresorier de ses Ordres ƒecretaire d'Estat / Control General des Finances sur Intendant et ordonnateur general des / bastienens et Jardins de Sa Majesté Arts et Manufactures de France / Par sa tres-humble et tres obeissante / ƒeruante anthoniette Bouzonnet Stella.
inscription: lower left, in plate: Cette frise a esté faiecte de stuc soubs la conduitte, / et sur les desseins de Jule Romain au Palais du TE / dans mantenié, et grauée par Anthoinette B. Stella / A Paris au Galleries du louure auec priuil. du Roy. 1675.

Francesca @francescagdesnoyer.bsky.social · 3d ago

Tal día como hoy 2 de agosto 👇 @artherstory.bsky.social @lserrat77.bsky.social @francescmrotger.bsky.social @maneltrenchs.bsky.social @mdstamper.bsky.social @cactusian.bsky.social

Retrato de una dama con chal rojo, 1824
Tal día como hoy 2 de agosto nació la pintora francesa Joséphine de Gallemant (1785- 1836)

Sueños, 1929
Tal día como hoy 2 de agosto nació la artista británica Clara Federica Montalba (1840–1929)

La violinista, 1911
Tal día como hoy 2 de agosto nació la pintora alemana Ida Gerhardi (1862- 1927)

Mujer de pie, 1929
Tal día como hoy 2 de agosto nació la pintora y escultora alemana Marg Moll (1884 –1977)

Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 4d ago

New post on the #ArtHerstory blog! Recent Books for Young Readers About #WomenArtists, 2025–Present artherstory.net/recent-books...

Recent Books for Young Readers About Women Artists, 2025–Present - Art Herstory

An illustrated list, with descriptions, of books about women artists, written for children and/or young readers.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 4d ago

Now open at the New Britain Museum of American Art - Architects of Being: Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina nbmaa.org/exhibitions/... The show runs through November 1 #womenartists #artherstory

Architects of Being: Louise Nevelson and Esphyr Slobodkina

Bringing together nearly eighty artworks across sculpture, painting, collage, textile, fashion, jewelry, and design, Architects of Being: Louise Nevelson…

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Ordo Fraterna Fibonacci @ordofibonacci.bsky.social · last wk.

Gwen John: A Seer of Strange Beauties Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art youtu.be/GpClQGQK2i4?...

Gwen John: A Seer of Strange Beauties

YouTube video by Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

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Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 4d ago

Went to the opening last night of a really lovely exhibition @nationalgalleries.bsky.social for the 150th anniversary of the birth of Welsh artist Gwen John (1876–1939). Lots to see - over 200 works, and archival material too, sketches, diaries, letters and photographs. It's on until 4 January.

Night photograph of Modern Two gallery of the National Galleries of Scotland, a large floodlight stone building with a tower. A long poster is on the perimeter wall advertising the exhibition Gwen John Strange Beauties.

Introductory panel to the exhibition Gwen John Strange Beauties with her portrait and two columns of text.

Portrait of a sitting woman in a dark dress holding a black cat.

A watercolour by Gwen John showing a group of people in a room, including her sister Winifred (in white) and brother Augustus in a wide-brimmed hat.

Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · last mo.

Just in time for summer reading (in 1 hemisphere, anyway) - Recent Novels About Women Artists artherstory.net/recent-novel... #ArtHerstory presents a list of recent works of fiction about actual, mostly historic women artists—from the C16th to the C21st. #womenartists

The front covers of 20 books, all novels about specific historic women artists, arranged in 4 rows of 5 each.

Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 4d ago

Emerging from Silence: Mughal Painter Sahifa Banu by Gurpreet Sihat for the #ArtHerstory blog artherstory.net/emerging-fro...

Emerging from Silence | Mughal Painter Sahifa Banu

The post presents such information as is known about Mughal painter Sahifa Banu, and describes and illustrates three works attributed to her.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 4d ago

#Hibiscus, from the Flowers of the Twelve Months: August, 1690-1710, by #YunBing (#Qingyu 清於; Haoru 浩如; Chinese, Qianlong era, active late C17th–early C18th). Held by the Asian Art Museum, searchcollection.asianart.org/objects/5438... #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory

A delicate rectangular, portrait-mode painting against a gold background of five pink hibiscus blossoms and leaves on stems that lean into the artwork from its right edge. There are two red stamps, one over the other, in the bottom left corner of the work. According to the museum's object page, “The hibiscus is called mufurong in Chinese and often used as a pun for ‘wealth’ (fu) and ‘glory’ (rong). Another name is ‘intoxicated hibiscus’ (zuijiu furong) because the pinkish white blossoms, which open early in the morning, turn crimson at night. One of nine flowers of autumn, the ancient name for the hibiscus was ‘resists frost’ (jushuang)."

Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 4d ago

Coming up Sept 10 - Artist Talk by Julia Whitney Barnes The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College www.vassar.edu/news/events/... She will discuss her wide-ranging artistic practice, which is based in reverent observation of the natural world.

Artist Talk: Julia Whitney Barnes

Poughkeepsie-based artist Julia Whitney Barnes joins us to share insights into her wide-ranging artistic practice, which is based in reverent observation of the natural world. Whitney Barnes’s work is...

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