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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 7h

Also - there's a new line of glorious #MariaSibyllaMerian merch!! These items - and more - are from Art Is NYC's new Merian line in the Woman Artists Collection.

See the full line at:
www.artisnyc.org/mariasybilla...

Museum store buyers, take note!
#hernaturalhistory

A photo of various objects featuring elements of a botanical drawing by Maria Sibylla Merian. In the center is a squarish notebook with a goldfinch pecking at a plant bud. On either side is a book mark and a pen/stylus. At top left is a recyclable tote with a red poppy. At top right is an umbrella with a light brown handle. At bottom is an eyeglass case, where again the bird features prominently.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 14h

This Maria van Oosterwijck painting is on view now in the exhibition "Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750" at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, nmwa.org/exhibitions/...

The museum is not subject to govt shutdown; and it offers free admittance for furloughed federal workers.

Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750 | Exhibition | National Museum of Women in the Arts

nmwa.org

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 14h

Bouquet of Flowers with a Blue Ribbon, 1680, by #MariaVanOosterwijck (#MariaVanOosterwyck; Dutch, 1630–1693). Held by @artinstitutechi.bsky.social, artic.edu/artworks/264...

#artherstory #womenartists

A still life painting of a garland of flowers and fruit, including bunches of red and green grapes at the bottom, tied together at the top with a blue ribbon

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 20h

Study of a Plant with Red-Purple Flowers (which she labelled: 'Sebestena Africana purprurea ulmi folio. Elegantissimo flore' Maria Moninckx

Done #otd 14 Oct 1695 (Met Museum)

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 15h

For more perspective on the artist by the same author, see

Sofonisba’s Impact
by Howard Burton
artherstory.net/sofonisbas-i...

Sofonisba's Impact

Howard Burton discusses Renaissance Italian painter Sofonisba Anguissola's influence on other Italian women artists, including her sisters.

artherstory.net

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 1d

Read this thoughtful portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola by filmmaker and author Howard Burton on @worldhistory.org

🗃️ #arthistory #art #skystorians #womenartists #artherstory

www.worldhistory.org/Sofonisba_An...

Sofonisba Anguissola: The Founder of Feminist Art

Sofonisba Anguissola (c. 1532-1625) was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cremona who achieved considerable fame during her lifetime as the first widely-known female artist. She was invited by the.....

www.worldhistory.org

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 17h

Ethel Stein: Master of the Loom
October 17 - November 17, 2025

Essay by Lucy Commoner, Conservator Emerita, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
www.saparcontemporary.com/exhibitions#...

A picture of a weaving of a pile of orange, red, green and purple jack straws in a heap

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 18h

Art Herstory's Judith Leyster Self-Portrait Note Card

Artwork held at: The National Gallery of Art; currently on view at the National Museum of Women in the Arts

etsy.me/3W4sStq via @Etsy

Usually $3.95, this autumn Dutch or Flemish women artist cards are now $2.57 (w/ free shipping).

Portrait mode note card, open face down to show front and back covers. The front reproduces a self-portrait of a C17th woman artist in a purple gown with many gold buttons up the visible sleeve, a white head covering and a large disc of a white collar that extends out over the dress in all directions. She is seated; her right elbow rests on the post of her chair, and her right hand holds a paintbrush. Her left hand rests in her lap, holding a palette. A painting is partially visible on the easel in front of her. On the back of the card is a thumbnail of the uncropped painting, plus text about artist and artwork, and branding info/icons.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 18h

A major traveling exhibition of the artist's work opens at the Peabody Essex Museum in Feb 2026:

Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone, www.pem.org/exhibitions/...

Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone

Explore the first retrospective of acclaimed 19th-century Black and Indigenous (Mississauga) sculptor Edmonia Lewis.

www.pem.org

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 18h

Life Story: Edmonia Lewis (1844–1907)
From the "Women & the American Story" segment of The New York Historical blog
wams.nyhistory.org/industry-and...

Life Story: Edmonia Lewis - Women & the American Story

The story of a Black and Indigenous sculptor who built a successful career through activist art.

wams.nyhistory.org

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 18h

Coming up Sat Oct 18 -

Remembering Olive Cotton
Heide Museum of Modern Art
www.heide.com.au/events/art-t...

This talk is part of the 50th anniversary events for the Women’s Art Register, a living archive of women’s art practice and an artist-run, not-for-profit community and resource.

Art Talk: Remembering Olive Cotton - Heide

Join Art Historian Gael Newton, and Lesley Harding, co-curator of Man Ray and Max Dupain, on the issue of posthumous ‘forgetting’ of women artists and lessons for today for photographers managing the ...

www.heide.com.au

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 18h

There is a fabulous new book about the artist:

Maria Sibylla Merian
By Catherine Powell-Warren

UK/ROW, @lhartbooks.bsky.social:
www.lundhumphries.com/products/mar...

US/North America, Getty Publications:
shop.getty.edu/products/mar...

#newbooksaboutwomenartists #MariaSibyllaMerian

Maria Sibylla Merian

In 1679, the commentator Joachim von Sandrart described Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) as a painter who had perfected the art of the miniature and of flower painting, a high and deserved honour. Pos...

www.lundhumphries.com

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 18h

Maria Sibylla Merian—An Artist Who Changed Science Forever
by Nicole Ganbold for @dailyartmagazine.bsky.social
www.dailyartmagazine.com/maria-sibyll...

Maria Sibylla Merian—An Artist Who Changed Science Forever

Read about Maria Sibylla Merian, a remarkable scientist, and artist who changed the way we view insects forever.

www.dailyartmagazine.com

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 18h

Coming up Thurs Oct 16 -

In Conversation: Dorothy Burge and Dr. Sharbreon Plummer
www.saic.edu/events/conve...
@artinstitutechi.bsky.social

Their conversation will discuss, among other topics, the role that textiles play in advancing social justice and capturing difficult histories.

In Conversation: Dorothy Burge and Dr. Sharbreon Plummer | School of the Art Institute of Chicago

www.saic.edu

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

kunsthandelpdeboer.com/painting/fru...

Fruitbasket and covered glass goblet - Kunsthandel De Boer

Antwerpen 1588/89-1636 Gent Provenance: Christie’s London, Arbuthnot sale, 23 June 1923, lotno. 210 Sale Galerie Bottenwieser Frankfurt no. 602 Art dealer Berlin (according to Bernt 1947, Bottenwiese...

kunsthandelpdeboer.com

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

For display by Kunsthandel P. de Boer at PAN Amsterdam -

Clara Peeters
Antwerpen 1588/89-1636 Gent
Fruitbasket and covered glass goblet
Panel 29,5 x 40,4 cm
Signed Clara P. lower right

A luscious still life painting of an open-weave tan wicker basket filled with fruit - apples, greeen and red grapes, a pear - sitting on a ledge, against a brown background. At the right of the painting, also sitting on the ledge next to the basket, are a gilt covered goblet and a glass roemer, and a few nuts - hazel, and maybe walnuts? In the lower right corner is the artist's signature.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

There is a wonderful book about the artist in the #IlluminatingWomenArtists series from @lhartbooks.bsky.social & Getty Publications -

Gesina ter Borch,
by Adam Eaker (Metropolitan Museum of Art), www.lundhumphries.com/products/ges...

shop.getty.edu/products/ges...

Front cover of book, featuring self-portrait of the C17th artist holding a fan in her lefthand, with a dark blue curtain behind her.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

Akademiehuis in Zwolle celebrates C17th artist Gesina ter Borch! Meet the artist during lectures, concerts and other events -
www.gesinaengezienworden.nl/en

Her art remained unknown for centuries. This exhibition brings her work and perspective to life, connecting her stories to the world of today.

Detail of a contemporary artwork, presumably by Jasper Abels, that superimposes blue and black swirls over a C17th self-portrait by Dutch artist Gesina ter Borch, with a keyhole motif focused on the artist's left eye.

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Hans Busio @hansbusio.bsky.social · 22d

Gesina and her family are on show in their hometown Zwolle, NL:
www.museumdefundatie.nl/en/at-home-w...

At Home With Ter Borch - Museum de Fundatie

www.museumdefundatie.nl

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

Art Herstory's Monkshood Note Card
Artist: Alida Withoos
Artwork held at: Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo

etsy.me/4h85d4Q via Etsy

This autumn, we offer a 35% discount on all cards reproducing works by Dutch or Flemish women artists! The cost of this card, usually $3.95, is now $2.57 (w/ free shipping).

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

Coming up Oct 29 -

Not a Complete Unknown: Jin Taotao and Pan Yuliang, Two Chinese #WomenArtists in Paris
A lecture by Doris Sung, The University of Alabama
At the Giacometti Lab and live on YouTube

www.fondation-giacometti.fr/en/event/352...

Fondation Giacometti - Not a Complete Unknown: Jin Taotao and Pan Yuliang, Two Chinese Women Artists in Paris

 Jin Taotao (also known as Jin Zhang, 1884–1939) and Pan Yuliang (1895–1977) were two Chinese artists whose careers illustrate contrasting experiences of the Paris art scene in the ea...

www.fondation-giacometti.fr

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 2d

Art Herstory's Rachel Ruysch Flowers in a Glass Vase Note Card | Art from the Detroit Institute of Arts

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35% off sale in honor of the Ruysch exhibition at the MFA Boston!

A note card open facedown to show the front and back covers. On the front cover is a glorious array of flowers, mostly in colors of pink, red and white, sitting in a glass vase on a stone ledge. There is a butterfly at the bottom of the painting, against the edge of the ledge. On the back is a thumbnail version of the painting, surrounded by text about the artist and the painting, with branding information at the bottom.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 2d

Lush Life
Now on display at the @mfaboston.bsky.social, a Dutch painter’s art proved a treasure trove for scientists.
by Lydialyle Gibson for @harvardmagazine.bsky.social

www.harvardmagazine.com/museums-coll...

#womenartists #RachelRuysch #artherstory

Rachel Ruysch’s Lush (Still) Life | Harvard Magazine

Now on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, a Dutch painter’s art proved a treasure trove for scientists.

www.harvardmagazine.com

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 2d

Bust of a Girl, n.d., by #JeannePhiliberteLedoux (French, 1767-1840), who died #otd, Oct 12. Held by Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Re... #womenartists #artherstory

A painting of the bust of an unsmiling, white-skinned, brown-haired, blue-eyed young lady wearing a white gauzy scarf over a light blue dress. Her hair is held back with a blue ribbon or thin blue cloth tied at the top.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · Oct 12

Portrait of a Young Girl, n.d., by #JeannePhiliberteLedoux (French, 1767-1840), who died #otd, Oct 12. Private collection? Source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bu...

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