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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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December Second, by Grace Hartigan. What do you think is the story behind this painting?
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December 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Coming up on Zoom, Thurs, Dec 4 -

Hildreth Meière and the Classical Roots of Art Deco
Speaker: Kathleen Murphy Skolnik
Host: Institute of Classical Art and Architecture (ICAA) SoCal Chapter

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A stylized drawing of portions of three human figures, against a wood or metallic background. The middle figure has a winged helmet and winged feet; Mercury?
December 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Coming up Dec 3 -
Online talk: Women Pioneers of the Arts & Crafts Movement
Speaker: Karen Livingstone
Host: @williammorrissocuk.bsky.social
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Online talk: Women Pioneers of the Arts & Crafts Movement - The William Morris Society
Karen Livingstone will talk about her new book, Women Pioneers of the Arts & Crafts Movement which is a celebration of the work and ambition of the women who were at the heart of the most influential ...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Found in Australia | Joan Carlile and the Early Portrayal of Black Subjects in British Art
Philip Mould Gallery
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Found in Australia | Joan Carlile and the Early Portrayal of Black Subjects in British Art
YouTube video by Philip Mould & Co
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December 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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We're sharing a festive artwork each day until Christmas for our art advent 🎄

Here's day two 🌵🌟

'Christmas Cacti' by Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981) © Trustees of Winifred Nicholson. 📷 Peter Scott Gallery
Number 1 surrounded by stars A delicate painting of a potted cacti with drooping pink flowers against a muted blue and grey background.
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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The Interior of an Atelier of a Woman Painter, 1789, by #MarieVictoireLemoine (French, 1754–1820), who died #otd, Dec 2. On view in Gallery 632 at the Metropolitan Museum, metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #womenartists #artherstory
A painting of two women in an interior. At left, a woman in a gold gown with gauzy white trim and a blue hair ribbon sits across from a large painting on an easel, working on a canvas in her lap. Between the first woman and the painting, a second woman stands holding a mahlstick in her right hand, which dangles as her right elbow rests on a high table behind her. In her left hand she holds a palette. She wears a white gown with a rust-colored sash, and a white cap.
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Collector Komal Shah Launches Making Their Mark Foundation and Three-Day Forum in D.C.
by Maximilíano Durón for ARTnews
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Collector Komal Shah Launches Making Their Mark Foundation and Three-Day Forum in D.C.
Collector Komal Shah will rename her namesake foundation after her "Making Their Mark” exhibition and stage a three-day forum in Washington, D.C.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Love these women artists wooden dolls from Goose Grease!

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Women Artists Wooden Doll Set
Hand-chiseled from Urapán wood on an electric lathe, these classic wooden peg dolls are each carefully hand-drawn and hand-painted from start to finish with USA-made non-toxic water-based paints. This...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw unveils five centuries of women's art with landmark exhibitions
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Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw unveils five centuries of women's art with landmark exhibitions
Two concurrent exhibitions, The Woman Question 1550–2025 and The City of Women, will launch MSN Warsaw’s second year of operations in its ne
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December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Fascinating painting of a very rare subject by Artemisia Gentileschi going up for auction tomorrow at Christie's: A mother presenting her newborn child to St. Blaise (San Biagio), identifiable by the wool comb, the instrument of his martyrdom. www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
"In a darkened room, a woman kneels with her young child at the feet of a bearded bishop saint, who, in turn, sits on an elaborate throne decorated with a gilded harpy. He wears a golden mitre on his head and holds an ornate crosier, his body visibly weighed down by the heavily embroidered cloak fastened at his chest with an ornate clasp." https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6561659 Detail, wool comb Detail, mother and child
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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New post on the #ArtHerstory blog!

Anne Brigman, Bayard Wootten and Jessie Tarbox Beals: American Women Photographers Born in the Nineteenth Century
by Maria Ausherman
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Three American Women Photographers Born in the 19th Century
Maria Ausherman briefly introduces three 19th-century American women photographers: Anne Brigman, Bayard Wootten and Jessie Tarbox Beals.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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But the absolute star of the evening was the first-ever retrospective of the work of #RachelRuysch and her mesmerizing still lives.

It runs through December 7, and you absolutely must see it: www.mfa.org/exhibition/r...
Rachel Ruysch An Arrangement of Flowers by a Trunk, about 1683 Oil on canvas
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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MFA Member Lectures: Rachel Ruysch
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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MFA Member Lectures: Rachel Ruysch
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November 14, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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If you're like me and already mourning the closing of the Rachel Ruysch MFA show on Dec. 9. I found the Pinakotheken has high quality downloads of almost the whole exhibition.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Rachel Ruysch Note Card Wallet | 8 cards and envelopes

The cards reproduce paintings held at the Detroit Institute of Arts & Kunstmuseum Basel

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Art Herstory's Rachel Ruysch note card wallet open showing back cover, spine and front cover. The back cover floral still life is in landscape mode; the front cover floral still life is in portrait mode. The spine contains the title and product info in white text reversed out of a hot pink background.
December 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Anna Ancher’s Vaccination and Scientific Motherhood
Guest post by Alice M. Rudy Price for the #ArtHerstory blog
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Anna Ancher | Her Painting Vaccination, and Scientific Motherhood
Alice Price explores the intersection of the art of Danish painter Anna Ancher with the rise in Denmark of women's activism.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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‘Last week’s success was in large part due to some voracious Boomer and Silent Generation collectors shuffling off this mortal coil, leaving a wealth of Impressionist, modern and post-war works.’ Anna Brady rounds up November’s impressive auction results
November’s big-ticket auctions have woken up the art market
With records broken for works by Klimt, Kahlo and more, last week’s auctions show that collectors will still fork out for genuine quality, writes Anna Brady
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November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Roses in a Porcelain Planter, c. 1875-1900, by #VictoriaDubourg (French 1840-1926), who was born #otd, Dec 1. Held by the Clark Art Institute, www.clarkart.edu/ArtPiece/Det...

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A still life painting of about a dozen roses - white and varying shades of pink - in a shallow white planter standing on a ledge. At the left is one loose stem with an emerging rose bud, lying on the ledge outside of the planter. The background is a medium-dark brown.
December 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Tal día como hoy 1 de diciembre 👇
@francescmrotger.bsky.social @maneltrenchs.bsky.social @lserrat77.bsky.social @artherstory.bsky.social @humanitelles.bsky.social @arteyalgomas.bsky.social @cactusian.bsky.social @mdstamper.bsky.social
En Liten Pojke (A Little Boy), 1889 Tal día como hoy 1 de diciembre nació la baronesa, pintora y concertista sueca Adelaïde Leuhusen (1828 – 1923) La dame en blanc, 1880 Tal día como hoy 1 de diciembre nació la pintora francesa Marie Bracquemond (1840- 1916) Retrato de Charlotte Dubourg, hermana de la artista, 1870 Tal día como hoy 1 de diciembre nació la pintora francesa Victoria Dubourg (1840 - 1926) Gouache , 1936, gouache sobre cartón, Tal día como hoy 1 de diciembre nació la pintora y ceramista australiana Anne Dangar (1885 - 1951)
December 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Coming up tomorrow, Dec 2 -

Christmas Lecture
Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious
by James Russell
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Event poster including the depiction of three figures made out of snow, and snow falling.
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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New on the blog today, I've written about the TIRZAH GARWOOD: Beyond Ravilious exhibition at Dulwich PG, which showcased Garwood as a highly talented artist in her own right.

One of my favourite exhibitions in recent years! #NonFictionNovember2025 #BookSky

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Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious – exhibition and accompanying book
Something a little different from me today – another post in an occasional series of pieces about the art books I’ve accumulated over the past few years, mostly from gallery visits in London and th…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Op 1 december 1840 wordt Marie Bracquemond geboren. Ze is al succesvol met het beschilderen van porselein, als Paul Gauguin er bij haar op aandringt om anders te gaan werken. Ze kiest voor het impressionisme en wordt daarin naast Berthe Morisot en Mary Cassatt een vooraanstaande schilderes. #otd
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Op 30 november 1846 overlijdt Marie-Nicole Dumont. Ze leert schilderen van haar vader Marie-Nicole Vestier. In 1789 trouwt ze met hofschilder François Dumont. Hoewel ze jarenlang beperkt worden in hun werk, weten ze de Franse revolutie te overleven. Ze is eveneens bekend om haar miniaturen. #otd
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Who is Anna Atkins? Discover the artist and scientist behind the first-ever illustrated photography book. 🧵

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Anna Atkins: Photographer, Naturalist, Innovator
November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Vase with Flowers, 1700, by #RachelRuysch (Dutch, 1664-1750). Held at the @mauritshuis.bsky.social, www.mauritshuis.nl/en/our-colle...
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A painting of a luscious flower bouquet sitting on a ledge. According to the object page at the Mauritshuis museum website, "This bouquet is past its best. The flowers are drooping and starting to fade. In the middle, a wilted opium poppy has been cut off. The empty space left there lends depth to the bouquet." On the ledge just to the left of the bouquet as the viewer sees it, sits a little green grasshopper.
November 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM