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Hans Busio @hansbusio.bsky.social · 20d

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 · 1h

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

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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 · 3h

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 · 20h

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 · 21h

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 · 21h

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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Francesca @francescagdesnoyer.bsky.social · 1d

Tal día como hoy 12 de octubre de 1817 nació la pintora botánica neerlandesa Bertha Hoola Van Nooten

Retrato de Bertha por M. Calish, 1875.

Hija de un vicario, y el 11 de julio de 1838 se casó con Dirk Hoola van Nooten, un juez de Paramaribo. Estando interesada en botánica, regularmente enviaba especímenes de plantas cultivadas a los Jardines Botánicos de Holanda, recolectando en expediciones hacia Surinam y Java con su esposo.

Cacao Tree, c. 1863-64

Una tragedia personal y desastre financiero golpearon con la muerte de su marido en 1847, con grandes deudas y una familia que cuidar.

Durio Zibethinus, 1863

Consciente de la moda europea de las ilustraciones prodigiosas de la flora exótica, se dispuso a producir 40 láminas que representaran las especies de plantas interesantes de Java.

Elettaria Speciosa, c. 1863

Sus intentos de publicar la obra fueron infructuosos hasta que adquirió el patrocinio de la reina consorte Sophia Mathilde, esposa de Guillermo III de los Países Bajos. Las excepcionalmente bien ejecutadas cromolitografías fueron hechas por Pieter Depannemaeker, el litógrafo belga operando en Ledeberg, Gante.
Aunque el libro se publicó en un buen número de ediciones, van Nooten murió en circunstancias difíciles económicas, en 1892 a los 74 años.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

Coming up Oct 16 at The Hyde Collection -

Art After Hours | Artist Talk with Sharon Core
www.hydecollection.org/event/art-af...

Core interrogates the boundaries between painting and photography, which results in photographs that are at once hyper-realistic & painterly, believable yet deceptive.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

Open now at the Hyde Collection -

Sharon Core: 1606 to the Sixties

www.hydecollection.org/exhibition/s...

The show runs through Feb 1, 2026

Sharon Core: 1606 to the Sixties - www.hydecollection.org

www.hydecollection.org

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that the Museum of Fine Arts Boston Shop offers browsers the opportunity to shop the Rachel Ruysch exhibition?!

Visit mfashop.com/rachel-ruysc...

A screenshot of just some of the Ruysch-related merchandise currently on sale in the shop at the MFA Boston. This photo shows two rows of four products each, including a book, a throw pillow, a boxed puzzle, a scarf, a rectangular magnet reproduction of a floral still life painting, some moth shaped magnets, a coaster set, and a tray featuring a reproduction of a floral still life painting.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

Coming up Sun Oct 26 -

Joan Mitchell: Life and Death
Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM)
www.slam.org/event/joan-m...

Celebrate the centennial of Joan Mitchell’s birth with a talk by art historian Katy Siegel examining two of Mitchell’s iconic works, on view at SLAM & Kemper Art Museum respectively.

Joan Mitchell: Life and Death

Celebrate the centennial of pioneering artist Joan Mitchell with a talk by art historian Katy Siegel examining two of Mitchell’s iconic works, "Ici" and "Untitled 1992."

www.slam.org

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · Oct 11

A grasshopper, a beetle and a bug, n.d., by #CorneliaDeRijck (Dutch, 1653-1726), who was born #otd, Oct 11. Held by the Royal Swedish Academy; source, RKD, rkd.nl/en/explore/i...

#artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory

A primarily black & white depiction in gouache over graphite of a grasshopper in the back, and in front of it a smaller beetle and a smaller bug.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · Oct 11

Fruit Still Life, n.d., by #KatharinaTreu (German; 1743-1811), who died #otd, Oct 11. Held by the Bavarian State Painting Collection, res.cloudinary.com/tne/image/au...

#artherstory #womenartists

A still life in oil depicting grapes, apples and pears before a glass-and-gilt drinking vessel, with a silver platter, all sitting on a stone ledge.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 1d

I saw this exhibition at SAAM and it's great, you should go

Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

Now open at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts -
Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo

www.pafa.org/museum/exhib...

The show runs through January 4, 2026

Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo | PAFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Rediscover the work of three trailblazing women—Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo—in Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo. This exhibition reveals a broader pictu...

www.pafa.org

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

Now open at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts -
Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo

www.pafa.org/museum/exhib...

The show runs through January 4, 2026

Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo | PAFA - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Rediscover the work of three trailblazing women—Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo—in Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo. This exhibition reveals a broader pictu...

www.pafa.org

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

Exhibition Digest - Liberty Belles

Liberty has teamed up with the William Morris Gallery to showcase the talented, but often overlooked, women behind its distinct designs
by Chloë Ashby for The World of Interiors
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/women-...

#womenartists #artherstory

Liberty celebrates the talented women behind its textile designs

Althea McNish, Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell are just some of the names behind fashionable Liberty fabrics in a new exhibition at the William Morris Gallery

www.worldofinteriors.com

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Philip Kennicott @philipkennicott.bsky.social · 7d

Don't miss the astonishing cut-paper works of Johanna Koerten at the National Museum of Women in the Arts exhibition, "Women Artists From Antwerp to Amsterdam: 1600-1750." They are miraculous, fragile and rare, with only about 15 surviving. Three are on view. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Review | The Dutch Golden Age was women’s work, too

A new show at the National Museum of Women spotlights major talents “from Antwerp to Amsterdam.”

www.washingtonpost.com

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

These Cornelia de Rijk drawings of insects are 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/...

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 · 1d

Two butterflies; four insects; & two insects, c. 1703-1710, by #CorneliadeRijk (#CorneliadeRijck; Dutch, 1653-1726), who was born #otd, Oct 11. Held by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

#womenartists #artherstory

Photo of six artworks on a wall, with text plaque at right. There are three simple wood frames, each containing two artworks. At left is a blue butterfly, and underneath it a darker butterfly. In the middle are a drawing depicting a single insect, and below it another drawing depicting three insects. At right are a drawing of an insect above another drawing of a different insect. The photo includes faint reflections the room across from the artworks, and also of the photographer.

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Jesse "Pecke in the Crowne" Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 25d

Elizabeth Cropper on Lavinia Fontana, Artemisia Gentileschi, and women in art history.

Fathers and Daughters – Part 1 | Nicholas Hall

Introducing a study of Artemisia Gentileschi and Lavinia Fontana, art historian Elizabeth Cropper exposes the bias against female artists whose personal lives have been ignored or simplified in view o...

www.nicholashall.art

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 2d

One of (at least) five lots by women artists in the Dorotheum Old Masters auction coming up on October 23 -
www.dorotheum.com/en/a/117863/

Portrait of Lady Anne Simpson, née Lyon (1746–1821), c. 1773, by Angelica Kauffman (Lot 192), www.dorotheum.com/en/l/9799592/

A C18th portrait of a white-skinned, brown-haired woman in a pale gown with gold trim and a light blue cloak, in an outdoor environment

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 2d

One of (at least) five lots by women artists in the Dorotheum auction coming up on October 23 -
www.dorotheum.com/en/a/117863/

An old woman holding a money bag beside a youth, n.d., by Giulia Lama (Lot 180), www.dorotheum.com/en/l/9799556/

A painting depicting, close up, the bust of an old woman (gray hair, wrinkles, a wen) holding a money bag; and the face of a boy, gazing greedily at the bag.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 2d

One of (at least) 5 lots by women artists in the Dorotheum Old Masters auction coming up on Oct 23 -

Tulips, lilies, roses and carnations in a gilded vase ...; &
Peonies, roses, carnations and jasmine in a gilded vase..., C17th,
by Laura Bernasconi (Lot 138) www.dorotheum.com/en/l/9799430/

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 2d

One of (at least) five lots by women artists in the Dorotheum GmbH & Co KG Old Masters auction coming up on October 23 -
www.dorotheum.com/en/a/117863/

A tazza with figs, a daffodil and tulips, on a wooden ledge, C17th, by Orsola Maddalena Caccia (Lot 83), www.dorotheum.com/en/l/9799265/

A still life painting of a pile of figs on a gold tazza that sits on a wood surface, with flower blossoms.

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