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Forest Floor Still Life with Butterflies and a Lizard, n.d., by #AlidaWithoos (Dutch, 1660/2-1730), who was buried #otd, Dec 5. Held in The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Boston.

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A still life painting of flowers on a forest floor, with a lizard at bottom left; a white butterfly at center left; and a yellow and black butterfly toward the lower right corner. The artist's signature is in white in the bottom right corner.
December 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Sunflower / Sonnen Blüme, 1692, by #MagdalenaRosinaFunck (nee Heuchelin; German, 1672-95), who died on or around this day, Dec 4. From her Blumenbuch, held by Dumbarton Oaks; source, #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory #MagdalenaFunck
A watercolor drawing of a cut stalk of sunflower, with the petals curling up around the center. There's a handwritten label at bottom center.
December 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Lily / Gefülte Feüer Lilia, 1692, by #MagdalenaRosinaFunck (nee Heuchelin; German, 1672-95), who died on or around this day, Dec 4. From her Blumenbuch, held by Dumbarton Oaks; source, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ma... #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory
December 4, 2023 at 3:05 PM
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River landscape in autumn, n.d., by #ElizaBarchus (nee Lamb; American, 1857-1959), who was born #otd, Dec 4. Private collection? Sold in 2021 by O'Gallerie, www.ogallerie.com/auction-lot/... #womenartists #artherstory
December 4, 2023 at 3:37 PM
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#SaintBarbara, 1619, by #LucrinaFetti (Italian, c. 1590–1651). Private collection; source, wga.hu/html_m/f/fet... #womenartists #artherstory #nuntastic #FeastofStBarbara #StBarbara
A painting of a female standing in an outdoor setting, gazing heavenward. The toes of her bare right foot peek out from the hem of her gown. A portion of a tower is visible at the left edge of the artwork. According to the site from which this digital image comes, “This painting was originally located above the left altar of the church in the Clarissan convent of Sant'Orsola in Mantua where Lucrina took her vow in 1614.”
December 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Support the Women Artists of Venice Program

Save Venice's 2025 Giving Tuesday Campaign supports the urgently needed scientific analysis of 13 Rosalba Carriera pastels at the Gallerie dell’Accademia as part of the #WomenArtists of Venice program.

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Save Venice Inc. is the leading American nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the artistic heritage of Venice, Italy. Since 1971, Save Venice has funded the restoration of more than 500 arti...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Invictus, 1924, by #AnneBrigman (American, 1869–1950), who was born #otd, Dec 3. Held by Library of Congress; read about her in

Anne Brigman, Bayard Wootten and Jessie Tarbox Beals: American Women Photographers Born in the C19th
by Maria Ausherman
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Invictus is the Latin word for “unconquered.” In Brigman’s photograph, a nymph rises from a juniper tree as if part of the same life force. Juniper trees are known to be so hardy that they can grow on the sides of rocky cliffs. Like the juniper tree, the woman’s resolute position reminds us that there is strength in the face of adversity.
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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St. Margaret, c. 1614, by #LucrinaFetti (born #GiustinaFetti; Italian, c. 1590–1651), who took her vows #otd, Dec 3. Held by the Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State; source, img.wikioo.org/ADC/Art.nsf/... #womenartists #artherstory #nuntastic
December 3, 2023 at 5:49 PM
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December Second, by Grace Hartigan. What do you think is the story behind this painting?
#AbstractExpressionism
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
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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
YouTube video by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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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