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

This year marks the 400th anniv of the passing of Sofonisba Anguissola. Art Herstory commemorates the moment with a (very) limited edition hard cover journal.

Order your copy at artherstory.net/product/sofo...

Also available on Etsy: www.etsy.com/listing/4383...
December 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We have made a note card that reproduces Dorothea Storm-Kreps' Twig with Two Pears:

etsy.me/48eK2fl via Etsy; or

artherstory.net/product/doro... via Artherstory's online store

#Dutchwomenartists #womenartists #artherstory
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
St. Nicholas, 1937, by #MabelDwight (American, 1875-1955). Held by the National Gallery of Art, www.nga.gov/artworks/147... #womenartists #artherstory #StNicholasDay #FeastofStNicholas
December 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Twig with Two Pears, n.d., by #DorotheaStormKreps (Dutch, 1734-72). Held by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, www.boijmans.nl/en/collectio... #hernaturalhistory #artherstory #womenartists #WorldPearDay
December 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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.

#womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory
December 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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
December 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
December 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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
artherstory.net/anne-brigman...

#womenartists
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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

lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/wcrav...
December 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Rachel Ruysch Note Card Wallet | 8 cards and envelopes

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

etsy.me/3KyVxVi
December 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Art Herstory commemorates the 400th anniversary of the passing of Sofonisba Anguissola with a (very) limited edition hard cover journal.

Order your copy at artherstory.net/product/sofo...

Also available on Etsy: www.etsy.com/listing/4383...
December 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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...

#womenartists #artherstory
December 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Coming up tomorrow, Dec 2 -

Christmas Lecture
Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious
by James Russell
www.eventbrite.com/e/christmas-...
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Vase with Flowers, 1700, by #RachelRuysch (Dutch, 1664-1750). Held at the @mauritshuis.bsky.social, www.mauritshuis.nl/en/our-colle...
#artherstory #womenartists
November 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
New book announcement!

A Feast of Fruit and Flowers: Women Still Life Painters of the C17th & Beyond
Bryn Critz Schockmel with contributions by Catherine Powell-Warren, Joaneath Spicer & Eve Straussman-Pflanzer

To order, email [email protected]

#newbooksaboutwomenartists
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Nativity Christmas cards, boxed set of 10 | Art by Orsola Maddalena Caccia etsy.me/4pghZBW via Etsy
November 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Gathering Corn, 1998, by #NormaHoward (American, 1958-2024). Held by Gilcrease Museum, collections.gilcrease.org/object/021949 #NationalMaizeDay #MaizeDay #womenartists #artherstory
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
All Dutch- & Flemish- themed Art Herstory note card wallets are on sale at a 35% discount!

Dutch- & Flemish- themed 6-packs are 30% off

Dutch- & Flemish- themed individual cards are 25% off

Shop in our online store, artherstory.net/shop/
November 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This month marks the 400th anniversary of the passing in 1625 of Renaissance painter Sofonisba Anguissola.

Art Herstory commemorates the occasion with a (very) limited edition hard cover journal.

Order your copy at artherstory.net/product/sofo...

Also available on Etsy: etsy.me/3LZvRSg
November 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Fowls [including a turkey!], c. 1716-1726, by #CorneliaDeRijk (#CorneliaDeRijck, #CorneliadeRyck; Dutch, 1653-1726). Held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, www.mfab.hu/artworks/103... #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory #HappyThanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
American cranberry "Jumbo" / Vaccinium macrocarpon, 1914, by #MaryDaisyArnold (American, c. 1873-1955). USDA Pomological Watercolors, National Agricultural Library, www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/spe... #HappyThanksgiving #hernaturalhistory #womenartists #artherstory
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
In the same auction, Barbara Regina Dietzsch's Dandelion with Nocturnal Moth fetched €9,000 (hammer); the estimate range was €6,000–8,000
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Result from Karl & Faber Kunstauktionen's Old Masters & 19th Century Art auction on Nov 14 -

Floral arrangement of rose, morning glory and lily, by Barbara Regina Dietzsch, brought in €14,000 (hammer); the estimate range was €6,000–8,000
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
1) New post on the Art Herstory blog!

"Art Herstory Cards at the Hyde Collection Museum Shop" celebrates a new retail partnership. The store now carries 2 custom sets of Art Herstory boxed note card sets, and some botanically themed holiday cards - artherstory.net/art-herstory...
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM