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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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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...
The front cover of Art Herstory's new Sofonisba Anguissola limited edition lined hard cover journal, set in a Christmassy setting with holly, pinecones, and in the background a tree heavily decorated in red and gold tinsel and balls. The journal cover reproduces an oval self-portrait of the young Sofonisba Anguissola holding a gold medallion with a monogram. The background around the oval-shaped painting is black.
December 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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We have made a note card that reproduces Dorothea Storm-Kreps' Twig with Two Pears:

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

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A note card open face down to show front and back covers. The front reproduces a C18th botanical drawing with two pears at the center, stems tied with a ribbon. They are surrounded by cherries, bugs, flowers, leaves, and butterflies. On the back of the card is a thumbnail of the painting, plus text about artist and artwork, and branding info/icons.
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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St. Nicholas, 1937, by #MabelDwight (American, 1875-1955). Held by the National Gallery of Art, www.nga.gov/artworks/147... #womenartists #artherstory #StNicholasDay #FeastofStNicholas
A b&w lithograph of a wintery outdoor scene in which a man with a fur trimmed coat and cap, and a halo and spectacles, stands out in the snow distributing treats to wild animals including a deer, an elk, and a rabbit.
December 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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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
A botanical drawing in pencil, brush and bodycolors of two pears on a stem with leaves, tied at the top with a salmon-pink ribbon. The artwork also depicts red cherries, and Physalis alkekengi (3 closed, 1 open), and a purple flower, as well as butterflies, a beetle and a dragonfly.
December 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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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.

#womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory
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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#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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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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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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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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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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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...
Art Herstory's new Sofonisba Anguissola journal laid on top of a festive seasonal evergreen wreath decorated with red berries, pinecones, sprigs of mistletoe, and some small green Christmas balls with gold tops. The journal cover reproduces an oval self-portrait of the young Sofonisba Anguissola holding a gold medallion with a monogram. The background around the oval-shaped painting is black.
December 1, 2025 at 6:23 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...

#womenartists #artherstory
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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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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Vase with Flowers, 1700, by #RachelRuysch (Dutch, 1664-1750). Held at the @mauritshuis.bsky.social, www.mauritshuis.nl/en/our-colle...
#artherstory #womenartists
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
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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
A front cover of a book with title and subtitle in white text over a detail of a still life painting of fruit by Fede Galizia.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Nativity Christmas cards, boxed set of 10 | Art by Orsola Maddalena Caccia etsy.me/4pghZBW via Etsy
Boxed set of Christmas cards in clear packaging, embellished with red metallic stretch band. The card reproduces a painting of a Nativity; Mary holds a sleeping Jesus with Joseph and cherubs looking on. At lower right, a cherub holds a finger to its lips to admonish everyone not to wake the baby.
November 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Gathering Corn, 1998, by #NormaHoward (American, 1958-2024). Held by Gilcrease Museum, collections.gilcrease.org/object/021949 #NationalMaizeDay #MaizeDay #womenartists #artherstory
A watercolor painting of a Native American family in a corn field. A man is depicted at left leaning over into a basket; his face is not visible, only the top of his hat. The woman at center right stands sideways; she wears a white apron over a yellow dress, and a turquoise-colored neck scarf. At about the center of the painting is a small boy in overalls; before him is a small black and white dog, which the viewer sees from behind. Barely visible behind the woman is another small child, facing into the corn with her back to the viewer.
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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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/
A C17th garland painting by Catarina Ykens I, with a pink circle superimposed over the center with "35% off" in white text.
November 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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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
Sofonisba Anguissola journal standing upright on a wooden table surrounded by a wreath of red and gold ribbon with holly leaves and pinecones. In the background by the bottom corner of a window, out of focus, is a Christmas tree decorated with gold and red balls, and yellow lights.
November 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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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
Birds in an outdoor setting; the largest of them, placed just left of center, is a turkey, with its tail fan spread open.
November 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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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
A botanical drawing of a sprig of American cranberry. There are five berries on the sprig, and about 20 leaves. Underneath, toward the left, a cross section of a berry is depicted. At bottom left is the handwritten label; at bottom right is the artist's signature and two different dates.
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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In the same auction, Barbara Regina Dietzsch's Dandelion with Nocturnal Moth fetched €9,000 (hammer); the estimate range was €6,000–8,000
A watercolor / gouache drawing against a dark brown background of a dandelion gone to seed, and on another stalk of the same plant, the head of a flower whose seeds have already blown away. On a leaf on the left side of the painting is a spotted moth.
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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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
A watercolor / gouache drawing of a bouquet of flowers, including a pink rose, blue morning glories, white lilies, and more. The bouquet is tied with a salmon-colored ribbon. There is a red and black striped beetle at top left, and a dragonfly on the right about halfway down the painting.
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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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...
A photo of a bookcase within a wall, on which are displayed books, boxed sets of note cards, magnets, and other products. The display is decorated with artificial flowers and fruits.
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM