Masterpiece Story: Sheep by the Sea by Rosa Bonheur
Rosa Bonheur was one of the most famous European artists of the 19th century, and she was definitely the most celebrated female artist of her time.
James W Singer 26 June 2024
Women Artists
Alma López: Crossing the Borders of Identity, Sexuality, and Religion
Alma López (born 1966) is a queer Chicana artist, social activist, and lecturer for Chicana/o Studies at the University of California. Her main...
Iolanda Munck 24 June 2024
Masterpiece Story: Summer Night by Kitty Kielland
Kitty Kielland is one of the many talented female artists that have been erased from modern social consciousness. She was a brilliant painter of...
James W Singer 24 June 2024
Masterpiece Story: Summer’s Day by Berthe Morisot
Berthe Morisot was at the centre of Impressionism during the 1870s and 1880s and works like Summer’s Day seem utterly characteristic of the...
Catriona Miller 23 June 2024
Jacqueline Marval: The Female Fauvist You’ve Never Heard Of
She was known as one of the greatest painters of her day and was a central figure of the Parisian art scene at the turn of the 20th century. She...
Natalia Iacobelli 20 June 2024
Long-Lost Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Emerges After Centuries in Storage
A painting by Artemisia Gentileschi has been re-discovered by curators at the Royal Collection Trust after being misattributed for almost two...
Natalia Iacobelli 18 June 2024
Suzanne Valadon: Model, Painter, Rebel
Throughout her inspiring life, Suzanne Valadon transitioned from an in-demand model to a successful artist. Along the way, she challenged societal...
Lauren Kraut 12 June 2024
Suzanne Valadon: Artist (and Muse) of Montmartre
Suzanne Valadon began her artistic journey as a model, unable to afford professional painting classes. Observing and learning from the renowned...
Magda Michalska 12 June 2024
Female vs. Male Gaze: Suzanne Valadon’s Reclining Nude
Female nudes are prevalent throughout art history. There are ancient mythological goddesses, the Biblical Eves and Susannas, and then there are the...
Lauren Kraut 12 June 2024
Blood in (and as) Art
One of the first known expressions of human creativity, the Lascaux cave paintings, were created with blood, a material that has remained significant...
Kaena Daeppen 10 June 2024
5 Greatest Baroque Female Painters
These five Baroque female painters greatly impacted art: Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Leyster, Giovanna Garzoni, Lavinia Fontana, and Mary Beale.
Anna Ingram 6 June 2024
The Practical Side of Modernism – Aino Aalto
Aino Marsio-Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. She was also the wife of Alvar Aalto, which might be why you haven’t heard about her. The...
Joanna Kaszubowska 29 May 2024
