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![Installation photo from exhibition La Musée: une collection d’artistes femmes [La Musée: A Collection of Women Artists], held at the Sainte-Croix Museum in Poitiers from 6 December 2024 to 18 May 2025](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6ptxeoq2bfatck3ca6ssid3r/bafkreievnrgugqglxi6tgncrsduvxotexeqqnycritrl2ehfr3wvot66xq)
Installation photo from exhibition La Musée: une collection d’artistes femmes [La Musée: A Collection of Women Artists], held at the Sainte-Croix Museum in Poitiers from 6 December 2024 to 18 May 2025
‘La Musée’: The history and challenges behind a landmark acquisition of works by women artists
by Camille Belvèze & Manon Lecaplain for the ICOM blog
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Janice Hechter’s The Power of Her Paintbrush: The Story of Theresa Bernstein
by K. A. McFadden for Broad Street Review
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A Painting by Alix d’Anethan: New Acquisition
Christopher Etheridge
Associate Curator, National Gallery of Canada
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A vertically narrow rectangular print, at the top of which a Madonna and Child with a male saint are depicted within an oval. The frame of the oval is decorated at the top left with a flower and a ribbon, and at top right with a few stalks of wheat tied with a ribbon. Below the oval, in the lower portion of the rectangle, are lines of text.
Madonna & Child with Saint, C16th, engraved by Suor #IsabellaPiccini (#ElisabettaPiccini; Italian, active c. 1665-92). Held by Harvard Art Museums, harvardartmuseums.org/collections/... #womenartists #artherstory #nuntastic
Capri Girl with Flowers, 1878, by #SophieGengembreAnderson (French-born British, 1823-1903), who died #otd, Mar 10. Held by the Russell Cotes Gallery, russellcotes.com/collection-p... #artherstory #womenartists
An over-life-size bronze bust of a woman in 18th-century garb with curled hair, as the maroon-colored drape is removed to unveil the statue, which sits on a stone-and-mortar pillar.
An over-life-size bronze bust of a woman in 18th-century garb with curled hair,sitting on a stone plinth.
Lafayette College welcomed Adrienne Françoise de Noailles to its campus Sat, March 7, as part of its Bicentennial celebration. The sculpture is the last completed work of pioneering American artist Audrey Flack.
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A product photo of the Maria Sibylla Merian 8-pack of note cards, with the spine prominent. Letters reversed in white out of the hot pink background read "Maria Sibylla Merian - 8 blank cards & envelopes, 4 of each design." The art of the 2 floral still life designs are shown on the front and back covers respectively, at oblique angles.
Maria Sibylla Merian Note Card Wallet
8 cards & envelopes
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20% discount this week, with coupon code IWD2026
Featured art:
1. Study of Capers, Gorse, & a Beetle (The Met); &
2. The Rocu Tree, with Caterpillars, Moths, & Butterflies (The Getty Museum)
For more perspective on #MarieSpartaliStillman see Margaretta Frederick's #ArtHerstory guest post - Marie Spartali Stillman’s The Last Sight of Fiammetta artherstory.net/marie-sparta...
The First Meeting of Petrarch and Laura, 1889, by #MarieSpartaliStillman (British, 1844-1927), who was born #otd, Mar 10. Source, leicestergalleries.com/browse-artwo...
#womenartists #artherstory
Love’s Messenger, 1885 Tal día como hoy 10 de marzo nació la pintora prerrafaelita británica Marie Euphrosyne Spartali Stillman (1844 –1927)
Acme Laundry Cincinnati, 1911 Tal día como hoy 10 de marzo nació la pintora estadounidense Caroline Augusta Lord (1860-1927)
Evening Water, s/d Tal día como hoy 10 de marzo nació la pintora canadiense Sydney Strickland Tully (1860 –1911)
Fantine , 1886 Tal día como hoy 10 de marzo nació la pintora británica Margaret Bernadine Hall (1863 1910)
Tal día como hoy 10 de marzo 👇
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March 8: Beneath the veneer of celebration, the genesis of a struggle
by Nicolas Sarazin for Artmajeur Magazine
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MSK Gent laat vrouwelijke kunstenaars ontsnappen aan de vergetelheid
Meet the Forgotten Women of the Flemish Golden Age
At the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, a new exhibition uncovers a long-forgotten 17th-century creative economy.
by Jo Lawson-Tancred
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So exciting to stumble upon this resource listing all the work by women artists at the 2026 iteration of TEFAF, coming up in Maastricht, March 14-19! Thank you, Mercè Valderrey Art -
MAP Women Artists TEFAF 2026 - Online Flipbook Maker
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A gold-framed half-length portrait of a girl with powdered hair, seated. on her left arm hangs an open basket full of fruit, probably apples. Her right arm is bent to hold a lapdog with brown eyes and very long white and brown hair (shih tzu?). Her gown is light blue with darker blue stripes on the sleeves; there is white lace at the low, rounded neckline and at the ends of the sleeves.
Augustine-Suzanne Roslin (1760-1831), 1771, by #MarieSuzanneGiroust (#MadameRoslin; French, 1734-72), who was born #otd, Mar 9. Held by Nationalmuseum; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Au... #womenartists #artherstory
Henriette Charlotte Chastaigner (Mrs. Nathaniel Broughton), 1711, by #HenriettaDeBeaulieuDeringJohnston (Irish-born American?, c. 1674-aft. 1729), died #otd, March 9. Held by the Gibbes Museum, gibbesmuseum.org/news/breakin... #artherstory #womenartists #HenriettaJohnston
A medieval artwork depicting the Madonna and Child; the Madonna holds her left hand up toward her chest, holding a peach between her thumb and forefinger. The Madonna is painted half-length, wearing a red dress with a gold collar, and a bright blue head covering. Over the head covering is a gold crown, surrounded by a halo. All around the circumference of the halo are gold stars. The Child is portrayed upright, with his mother's right arm curving around behind him to hold him at the front. He reaches across her with his right hand to grasp her veil. His right hand is lifted in benediction. He wears a carmine-colored necklace of beads from which dangles a cross of the same material. He too has a gold crown and halo. He is swaddled in a cloth of orange or gold with red trim.
The Virgin Mary with Christ Child and Fruit / Madonna of the Peach, c. 1440?, by #CaterinadeVigri (or #CaterinaVigri, #StCatherineofBologna; Italian, 1413-1463). Location unknown; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ca... #nuntastic #artherstory #womenartists
A page spread of a religious manuscript; at the top left of the right-hand page is a drawing of the face of a blond woman in silhouette, incorporated into the initial letter of the page.
Saint #MaryMagdalen, C15th, by #CaterinaVigri (Italian, 1413–1463), who was born #otd, Sept 8. #SaintCatherineofBologna’s Breviary, Corpus Domini; source, artherstory.net/sister-cater... #womenartists #artherstory #nuntastic
A page from a religious manuscript. It is covered with handwritten text in two columns, separated by a red rule down the middle, decorated at top bottom, and twice in the middle with a set of blue oblong dots between two yellow oblong dots. At the top right of the first column is a rudimentary drawing of the face of a blond woman, incorporated into the initial letter of the page. She looks toward the right edge of the page; on her head is a red crown. The manuscript page is also decorated with flowers. There is a large orange capital "R" in the center of the lefthand column, and a large blue capital "G" just below the center of the column on the right.
St. Catherine of Alexandria, C15th, by #CaterinaVigri (Italian, 1413–1463), who was born #otd, Sept 8. #SaintCatherineofBologna’s Breviary, fol. 465r, Corpus Domini; source, artherstory.net/sister-cater... #womenartists #artherstory #nuntastic
St Francis of Assisi, C15th, by #CaterinaVigri / #StCatherineOfBologna (Italian, 1413–1463), who died #otd, Mar 9. Fol. 443r. of Vigri's breviary, Corpus Domini, Bologna via artherstory.net/sister-cater... #nuntastic #FeastOfCatherineOfBologna #womenartists #artherstory
A brightly colored painting of the sisters playing chess in period clothes as per the description in the post. National Museum, Poznań, Poland, oil on canvas, image in the public domain. #IWD #InternationalWomensDay #herstory 🖼️
Timeless sibling interaction on International Women’s Day.
The oldest sister Lucia (left) smugly winning, the middle sister Minerva (right) wondering how, & the youngest sister Europa (center) giggling at her sister’s expense. Painted by their talented artist sister Sofonisba Anguissola in 1555.
Early Modern Women Artists at Auction in 2025
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Recent Museum Acquisitions of Art by Early Modern Women
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The Art Herstory logo in pink over the words, in black text, "Thank you!"
The Art Herstory project is a group effort; it wouldn't exist without you, our supporters. Your contributions are invaluable. Pls continue to enrich this special community with your participation.
Happy #InternationalWomensDay & happy birthday to Art Herstory!
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Six Art Herstory card designs - each reproducing a still life by a historic woman artist - arranged a detail of a pink-fronted birthday cake with a lit pink candle in the shape of the number 7. The cluster of images is surrounded with a magenta frame, of which the bottom is thicker than the top and sides because it contains the Art Herstory logo (in a slightly darker shade of pink than the background).
7 years ago on this day, #ArtHerstory launched! In appreciation of the Art Herstory community, we offer a 20% discount on all Art Herstory products, March 8-15. See/shop the full line at artherstory.net/shop/ or at our Etsy store, www.etsy.com/shop/ArtHers.... Apply this code at checkout: IWD2026
Cypripedium pubenscens W. / Greater yellow lady’s slipper / Herbarium parvum, pictum, 1817–21, by #OrraWhiteHitchcock (American; 1796–1863), who was born #otd, Mar 8. Deerfield Academy archives; source, Antiques & the Arts Weekly, www.antiquesandthearts.com/charting-the... #womenartists #artherstory
The Milky Way, 1898, by #FridaHansen (Norwegian, 1855-1931), born #otd, Mar 8. Held by Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, sammlungonline.mkg-hamburg.de/de/object/Wa... The lower border reads in Hebrew: On the third day God created the heavenly bodies
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Commemorating Sofonisba Anguissola artherstory.net/commemoratin...
A picture of a coloring book page with a portrait of a woman in a hat from Tamara Lempicka, sitting on a black-clothed table with markers and a glass mug of coffee. The photo includes a hand holding a marker against the page.
Photo of a pair of Maud Lewis socks featuring her iconic black cats against a green footbed and an aqua blue cuff / welt.
Friends, #IWD is the perfect day to mention, you don't want to miss Today is Art Day's Women in Art collection -
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You will find figurines, puzzles, games, journals, bookmarks, socks, magnets, pins, stickers and more!
