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When Sara Galner first joined the Saturday Evening Girls Club, she had no idea she’d end up making pottery that sold for thousands of dollars to the rich and famous.…

Born into the aristocracy in the south of France, Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa was the firstborn child of eccentric Count Alphonse de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa. After the death of his brother, Toulouse-Lautrec's parents…

When the second Impressionist exhibition opened in Paris in the spring of 1876, one sharp-tongued critic described its participants as "five or six lunatics, one of which is a woman." 1…

Thank you, Cleveland Museum of Art, for the hours and hours of respite in your spaces. Cleveland friends: You know the Georges Seurat painting,Sunday in the Park with George, that is…

Elizabeth ‘Bessie’ MacNicol (1869 - 1904) was a Scottish painter from Glasgow, a teacher’s daughter. She has been compared to French impressionist, Berthe Morisot.Fortunately for Bessie, women were able to flourish in Glasgow during…

I use this Diego Velazquez painting, humorously, in the first few pages of my book, However, the painting has had a tumultuous past. What is it about this Velazquez nude…

I first heard of Barbara Shermund on CBS Sunday Morning and decided to dig a little deeper. Barbara Shermund, Self-portrait with red head scarf  1935 Barbara Shermund (1899-1978) was an American cartoonist.…

Do you remember theThe Dinner Party? I remember how excited women were- myself included - when it was unveiled. My commitment to feminist history was just beginning. The project evolved…

April 17, 2025 Ana Jaren Spain Anna Zinkeisen England Barbara Flowers Germany Dorothy Hodgkin England Elizabeth Price England Janine Helton US Kathe Kollwitz Germany Dame Laura Knight England Teresa Saia…

I really dig when I find a 'new' artist, in this case Frenchman Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947). Naturally I have no idea how I stumbled upon him, but this painting spoke…