French sculptor Camille Claudel

French sculptor Camille Claudel

As I watched a FB reel1 about the life of French sculptor, Camille Claudel, I teared up. Hers is a tragic story. Claudel’s genius threatened the most powerful men of that time. Authors Assia Petricelli and Sergio Riccardi,…
Berthe Morisot

Berthe Morisot

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…
Sunday in the Park (With Me)

Sunday in the Park (With Me)

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…
I found a new artist to love! 

I found a new artist to love! 

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…