Erika Gaffney

British Women Artists and Activists at The Clark Art Institute Discussion of the 2025 show A Room of Her Own, an exhibition about British women artists, at the Clark Art Institute.

Laura Knight is one of the artists featured in "A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875–1945," on at The Clark thru Sept 14. Read about it here:

British Women Artist-Activists at The Clark Art Institute, artherstory.net/british-wome...

An oil on canvas painting with about 8 girls in the foreground, playing in the sand, and the ocean and more human figures in the background. Almost everyone wears a bonnet or straw hat and is clothed in white, except for one girl in the center of the painting, who wears an olive-colored dress and a red or orange kerchief on her head.

The Beach, c. 1909, by #LauraKnight (British, 1877-1970), who was born #otd, Aug 4. Held by Laing Art Gallery; source, artuk.org/discover/art... #DameLauraKnight #womenartists #artherstory

WMQ-EMSI 2026 Workshop - OIEAHC Apply by September 15, 2025, for the WMQ-EMSI Workshop—"Global Early America before 1700"—convened by Alison Games. Workshop convenes January 30-31, 2026.

Application time for @oieahc.bsky.social workshop on 'Global Early America' (a/k/a #earlymodern to put things the right way round 😁): oieahc.wm.edu/events-overv...

Cover of North American edition of Josefa de Obidos, on which is depicted a queenly looking Madonna and a curly-haired Child with a halo and scepter, with cherubs in the background. The book title is printed sideways down the right edge of the cover.

Book cover depicting a seated Madonna holding the baby Jesus in her lap. He leans forward to a kneeling woman holding his hand in both of hers, reading his palm. Two children and two women, one holding two birds (ducks or geese?) look on. The book's title is printed in black, inside a white block of color, across most of the bottom of the cover. Book cover depicting a seated Madonna holding the baby Jesus in her lap. He leans forward to a kneeling woman holding his hand in both of hers, reading his palm. Two children and two women, one holding two birds (ducks or geese?) look on. The book's title is printed in black, inside a white block of color, across most of the bottom of the cover.

There is a new book about the artist forthcoming soon -

Josefa de Obidos
by @cripolles.bsky.social

Co-published by
@lhartbooks.bsky.social, www.lundhumphries.com/products/jos...

and Getty Publications, shop.getty.edu/products/jos...

A horizontally long still life painting of fruits and flowers. At the left side (as the viewer sees it) is a shallow white bowl containing pears, green grapes and watermelon split open to show white fruit and blackseeds. At the right is a white plate on which sits a pile of apples and pears. Both dishes sit on a wooden ledge. In the left bottom corner are two figs, sitting on the ledge. Between the two dishes are two white jasmine flowers.

Still life with #watermelon and grapes, c. 1670, by #JosefaDeÓbidos (#JosefaDeAyalaFigueira; Portuguese, ca. 1630–1684). Held by Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jo... #NationalWatermelonDay #womenartists #artherstory

A book cover, the primary image of which is a leafy plant with a caterpillar crawling up the stem, and a purplish butterfly in the upper right corner. The title is written vertically down the right edge in green text. The author's name is presented in brown text across the bottom.

Book front cover featuring plant, butterflies and a chrysalis (?). Title, author and publisher info are presented toward the bottom in black type within a white box. The picture presents an oblique view of the spine.

There is a new book about the artist forthcoming soon -

Maria Sibylla Merian
by Catherine Powell-Warren

@lhartbooks.bsky.social, www.lundhumphries.com/collections/...

Getty Publications, shop.getty.edu/products/mar...

A vertically rectangular print depicting a watermelon on a vine, on which sits a moth. A caterpillar crawls on the upper side of the watermelon rind. Some kind of egg sits near the top of the fruit, close to where it attaches to the vine. Elsewhere on the vine are two yellow flowers. A long lengthwise section - maybe a fifth to a quarter of the melon - is cut out to expose the pinkish fruit, black seeds, and white edges of rind.

Anguria citrullus (former scientific name for #watermelon), 1709, by #MariaSibyllaMerian (German, 1647–1717), engraved by Pieter Sluiter. Held by MA Horticultural Society Lib; source, Digital Commonwealth, www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commo... #NationalWatermelonDay #womenartists #artherstory

A drawing in watercolor and gouache over traces of black chalk of some stalks of pink and white Persian buttercup against an ivory background. The bloom on the left is shown from the back; in the middle is a flower in full bloom. Also depicted is a withered flower with only three petals left. At the bottom right of the drawing is the artist's signature in cursive handwriting.

Persian Buttercups, n.d., by #AlidaWithoos (Dutch, c. 1660-1730). Private collection; source, www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory

Art and Conversation: Artemisia Gentileschi - Portland Art Museum Join us for a special Art and Conversation with Jesse Locker, Ph.D., Professor of Italian Renaissance & Baroque Art at Portland State University, and Lloyd DeWitt, Ph.D., The Richard and […]

Art and Conversation: Artemisia Gentileschi at the Portland Art Museum, Sept. 4

Book front cover featuring plant, butterflies and a chrysalis (?). Title, author and publisher info are presented toward the bottom in black type within a white box. The picture presents an oblique view of the spine.

A book cover, the primary image of which is a leafy plant with a caterpillar crawling up the stem, and a purplish butterfly in the upper right corner. The title is written vertically down the right edge in green text. The author's name is presented in brown text across the bottom.

And I am also very excited about another book due to be published exactly 1 month from today, on Sept 1 -

Maria Sibylla Merian
by Catherine Powell-Warren

@lhartbooks.bsky.social, www.lundhumphries.com/products/mar...

Getty Publications, shop.getty.edu/products/mar...

#newbooksaboutwomenartists

Book cover depicting a seated Madonna holding the baby Jesus in her lap. He leans forward to a kneeling woman holding his hand in both of hers, reading his palm. Two children and two women, one holding two birds (ducks or geese?) look on. The book's title is printed in black, inside a white block of color, across most of the bottom of the cover.

Cover of North American edition of Josefa de Obidos, on which is depicted a queenly looking Madonna and a curly-haired Child with a halo and scepter, with cherubs in the background. The book title is printed sideways down the right edge of the cover.

Exactly one month to go until publication - on Sept 1 - of

Josefa de Obidos
by @cripolles.bsky.social

Co-published by @lhartbooks.bsky.social, www.lundhumphries.com/products/jos...

and Getty Publications, shop.getty.edu/products/jos...

Virgin and Child | Artwork | National Museum of Women in the Arts

The museum's object page for the drawing points out that it is "a nearly exact preparatory study for a painting now in the National Museum of Women in the Arts, in Washington, DC."

nmwa.org/art/collecti...

A drawing in red chalk on paper of a Madonna and Child. The Madonna is turned slightly sideways, facing the left edge of the work with her left shoulder towards the viewer. The Child in her lap lifts his right arm to crown his mother with a wreath of (barely discernable) roses.

The Virgin Crowned by Christ Child with Roses, 1663, by #ElisabettaSirani (Italian, 1638–1665). Held by National Museums Liverpool, www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/vir... #womenartists #artherstory

Two rows of book covers, four in each row - all of books about women artists.

#ArtHerstory has published the "New Books about #WomenArtists" book round-up for Q2, 2025! Visit this link for a list of recently published monographs and exhibition catalogs, as well as books for young readers: artherstory.net/new-books-ab...

#NewBooksAboutWomenArtists

Historic Women Artists at the Kimbell Art Museum An illustrated discussion of five works by women artists that the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas holds in its collection.

Historic Women Artists in Public Collections: The Kimbell Art Museum
by Olivia Turner for the #ArtHerstory blog
artherstory.net/historic-wom...

Etching and aquatint in brown on buff laid paper depicting a woman seated by a table, resting her left cheek on her hands, which sit on top of a large closed book which she holds up vertically at a slight slant. Also on the table is a sheet of paper, which is held down on the near side by the woman's right elbow, and on the far side by the book. One corner of the paper curls up toward the bottom right corner of the artwork. At the very bottom in handwriting is the artist's signature and the date.

Woman Resting Her Head on a Book, 1770, by #AngelicaKauffmann (#AngelicaKauffman, #AngelikaKauffmann, Swiss, 1741-1807). Held by the @artinstitutechi.bsky.social, www.artic.edu/artworks/129... #womenartists #artherstory

Book front cover featuring plant, butterflies and a chrysalis (?). Title, author and publisher info are presented toward the bottom in black type within a white box. The picture presents an oblique view of the spine.

There is a terrific new book about the artist forthcoming in just a few weeks -

Maria Sibylla Merian
by Catherine Powell-Warren
www.lundhumphries.com/products/mar...

@lhartbooks.bsky.social & Getty Pubs, Sept 1, 2025

#womenartists

on canvas painting, Hilary Doyle's "Maria Sibylla Merian: Observing Metamorphosis." It depicts a stylized depiction of a woman sitting on a bed in a nighttime interior, gazing at a flower stalk she holds in front of her, on which climbs a caterpillar.

Sunday, Aug 3 - @worcesterartmuseum.bsky.social

Hilary Doyle shares how Maria Sibylla Merian’s story inspires her life and art today, as she explores issues of women’s autonomy, motherhood, and nature—and the potent intersections between them.

www.worcesterart.org/events/artis...

#womenartists

A book cover; the top half reproduces a picture of a 2-page spread of a 17th-century manuscript. The bottom half contains title, subtitle, volume editor's name, and the publisher's name and logo.

New from @amsterdamupress.bsky.social -

Discovering Bridget Manningham’s Rivall Friendship:
A Seventeenth-Century Manuscript Romance
Edited by Jean Brink
www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

See the table of contents here: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...

A screenshot of the top portion of a book review in The Washington Post, showing the newspaper name the title and short abstract, a tiny headshot of the author with his name, and a gloriously abundant fruit and flower still life painting by Rachel Ruysch.

Sebastian Smee reviews "Rachel Ruysch: Nature into Art" for @washingtonpost.com -

“... more than an anthophile’s delight. It’s an invitation to get inside the worldview of the artist and her educated, inquisitive circle and to reflect on questions that feel just as relevant today..."

#womenartists

A pencil and tempera drawing of a snail and two seashells, on time-darkened paper. The dominant colors are rust, brown and white.

Shells, n.d., by #MargarethaDeHeer (Dutch, c. 1603–c. 1665). Private collection? Source, bertolamifineart.bidinside.com/it/lot/11437... #womenartists #artherstory

Two rows of book covers, five on each row - all of books about women artist.

#ArtHerstory has published the "New Books about #WomenArtists" book round-up for Q2, 2025! Visit this link for a list of recently published monographs and exhibition catalogs, as well as books for young readers: artherstory.net/new-books-ab...

#NewBooksAboutWomenArtists

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.

Dorothea Storm-Kreps Twig with Two Pears Note Card | Art from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen etsy.me/4779r9X via @Etsy

According to the museum’s object page, “Before a banner of cloth, two seated farmers gaze down at a decorative cartouche, flanked by farming tools and animals. This drawing was created by the not yet fifteen-year-old Anna Catharina Rugendas as part of her artistic training. She prominently signed and dated her work with a calligraphic flourish. It is not Rugendas’s own invention but rather a copy after Boetius Adams Bolswert’s engraving based on Abraham Bloemaert’s design.”

Farmer Couple Surrounded by their Animals and Farming Tools, 1714, by #AnnaCatharinaRugendas (German, 1699-1783). Held by the Getty Museum, www.getty.edu/art/collecti... #womenartists #artherstory

Judith Leyster (#BOTD in 1609) always portrayed mischievous-looking children. Of course, she had five of her own, so her images were no doubt based on personal research. Here are Boy With a Jug, and Boy and Girl with Cat And Eel.

Visit Art Herstory's resource page for this artist -

Judith Leyster, artherstory.net/judith-leyst...

A Judith Leyster note card wallet open showing back cover, spine and front cover. The back cover reproduces the artist's self-portrait from the 1630s. The spine contains the title and product info in white text reversed out of a hot pink background. The back cover reproduces the artist's depiction, also from the 1630s, of a seated boy playing a flute, with a violin and recorder hanging on a wall beside him.

Art Herstory offers a high-quality note card wallet containing 8 note cards that reproduce the artist's work (4 each of the 2 designs shown) -

artherstory.net/product/judi...

A boy wearing a brown coat, a red cap, and a white ruff collar sits on a ladder-back chair, playing a flute. He gazes up toward the top left corner (as the viewer sees it) of the painting. To his left, the viewer's right, a violin with a bow and some kind of recorder hang on the wall.

Boy Playing the Flute, 1630s, by #JudithLeyster (Dutch, 1609–1660), who was born #otd, July 28. Held at Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, collection.nationalmuseum.se/sv/collectio...

Visit Art Herstory’s resource page for this artist: artherstory.net/judith-leyst...

#womenartists #artherstory

🎨 #JudithLeyster, Dutch painter, was #BOTD 28 July 1609. #Art #Painting

A photo of individual note cards, in plastic sleeves, on display in a gift store. Each card reproduces a painting by a historic woman artist, including the painters named in this post.

2)
Giovanna Garzoni, artherstory.net/giovanna-gar...
Judith Leyster, artherstory.net/judith-leyst...
Louise Moillon, artherstory.net/louise-moill...
Rachel Ruysch, artherstory.net/rachel-ruysc...

and

Rosalba Carriera, artherstory.net/rosalba-carr...