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It's saint day. Although Bolognese Renaissance artist Elisabetta Sirani often painted the penitent Magdalene (L), she doesn't look a bit sorry in the painting on the right.

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2020-07-23

Happy Birthday Elizabeth Gould née Coxen born in 1804. 'Birds, described by John Gould, with a notice of their habits and ranges by Charles Darwin…' (Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle…)[1841] contains some of the 600 illustrations by Elizabeth.

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2020-07-18


Ida Rentoul Outhwaite's fabulous witches and fairies and nymphs!

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2020-07-09

Ending with the wonderful Maria Sibylla Merian, 1647-1717. German-born entomologist & artist, one of our earliest known women scientific travellers. More about her, other & in my guest post for : https://t.co/min1kI02XE

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2020-06-27

Red Orange Streak

1919

by Georgia O'Keeffe

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2020-06-19

Marie Bracquemond (1840-1916).

On the Terrace at Sèvres, 1880.

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2020-06-11

Happy birthday, Geta Brătescu, born in 1926. One of Romania's greatest artists, she was kicked out of Bucharest's School of Belle Arte in 1949 as part of a purge by the Communist govt. She worked across various media: ‘I sing with my pens.’ https://t.co/RzyiY7vWoS

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2020-05-04

In Germany, Auriculas are a symbol of home. Bear's Ear Primula, Magdalena Bouchard, ca. 1773–1793. From Hortus Romanus, vol. 1, Massachusetts Horticultural Society Library.

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2020-03-27

According to German folklore, leaves and tendrils of vines appear gold-leafed at certain times of year. This suggests the presence of gold in the nearby ground! ✨#FolkloreThursday by Caroline Friederike Friedrich, by 1815.

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2019-10-18

"Rain Shower in Autumn", by Uemura Shōen; "Autumn Leaves", by Ethyl Schwabacher; "September", by Helen Frankenthaler.

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2019-09-02

“We have uncovered a new American scientist and artist..." Read about Anne Wollstonecraft's botanical masterpiece via https://t.co/xl7QF11h0U, and see it here https://t.co/A2iwNFk4Pk via .

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2019-04-23

"If you need me, I'll be up here, thinking about when Mary Oliver wrote that All important ideas must include the trees, the mountains and the river"

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2018-04-15

Find out more about + her practice in Sep/Oct + before 'Rooted in Instinct' opens here on 21 Oct

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2017-09-13