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Vanessa Bell by Vanessa Bell (L)
and a portrait of her sister, Virginia Woolf, by Vanessa Bell (R)

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2021-07-27

Learn more about this artist from Dr. Angela Ghirardi's guest post -
Suor (1596–1676), Convent Artist,

https://t.co/JZuzj9dyyM

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2021-07-26

Born in 1844: Swedish painter (1844-92)

Portrait of a Girl, 19th Century

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2021-07-25

Born in 1844: Swedish painter (1844-92)

Portrait of Mina Carlson-Bredberg, 1876

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2021-07-25

Susie M. Barstow was an American painter of the Hudson River School who was known for her luminous landscapes.
Finding women's dress of the era impractical, Barstow developed a hiking costume that included sturdy boots and shortened skirts + trousers like this👇

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2021-07-25

Gardenia, 1846, by (#SarahAnneDrake; British, 1803-1857), born (July 24). Edwards's Botanical Register; , https://t.co/VQAStNBjHC, via the Peter H. Raven Library at the

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2021-07-24

Madonna & Child with Bird, n.d., engraved by (Italian, before 1542-after 1612). Held by , https://t.co/zztlLs60ir; source, Female Artists in History, https://t.co/uzkZ4u4kRz

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2021-07-21

Ithell Colquhoun was a British painter, occultist, poet and author. Stylistically her artwork was affiliated with surrealism. She had a keen interest in biology, and her work often addressed issues of gender.

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2021-07-18

Anna Mary Howitt Anna Mary Watts, was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter, writer, feminist and spiritualist. In 1856 she ceased exhibiting and became a pioneering drawing medium. It is likely the term "automatic drawing" originated with her.

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2021-07-17

Catherine Dawson Giles was a British modernist watercolour painter. She attended Goldsmiths, University of London and later the Royal Academy.
She met, exhibited with and was lifelong friends with Jessica Dismorr, who painted her portrait (left)

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2021-07-14

Cake stand with plums, pears and a rose, c. 1602, by (Italian, 1578-c.1630). Private collection, Bassano del Grappa; source, https://t.co/WDQw39LUNW.

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2021-07-11

Hibiscus hybrid from Hibiscus cameronii and Hibiscus fulgens, 1844, by (#SarahAnneDrake, English, 1803-1857), who died (July 9). , https://t.co/CTPWLTP0jW, via Raven Lib at

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2021-07-09

Born in 1593: Italian painter (1593- 1656)

Self-Portrait as Maria Magdalena, ca. 1617-20


Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum

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2021-07-08