New guest post on the blog, in honor of a great Don't miss "#MadeleineFrançoiseBasseporte’s Hyacinths at the French Court," by Mary Creed (): https://t.co/RnkLsqtnIW

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Flowers, with a transcribed anonymous poem, n.d., by (American, 1806-1882), who was born (Sept 9). Held by ; source, , https://t.co/SG0vKLB6F9

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The Sydney J. Freedberg Lecture on Italian Art: “‘More perfect and excellent than men’: The of Bologna”
Speaker: Babette Bohn,
Fri, Nov 5, 2021 (virtual event)

Register: https://t.co/J41UqW2SUY

More info: https://t.co/670iyzsjv0

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"I was in therapy to remain a member of the human race, but I had been holding back so much. So I pushed myself further...because out of the shattered pieces, I believed I could make myself whole. This applied to my art and life."

Elizabeth Murray

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Bombay Gossipium / Silk Cotton Tree, Wild Ipecacuanha, 1799, by (British, 1722-?), baptized (Sept 4). Published in A collection of exotics, from the island of Antigua, held at , https://t.co/wAxo19cecU

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Deirdre, 1940, by (American, 1910-2012), who was born (Aug 25). Private collection; source, https://t.co/8rleDl2eLZ.

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Marjorie Lee Eaton (1901 – 1986) was an American painter, photographer and character actress. She shared a studio with Louise Nevelson, and the two of them lived downstairs from Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

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Take that, execrable fiberglass cows. 😂
Rosa Bonheur x 3.

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Born in 1552: Bolognese painter (1552-1614)

Portrait of a Noblewoman, before 1614

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Born in 1552: Bolognese painter (1552-1614)

Portrait of a Girl, early 1580s

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Johanna Jacoba Bleuland van Oordt (1865-1948) was a Dutch painter.She studied at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. Her sister Adri Bleuland van Oordt was also an artist, and they exhibited together regularly at the Haagse Kunstkring.

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