The breakout stars of the Fifth Impressionist exhibition (April, 1880) were the women: (clockwise) Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, and Marie Braquemond. Here is a selection of their paintings from that show, perfect for a spring day.

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Nephelium Lappaceum, by (née van Dolder; Dutch, 1817-1892), who died Hand-finished chromolithograph from Selected Flowers, Fruit & Foliage from the Island of Java; , https://t.co/szs26uOFL6

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Fruit-piercing Moth, (Eudocima fullonia (Clerck)=Eudocima phalonia), Noctuidae, Lepidoptera, 1869, by (Australian, 1832-1910), born (Apr 11). Held at ; source, https://t.co/LxHXh3jOTJ

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Exciting news from - today, on the birth anniv of the press announced 's book about the artist is forthcoming in

Pic'd, Garwood's 'Hornet with Wild Roses' (1950),

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"She could have been the queen of Mexico" David Alfaro Siqueiros said of Brooklyn artist Marion Greenwood (1909-1980)

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Blue butterflies by Maria Sybilla Merian, born in 1647. She was one of the Northern European women artists who bridged science and art with her meticulously detailed botanical and zoological drawings.

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"Orpheus and Eurydice" have just been framed and will be off to their new home soon. Even though the original painting has been sold, I still have limited edition canvases and prints available!

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The Nuthatch and the Old Tree by Sue deLearie Adair. AWA 2021 Spring Online Juried Show. https://t.co/ti3PEG9iN2

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Manuela Bertoli's luminous portrait of Italian lighting designer Nanda Vigo is the sixteenth of a new series of depicting prominent contemporary female artists and architects.

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Valéria Dénes (1877 – 1915) was a Hungarian painter. She broke ground in her country as one of the first to introduce cubism.

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Tritonia viridis (Aiton) Ker Gawl / Freesias, btwn 1843 & 1844, by (British-South African, 1817–1914), who was born (Mar 23). From Cape Flowers by a Lady; source, https://t.co/I0azauDIWC

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Venetian painter (1703-50)

Portrait of Caterina Balbi, 1740-2


Venice, Ca' Rezzonico

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Venetian painter (1703-50)

Portrait of Gerolamo Maria Balbi, 1740-2


Venice, Ca' Rezzonico

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