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After nearly 40 years of her life as an artist, creating mostly drawings and paintings of women, French painter Suzanne Valadon died in Paris #OTD 7 April in 1938. She was well-respected and championed by contemporaries such as Degas and Renoir.
#FemaleArtists #Art #ArtHerstory
Trillium, n.d., by #BerthaEvelynJaques (#BerthaJaques #BerthaClausenJaques, née Clausen; American, 1863-1941), a poet, printmaker, & curator who died #otd, Mar 30. Held at @artinstitutechi, https://t.co/MevMF4byx4 #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory
Group of Sparaxis, by #ArabellaElizabethRoupell (British-South African, 1817–1914), who was born #otd (Mar 23). From Specimens of The Flora of South Africa, published 1849; source, https://t.co/gJsTG4rdMg #hernaturalhistory #artherstory #womenartists
Emperor moths, 1840, by #HarrietScottMorgan (Australian, 1830-1907), who was born #otd, Mar 23. Held by @austmus; source, https://t.co/nUmbA26d8f #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory
And being weary she sat under a chestnut tree to rest, by #JessieMarionKing (Scottish, 1875-1949) who was born #otd, Mar 20. Illustration for Oscar Wilde’s A House of Pomegranates, 1915; source, https://t.co/cCHKrDsTyy #womenartists #artherstory #JessieMKing #JessieKing
St Joseph with Child Jesus, C17th, by #JosefaDeÓbidos (#JosefaDeAyalaFigueira; #JosefaDeObidos; #JosefaDeAyala; Portuguese, ca. 1630–1684). Held at @MNAA_Lisboa; source, https://t.co/wAoIRm3rzx #artherstory #womenartists #FeastDayofStJoseph #FeastOfStJoseph
Gloxinia, n.d., by #KatharinaFreiinVonRöthlein (Austrian 1804-1833), who was born #otd, Mar 14. Held at the @AlbertinaMuseum, https://t.co/r1s5MdhC1E #hernaturalhistory #womenbotanicalartists #womenartists #artherstory
Portrait of a Young Woman, c. 1710, by #HenriettaDeBeaulieuDeringJohnston (foreign-born American, c. 1674-1729), who died #otd (Mar 9). Held by @LSUAM , https://t.co/qOshfvevGM #artherstory #womenartists #HenriettaJohnston
Insects, 1650, by #MargarethaDeHeer (Dutch, c. 1603–c. 1665). Held by @FriesMuseum; source, Female Artists in History, https://t.co/0v99WZXUDO #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, c. 1625, by #OrsolaMaddalenaCaccia (#TheodoraCaccia; Italian, c. 1596-c. 1676). Held at
@metmuseum, https://t.co/oNDxn1xXBu
#womenartists #artherstory #nuntastic
Spotted Lily, n.d., by #EmmaHomanThayer (American, 1842-1908), who was born #otd (Feb 13). From her book Wild Flowers of Colorado, published in 1885; source, @UofCalifornia Libraries via @BioDivLib https://t.co/rIJlM92Snu #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory
Sarah Goodridge: A Life in Miniatures, illus by Susie O'Connor, is in the series Drawn to Art: 10 Tales of Inspiring #WomenArtists, a collaboration with @RinglingCollege which illuminates the stories of artists in the @americanart collection.
https://t.co/BYWLx4T5oY #artherstory
Presentation at the Temple, before 1583, by #LaviniaFontana (Italian, 1552-1614). Private collection? Source, https://t.co/OwpbiKSoNJ #artherstory #womenartists #CandlemasDay
Pomegranate / Punica granatum, 1850/53, by #DorothyElizaSmith (Welsh, 1804-1864), who was born #otd (Jan 29). Her unpublished ms Fruits of the Lima Market is held by @Oak_spring; source, https://t.co/vCASZlKWPz #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory
Coelogyne annamensis, 1914, by #AliceJacob (Irish, 1862-1921) who was born #otd (Jan 26). Courtesy of @NBGGlasnevin, https://t.co/hhnRw7fKKm #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory
Watercolor of various flowers & bees, n.d., by #MargaretMeen (British, 1751-1834). Held by @Kewgardens, digitized with support from @oak_spring; source, @biodivlibrary, https://t.co/8bgJbnPJ1c #womenartists #artherstory #InternationalFlowerDay #flowerday #hernaturalhistory
Campanula fragilis, by #AnneHenslowBarnard (British, 1833-99), who died #otd (Jan 19). Published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1880; source, @mobotgarden via @biodivlibrary, https://t.co/CT14wzKNTu #artherstory #womenartists #InternationalFlowerDay #hernaturalhistory
Malus domestica / St. Lawrence apple, 1909, by #DeborahGriscomPassmore (American, 1840-1911), who died #otd (Jan 3). @USDA, https://t.co/RdMBBPThpU #artherstory #womenartists #womenbotanicalillustrators #hernaturalhistory
Holy Family, c. 1660, by #JosefaDeÓbidos (#JosefaDeAyalaFigueira; Portuguese, ca. 1630–1684). Held by @bbva, https://t.co/wfjQ419Nnd #artherstory #womenartists #HolyFamily #FeastoftheHolyFamily
Holy Family with an Angel, before 1807, by #AngelicaKauffmann (#AngelicaKauffman, #AngelikaKauffmann, Swiss, 1741-1807). Held by Museum of John Paul II Collection; source, https://t.co/N3rzo6ILE7 #artherstory #womenartists #FeastoftheHolyFamily