Celebrating Dogs in Art–A Way to Enrich Your Day Dutch-Belgian artist Henriette Ronner-Knip (1821-1909) was an animal specialist in art, capturing the unique personality of her models including the Yorkshire Terrier above.
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Arts Everyday Living: The Art of Reading—Women and Books Forever!
Reposting a blog of 2015 since we are experiencing some temporary technical problems. THE ART OF READING A WOMAN’S WORLD I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall […]
Arts Everyday Living: Through the Eyes of a Woman Artist—the Exotic Flowers of South Africa
British painter Marianne North (1830-1890) was multi-talented, combining her knowledge of biology and botany with artistic expressiveness. She also traveled widely, from her home in England to the Caribbean to Asian destinations.
Arts Everyday Living: Best Friends and Companions—The Eyes of a Cat
Dutch-Belgian artist Henriette Ronner-Knip (1821-1909) was a popular artist known for both her realistic and moving portraits of animals, especially cats.
Arts Everyday Living: Through the Eyes of Berthe Morisot–Portrait of Her Sister
French Impressionist Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) immortalized her older sister Edma (an artist herself) in this intimate portrayal done early in the painter’s career.
Arts Everyday Living: Through the Eyes of a Woman French Court Painter–Portrait of a Baroness
French artist Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun (1755-1842) was a leading portrait painter of the French court during the reign of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Arts Everyday Living: Inside the World of a Woman Artist–Room in Paris
Reposting a blog from 3/20/2013. Gwen John (1876-1935) and her precocious younger brother Augustus John, who later became a well known portraitist, were already producing art works during their childhood in Wales. After studying in London, she chose Paris as her creative home in 1903. To earn money, she was employed as a model by […]
Arts Everyday Living: Another Woman French Impressionist—A Night at the Theater
Reposted blog. Have you heard of Eva Gonzales (1849-1883)? She and her contemporary French Impressionist Berthe Morisot had the same teacher, Edouard Manet whose mentoring helped both of them establish professional careers. Were they also rivals for Manet’s affections? Gonzales and Morisot shared similar artistic themes, reflecting the bourgeois lifestyle of Paris in the 1870s […]
Arts Everyday Living: Through a Woman Artist’s Eyes–The Art of Sleep
British artist Evelyn De Morgan (1855-1919) was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite moment.
Arts Everyday Living: Through a Woman Artist’s Eyes-Cassatt’s Contemporary
Have you heard of American artist Elizabeth Nourse (1859-1938)? Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, she spent most of her career in France like her fellow countrywoman Mary Cassatt. And some more works of art by Nourse, from peasant women, to the portrait of an Algerian man.
