women artists

July 8, 2020
Artemisia Gentileschi was born on July 8, 1593, in Rome and is one of the most distinguished artists of her generation.

June 26, 2020
Mannerist painter Suor Orsola Maddalena Caccia (1596–1676) was born Theodora in Moncalvo, Italy, to an artistic family.

June 13, 2019
References: Further Reading: Images: Frontispice for Fatinellus de Fatinellis (1627–1719).

May 5, 2019
A relief sculpture from San Martino in Alzano Lombardo depicts the sculptor and architect, Giovan Battista Caniana, in the city where he died on May 5, 1754.

October 24, 2018
Properzia de’ Rossi (about 1490 – 1530) Among the small but significant group of women known to us today who succeeded as artists in Renaissance Italy, Properzia de’ Rossi was a pioneer.

September 5, 2018
Italo-Lithuanian sculptor Antonietta Raphaël died on 5 September 1975 in Rome at age 75.

August 22, 2018
On This Day (16 November, 1625) Sofonisba Anguissola Died in Palermo.

July 11, 2018
The National Gallery of London recently acquired a significant work by one of the foremost painters of the Italian Baroque – a rare self-portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1654).

February 28, 2018
Giovanna Garzoni (1600 – 1670), a pioneering female artist of her time, earned widespread respect and admiration for her meticulous still life paintings.

December 20, 2017
Recently Rediscovered Gentileschi Portrait Goes for New Record Price at Auction The Art Newspaper has reported this morning that a recently rediscovered self-portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi in the guise of Saint Catherine has sold at a Druout auction in Paris for $2.85 million (€2.36 million), which sets a new record price for a work by the revolutionary Baroque-era painter.