women artists

April 8, 2017
Landmark Exhibition Looking at Work of Plautilla Nelli Extended to 4 June; Crowdfunding Campaign ends 16 April As part of the push to showcase the works of women artists, the Galleria degli Uffizi launched an exhibition 8 March 2017 on the work of Suor Plautilla Nelli, one of the first documented female artists of the Renaissance.

August 11, 2016
Lavinia Fontana died on 11 August 1614 in Rome.

April 15, 2016
Pastellist and painter Rosalba Carriera died on 15 April 1757 in Venice.

August 21, 2015
Evangelina Alciati – the first female painter to be admitted as a student to the Accademia Albertina in Turin – was born on this day in 1883.

September 27, 2014
Pastellist and painter Rosalba Carriera was admitted to the Accademia di San Luca in Rome on 27 September 1705.

September 18, 2014
blantonmuseum: Dog with a Biscuit and a Chinese Cup by Giovanna Garzoni, 1640s Giovanna Garzoni (1600-1670) was among the first women painters to specialize in still life.

July 8, 2014
Artemesia Gentileschi was born on this day in 1593 in Rome.

January 29, 2014
Among the works that will be on view at the Guggenheim’s Italian Futurism retrospective are murals by Benedetta (d. 1977, née Cappa, wife of fellow futurist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (d. 1944).