
Happy Mother’s Day in the UK 💝 “The future of a nation lies in the hands of mothers.” — Honoré de Balzac. Portrait of Madame Charles Mitoire with Her Children (1783)...

Happy Mother’s Day in the UK 💝 “The future of a nation lies in the hands of mothers.” — Honoré de Balzac. Portrait of Madame Charles Mitoire with Her Children (1783)...

18th century French Rococo painter Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744—1818), along with Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun and Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, was one of the three reigning...

“Pass us by, and forgive us our happiness.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot. Clara von Sivers, Bouquet in the Forest, Private collection. Source: Invaluable.

German female painter Clara von Sivers (1854—1924) was a daughter of the architect Hermann Georg Krüger and Catharina Dorothea Christina Lüthge. She studied in...

“Portrait of a Violinist” undoubtedly ranks among the artist’s finest works, fully on a par with some of her best still lifes. Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744—1818) painted...

At the age of 19, Clara von Sivers, née Krüger (1854—1924) exhibited her exquisite paintings of flowers, birds and fruits in Germany. Her style characterised by the...

Canadian painter Helen Galloway McNicoll (1879—1915) became deaf from scarlet fever when she was two years old. At an early age she had easy access to fine European art...

This exquisite still life by Rachel Ruysch (1664—1750), one of the most celebrated female artists of the Dutch Golden Age and the first female Netherlandish artist to...

Rachel Ruysch (1664—1750) was successful for nearly 70 years as a specialist in flower paintings. Ruysch’s grandfather, Pieter Post, was an important architect, and her...

German female painter Amalie Kärcher (1819—1887) was born in Durlach, the largest district of Karlsruhe. She was famous for her detailed still-life paintings of flowers...

Painted at the height of Anne Vallayer-Coster's (1744—1818) artistic powers, this still-life painting belonged to a high-ranking official of the entourage of the Queen...

Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744—1818), along with Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun and Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, was one of the three reigning female artists in late 18th...

French Rococo-style female painter Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744—1818) joined the Académie Royale in 1770 as a painter of still-life, the genre considered most suitable to...

This small canvas, in which the Dutch female artist employs vivid colours against a dark background, is a fine example of Maria van Oosterwyck's (1630—1693) still-life...