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AWA BLOG #35  THE “STETTIES” Creative Sisters Carrie, Florine, and Ettie Stettheimer

AWA BLOG #35 THE “STETTIES” Creative Sisters Carrie, Florine, and Ettie Stettheimer

by Andrea Bailey | Sep 7, 2025 | Blog - Rediscovering Women Artists

By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member If one is an art collector in an urban space where every wall is hung with art, one is prompted to overcome one’s passion (illness) for collecting because another purchase demands precious placement. On the other hand, an...
Re-Examining JOSEPHINE NIVISON HOPPER, Wife of Edward Hopper

Re-Examining JOSEPHINE NIVISON HOPPER, Wife of Edward Hopper

by Andrea Bailey | Jul 1, 2025 | Blog - Rediscovering Women Artists

By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member American realist painter, Edward Hopper (1882-1967), is quoted as calling his wife of 43 years, “a nagging nuisance” and other unflattering terms during their marriage. Only recently has the importance of “Jo” Hopper...
MATRONAGE –Preserving the Legacies of Hidden Women Artists

MATRONAGE –Preserving the Legacies of Hidden Women Artists

by Andrea Bailey | May 5, 2025 | Blog - Rediscovering Women Artists

By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member My AWA blogs about lost stories of women artists have been my mission here and I recently discovered the writings and project of Hall W. Rockefeller who founded Less Than Half. 1 Rockefeller, an art historian, has...
Women of the Cloth: Celebrating Women Book Cover Designers: Sarah Wyman Whitman, Margaret Neilson Armstrong and Amy Sacker

Women of the Cloth: Celebrating Women Book Cover Designers: Sarah Wyman Whitman, Margaret Neilson Armstrong and Amy Sacker

by Andrea Bailey | Jan 6, 2025 | Blog - Rediscovering Women Artists

By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member Winter solstice has arrived once more; a change from warming interior sunlight to a darker domestic space that makes one feel like curling up with a good art book. It is a welcome time for those who love art and books. I...
Lois Mailou Jones and Louise Blair Daura:  American Women Artists in Paris 1909-1939

Lois Mailou Jones and Louise Blair Daura: American Women Artists in Paris 1909-1939

by Andrea Bailey | Nov 1, 2024 | Blog - Rediscovering Women Artists

By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member While the City of Paris was hosting the Olympics this year, an exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery reinforces the French capital’s right to boast. The National Portrait Gallery catalogue (book)...

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