by Camille Wall | Mar 31, 2021 | Rediscovered Women Artists
I am still surprised when I dig deeply into the narrative of a well-known male artist and discover a revelatory role that his wife played in the couple’s overall story. This is the case of Augusta Fisher Homer Saint-Gaudens, who was married to the most famous American... 
by Camille Wall | Dec 1, 2020 | Rediscovered Women Artists
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member When I began collecting art by American women artists in the 1980s, there were few resources for research. One was awed by a woman artist’s talent but it was quite difficult to find biographical... 
by Sandra | Oct 1, 2020 | AWA News, Newsletter
Click HERE to read our October Newsletter (Image: Spa Day, Transparent Watercolor by Lorraine Watry, 20″ x 28″; Cover Image: The Neighborhood, Oil by Susan Walker, 30″ x... 
by Sandra | Oct 1, 2020 | Rediscovered Women Artists
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member Each of these women sculptors struggled with poverty and were subjected to racial discrimination their entire careers. All were associated with the Harlem Renaissance in New York City in the early 1920s. The paucity... 
by Sandra | May 31, 2020 | Rediscovered Women Artists
By Jann Haynes Gilmore, PhD, AWA Board Member I was walking in a section of National Memorial Park in Falls Church, VA with a plat map looking for the grave marker of Edith Gregor Halpert (1900-1970). Epic gallerist, Edith Halpert led the mainstreaming of...