Oh to be in Massachusetts now that is August’s here! There is an exhibition at The Clark in Williamstown we long to go to called  Women Artists in Paris 1850-1900. Details here. We start the week with Marie Bashkirtseff In the Studio 1881: ‘Women pursued art education by attending private academies where they produced a wide array of work, exhibited independently and formed their own organisations such as the influential Union des Femmes Peintres et Sculpteurs established the year of this painting, 1881.