Question: would you be interested in a short series of (Northern European) woman artists of the 19th century - how they broke borders with their art, travelling even to far away places?

So, during my summer holiday I went to see the "Crossing Borders" exhibition in Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland. It was absolutely amazing, and I took a ton of photos of the artwork, and of the texts. There was so much information! Some women stayed unmarried, and there was at least one (Swedish-Danish) lesbian artist couple. I could do a little series to show the paintings and sculptures, and the stories of the women - there were a lot more than people usually imagine, and this shows only a little part of the world.

Here is what it is about:

"Crossing Borders

Travelling Women Artists in the 1800s

For the first time, works by women artists who studied and worked in Germany in the 19th century are brought together in one exhibition. At the time, women had to choose between a career and a family, and they did not yet have the right to vote. The artists featured in Crossing Borders paved the way for the next generation of artists."

"All the artists of Crossing Borders from the Nordic countries, the Baltic countries, Germany and Poland studied and worked in Germany in the 1800s. The Finnish artists featured in the exhibition include Fanny Churberg, Alexandra Frosterus-Såltin, Ida Silfverberg and Victoria Åberg, while foreign artists include Jeanna Bauck, Mathilde Bonnevie-Dietrichson, Marie Ellenrieder, Julie Hagen-Schwarz, Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, Magda Kröner, Amalia Lindegren, Emmy Lischke and Bertha Wegmann. The exhibition also features drawings by Finland’s first female scientific illustrator, Hilda Olson, from the collection of the Finnish Museum of Natural History. In all, the exhibits include paintings, sculptures and drawings by more than 50 artists, all of whom are women."

https://ateneum.fi/en/exhibitions/crossing-borders/