Enchanting, witty, and illuminating. I picked up a (signed!) hardback copy of this text from Green Apple Books in San Francisco for only $12 without knowing the blessing it would prove to be. (It had initially caught my eye in the Art Institute of Chicago's gift shop, but I never bought it.) If you want a relatively quick, engaging read that elevates the lives of fifteen women often tragically overlooked in the history of art, please read! It is some of the liveliest non-fiction I've ever read, accompanied by beautiful illustrations of each woman. *insert Jo March's passionate speech about women having minds and souls as well as just hearts from Little Women (2019) here*

If you've found most art history books to be stuffy and boring, Quinn's "Broad Strokes" is for you. It's witty, personal, engaging, conversational and even gossipy -- it feels like she's telling you about a collection of fascinating old friends. She weaves stories from her own life, and her discoveries of these remarkable women artists, into the stories of their lives and artistic work. You won't soon forget this book.

This was pleasant but not as substantial as I was hoping.

I initially got this book because it's illustrated by Lisa Congdon and I've liked her other books a lot but the portraits in here are so muted and flat, which doesn't fit the cover or the loud-and-proud artists covered by the excellent text so that's why this gets 4 stars instead of 5. Still, it's an awesome (and not overwhelming) chronological look at important women artists written by in a fresh and personal style by a woman who knows her shit.

I loved this book. I too noticed the lack of female artists in my art history textbook (which I still have, nerdy, I know). The author does a great job of highlighting women artists from all different time periods and genres. The author provided backstory of the artist's lives and descriptions and analysis of several works. Her writing style was approachable for both those well versed in the art world and those with a passing interest in art - and it has quite a bit of humor in it! I will definitely look further into some of the artists she discussed.