Little Stories of Great Women Artists is an original project of playful and educational animated videos for children from the age of 7 and older.

The objective of each episode? To shed light on the life and work of a woman artist in a three-minutes video. Imagined by screenwriter Sophie Caron, each story conveys the originality of an artist’s approach, their importance within an artistic movement, certain significant biographical stories, as well as difficulties that the artist may have encountered in her practice.

In a landscape where children’s publications and activities about art privilege male artists, this new and unique project intends for younger audiences to be able to identify important figures beyond all gender stereotypes. Through the discovery of these women artists, we hope to invite as many people as possible to discover the emotion that art can bring.

This episode takes us to the Netherlands, inviting us to observe nature with the same keen eye as Rachel Ruysch.

Born in Amsterdam in 1664, she grew up surrounded by the flowers of botanical gardens. From a young age, she sketched flowers and animals, and at fourteen, she began training with Willem van Aelst. Ruysch quickly excelled in the genre, combining remarkable precision with a masterful sense of composition.

Celebrated in her lifetime, she received commissions from Amsterdam’s bourgeoisie and patrons across Europe. Her works became part of prestigious collections, including that of the Medici family. Painting with impressive consistency well into her eighties, she produced hundreds of artworks, leaving a lasting legacy.