Barbara Jones-Hogu (April 17, 1938-November 14, 2017) was a painter, printmaker, filmmaker, and educator from Chicago. She was a member of OBAC and co-founded the artists’ collective AfriCOBRA. Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Jones-Hogu
God’s Child by Barbara Jones-Hogu 2009 / Twelve color screenprint on Arches 88 paper / Image: 14″x23 1/4″ / DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL
Elizabeth Catlett (April 15, 1915-April 2, 2012) was an African-American artist who explored themes relating to race and feminism in her range of sculpture, paintings, and prints. Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Catlett
Mother and Child by Elizabeth Catlett 1956 / Terra cotta / 11 1/4″x7″x7″ / Museum of Modern Art, NYC
Artist, scholar, educator, writer, and curator, Howardena Pindell (born April 14, 1943) works across figuration, abstraction, and conceptualism. Biography on MCA Chicago: https://pindell.mcachicago.org/about/artist-biography/
Memory: Past by Howardena Pindell 1980–1981 / Mixed media on canvas / 126″x84″/ Museum of Modern Art, NYC
Lezley Saar (born April 13, 1953) is a visual artist whose paintings, mixed-media works, and altered books are centered on the human figure and on narration. Biography on The Women’s Studio: https://thewomensstudio.net/2018/04/30/lezley-saar/
The Silent Woman by Lezley Saar 2015 / Acrylic on fabric on panel / 20″x16″ / Walter Maciel Gallery
Clare Marie Veronica Leighton (April 12, 1898-November 4, 1989) was an English/American artist, writer, and illustrator, best known for her wood engravings. Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Leighton
Blackbird on Nest, from the Series: Four Hedges by Clare Leighton 1935 / Wood engraving / Image: 6 15/16″x4 7/8″ Various collections, including Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
Marie Edwards Johnson-Calloway (April 10, 1920-February 11, 2018) was an American artist who worked in the fields of painting and mixed-media assemblage. Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_E._Johnson-Calloway
Joan and John by Camelia Whitehurst N.D. / Oil on canvas / 40″x30 1/5″ / Private collection
Camelia Whitehurst (1871–1936) was born in Baltimore, Maryland, where she spent most of her life. She studied at Baltimore’s Charcoal Club with Samuel Whitman, and at the Pennsylvania Academy with William Merritt Chase and Cecilia Beaux. After completing her studies, she opened a studio in Paris and traveled through Europe. In 1920, she moved into her Baltimore studio.
She was a member of the National Association of Women Artists; the Grand Central Art Gallery; North Shore Art Academy; Springfield Art League; the Society of Washington Artist; and other arts organizations.
Camelia exhibited her works at various venues including the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Society of Washington Artists, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors. In 1924, Whitehurst participated in the first exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art to feature only works of art by women. The “Six Baltimore Women Painters” had exhibited earlier (c.1911-1912) in the Peabody Gallery; by the time of the 1924 exhibition The Six had become “The Six and One”.
