Born August 4~ Hedda Sterne

Hedda Sterne (August 4, 1910-April 8, 2011) was a Romanian-born American painter who exhibited early on with the Surrealists and later with the Abstract Expressionists.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedda_Sterne

New York, No. 1 by Hedda Sterne
1954 / 83-3/16″x50-1/4″ / Oil on canvas / Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH

Hedda Sterne on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/hedda-sterne/

Further reading:
https://heddasternefoundation.org/artist
https://austinkleon.com/2020/02/11/the-work-and-wisdom-of-hedda-sterne/
https://magazine.artland.com/female-iconoclasts-hedda-sterne/

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