Victoria Monkhouse

Posted in Illustrators, Women Artists by Christy

British artist and illustrator Victoria Monkhouse (1883*-1970)

*(or 1884 or 1885)
“Victoria Monkhouse was commissioned by the Imperial War Museum’s Women’s Work Sub-Committee when still a student at Cambridge University. She produced a series of seven drawings of women working in roles previously performed by men, who had been called away for military service.”
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM https://www.iwm.org.uk/
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/6-stunning-first-world-war-artworks-by-women-war-artists

Women working in WWI, 1919 / Pencil and watercolor / Imperial War Museums, UK

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“Lesser Known Artists Of World War One”
http://lesserknownartists.blogspot.com/2018/12/victoria-monkhouse-1885-1970-british.html

12Sep2023

Autoportrait Day 367~ Anupam Sud

Posted in Self Portraits, Women Artists by Christy

A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Artist and pioneering Indian printmaker Anupam Sud (born 1944)

1. Untitled, 1966 / Watercolor on paper / Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, India

2. Untitled, 2000 / Pen and ink on printed paper / Private collection

3. Dressing for a Journey, 2000 / Oil on canvas / Location unknown to me
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4. Self, 2007 / Ink on paper / DAG art collection, New York, NY

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11Sep2023

Andy Warhol’s Endangered Species (Animals in Art)

Posted in Animals in Art by Christy

Created in 1983, the series consists of 10 silkscreen prints featuring images of animals that were endangered or threatened with extinction. The series was a collaboration between Warhol and his friend, the art dealer and gallerist Ron Feldman, and it was created in support of the Endangered Species Act, which was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1973.
~FROM https://andipaeditions.com/blog/104-endangered-species-by-andy-warhol-an-important-milestone/

Andy Warhol at The Factory, NYC, April 12, 1983 [Getty Images]

Endangered Species Portfolio, 1983 / Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board / 41″x41″ / Various collections

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10 Facts About Andy Warhol’s Endangered Species
https://www.myartbroker.com/artist-andy-warhol/10-facts/10-facts-about-warhol-endangered-species

10Sep2023

Autoportrait Day 367~ Nasta Rojc

Posted in Self Portraits, Women Artists by Christy

A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Croatian painter Nasta Rojc (1883-1964)

1. Self-Portrait in a Hunting Suit, 1912 / Oil on canvas / National Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb, Croatia

2. Self-Portrait, 1915 / Pastel on canvas / City Museum of Bjelovar, Croatia

3. Equestrian Self-Portrait, 1922 / Oil on canvas / National Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb, Croatia

4. Self-Portrait in a White Shirt, 1925 / Oil on canvas / Museum of the City of Zagreb, Croatia

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9Sep2023

Anne Harriet Fish

Posted in Illustrators, Women Artists by Christy

British cartoonist and illustrator Anne Harriet Fish (1890-1964)

Image from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Harriet_Fish

“Fish is known as an arch chronicler of the Jazz Age. A caricaturist and satirist, she first attracted notice in England, notably in the pages of Punch and The Tatler…Fish created her own character, Eve, whose exploits in the Tatler were captured in compilations called the Book of Eve”
https://www.dbdowd.com/illustration-history/2015/11/13/anne-harriet-fish

The First Eve Book, 1916 / 64 pages, B&W illustrations / Rooke Books PBFA, UK
“Her illustrations for the “Letters of Eve” in The Tatler spawned films, theatre and three books.” ~Wikipedia

Abdulla Cigarettes Advertisement, 1921 / Published in “La Vie Parisienne” & “Punch”

Vanity Fair Cover Featuring Two Bathing Beauties, 1923 / Painting

Assorted characters at art opening, c.1925 / Pen and ink / Illustration for Vanity Fair

Small Double Footmen Hubley Doorstop, 1920s / Cast iron / Signed “©Fish”
Fish created designs for Hubley, the cast iron manufacturing company, and for Fulper Pottery

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Go Fish! https://bawdybisques.blogspot.com/2019/04/go-fish.html
Anne Harriet Fish (1890-1964)~
https://www.doorstops.com/artist/fish.html
Artist Spotlight: A.H. Fish~
https://condenaststore.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/a-h-fish/

8Sep2023

Gustav Klimt by Egon Schiele

Posted in Artists Portraying Artists by Christy

In 1907, when Egon Schiele was still a teenager, he sought out Klimt, his artistic idol, in search of guidance. The duo formed a firm friendship…In 1913, he produced an unfinished sketch of Klimt in his famous blue smock…and in 1917, the two men joined forces to found Vienna’s Kunsthalle (Hall of Art) in an effort to keep local artists from going abroad.
~FROM Little-Known Facts About Symbolist Master Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt in Blue Smock by Egon Schiele, 1913 / Pencil and gouache on paper / Private Collection

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7Sep2023

Autoportrait Day 366~ Trina Robbins

Posted in Self Portraits, Women Artists by Christy

A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Comic artist and author Trina Robbins (born 1938)

1. Self-portrait sketch, c.1973 / Graphite and ink / Morse’s Funnies Version 3

2. Self-portrait button, 1975 / Metal with clear celluloid cover / Various collections

3. Back cover of Trina’s Women, 1976 / 36-page one-issue comic / Various collections

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6Sep2023

Designer Anna Maria Garthwaite

Posted in Designing Women, Women Artists by Christy

Anna Maria Garthwaite (1688-1763) was an English textile designer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Maria_Garthwaite

Image from https://eastendwomensmuseum.org/blog/2020/9/23/anna-maria-garthwaite

In general, there is often scant surviving evidence for most textile artisans of the eighteenth century. One important exception, however, is Anna Maria Garthwaite, a designer who was based in London’s fashionable weaving district, Spitalfields. Unlike many women artists of the eighteenth century, Garthwaite was both highly regarded in her lifetime and remains well known today by modern historians who study historic dress and textiles.

Quote from The Minneapolis Institute of Art
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/143568/textile-anna-maria-garthwaite