Category Archives: 365 Women Artists

Born February 15~ Nina Albright

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Nina Dorothy Albright (February 15, 1907-February 7, 1997) was an American comic book artist during the Golden Age of Comic Books, one of the few woman illustrating comic books during that time.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Albright

Target Comics cover by Nina Albright / March 1947 / Volume 8 No 1 / Novelty Press

Nina Albright on the Grand Comics Database (GCD): https://www.comics.org/creator/9923/

Miss Victory in “The Mad Monster”:
http://savedfromthepaperdrive.blogspot.com/2014/08/miss-victory-in-mad-monster.html

Further reading:
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/albright_nina.htm
https://womenincomics.fandom.com/wiki/Nina_Albright
http://pulpartists.com/Albright.html

Born February 14~ Marion Mahony Griffin

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Architect, community planner, and delineator Marion Mahony Griffin, the second woman to graduate in architecture from MIT, worked in the United States, Australia, and India.
Biography on Pioneering Women of American Architecture:
https://pioneeringwomen.bwaf.org/marion-mahony-griffin/

Griffin’s unpublished autobiography: https://archive.artic.edu/magicofamerica/index.html

Marion Mahony Griffin on the Ryerson and Burnham Art & Architecture Archive

Further reading:
https://www.griffinsociety.org/marion-mahony-griffin/
https://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/stories/marion-mahony-griffin-architect-environmentalist-visionary

Born* February 13~ Katharina Pepijn

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Katharina Pepijn (*baptized February 13, 1619-November 12, 1688) was a Flemish painter who was known for her history and portrait paintings.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharina_Pepijn

Portrait of Van der Sterre by Katharina Pepijn
1652 / Oil on canvas / 49 1/5″x39″ / Tongerlo Abbey, near Antwerp, Belgium

Paintings in Tongerlo Abbey: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Paintings_in_Tongerlo_Abbey

More links:
http://www.vondel.humanities.uva.nl/ecartico/persons/5944
https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00138468
https://rkd.nl/en/explore/images/259449

Born February 12~ Sella Hasse

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Sella Hasse (February 12, 1878-April 27, 1963) was a German painter and graphic artist.
Biography on German Wikipedia: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sella_Hasse&prev=search&pto=aue

Telegraph Workers (Telegrafenarbeiter) by Sella Hasse
from the periodical Die Lebenden, vol. 3, no. 1/2 (Feb 1930)
1930 (print executed 1929) / Woodcut / Image: 6 5/16″x4 5/16″ / The MoMALibrary, NYC

Sella Hasse on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/sella-hasse/

Further reading:
Google translation of the city of Wismar, Germany, website
https://www.adk.de/en/academy/sections/visual-arts/kaethe-kollwitz-prize/laureates/hasse-sella_en/
Google Books excerpt from “Dictionary of Women Artists” edited by Delia Gaze

Born February 11~ Ellen Day Hale

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Ellen Day Hale (February 11, 1855-February 11, 1940) was an American Impressionist painter and printmaker.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Day_Hale

June by Ellen Day Hale
c.1893 / Oil on canvas / 24″x18 1/8″ / National Museum of Women in the Arts

Ellen Day Hale on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/ellen-day-hale/

Further reading:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/34803/self-portrait
https://thejohnsoncollection.org/ellen-hale/
Engravings at the Charleston Museum, Charleston, South Carolina

Born February 10~ Anna Boch

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Anna Rosalie Boch (February 10, 1848-February 25, 1936) was a Belgian painter. In addition, Boch compiled an important collection of impressionist art, and was long believed to have been the only buyer of a van Gogh painting during his lifetime.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Boch

Woman in a Landscape by Anna Boch
c.1890-1892 / Oil on canvas / 39 3/4″x30 / Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Ann Boch on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/anna-boch/

Further reading:
https://focusonbelgium.be/en/Do%20you%20know%20these%20Belgians/anna-boch
https://thesketchline.com/en/authors/anna-boch/
https://dutch-and-flemish-painters.tumblr.com/post/90240141314/books0977-theo-van-rysselberghe
Red Vineyard at Arles by Vincent van Gogh
How Many Paintings Did Vincent Sell during His Lifetime?

Born February 9~ Edith Maryon

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Louisa Edith Church Maryon (February 9, 1872-May 2, 1924), better known as Edith Maryon, was an English sculptor.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Maryon

The Pixies’ Ring by Edith Maryon / No information available
Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1906

Edith Maryon on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_of_Edith_Maryon

Further reading:
https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib5_1209417826
Biography of Edith Louise Maryon, translated by Google
Edith Maryon Art School in Freiburg (in German): https://bildhauer-kunststudium.com/kunstschule/geschichte/
Edith Maryon Foundation: https://maryon.ch/en/

Born February 8~ Minnie Lois Murphy

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Best known as a printmaker, Minnie Lois Murphy (1901-1962) was affiliated with the WPA Federal Art Project. The Smithsonian says she was born on February 8th.
Biography on askART: https://www.askart.com/artist/Minnie_Lois_Murphy/61578/Minnie_Lois_Murphy.aspx

Flower Study by Minnie Lois Murphy
c.1930s / Wood engraving on paper / Image: 10 3/4″x7 3/4″
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum, Hyde Park, NY

Minnie Lois Murphy on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/minnie-lois-murphy/

More links:
https://emuseum.delart.org/people/9925/minnie-lois-murphy
http://tfaoi.org/aa/6aa/6aa460.htm
http://www.paramourfinearts.com/list_works.asp?id=844&t=1

Born February 7~ Ethel Carrick

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Ethel Carrick (February 7, 1872-June 17, 1952), also known by her married name Ethel Carrick Fox, was an English-born Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painter.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Carrick

La Marée Haute à Saint Malo by Ethel Carrick
c.1911-12 / Oil on canvas / 31″x25 1/5″ / Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Ethel Carrick Fox on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/ethel-carrick-fox/

Further reading:
https://www.diggins.com.au/artist/ethel-carrick-fox/
http://www.susannadevries.com/ethel_carrick_fox.html
https://art.base.co/event/3032-art-love-and-life-ethel-carrick-e-phillips-fox#16

Born February 6~ Elfriede Abbe

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Elfriede Martha Abbe (1919–2012) was an American sculptor, wood engraver, and botanical illustrator.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfriede_Abbe

The Hunter by Elfriede Abbe
c.1935 / Sculpture for the 1939 World’s Fair in NYC,
located in the Production and Distribution Zone at Perylon Hall

Elfriede Abbe at Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca, NY
https://www.flickr.com/photos/7631711@N08/sets/72157628153713895/with/6402892053/

Further reading:
http://tcpl-exhibits.blogspot.com/2011/11/elfriede-abbe-illustrator-printer.html
https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/03/06/elizabeth-barrett-browning-prometheus-bound-elfriede-abbe/
http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2233#overview