Category Archives: 365 Women Artists

Born December 1~ Eileen Agar

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Eileen Forrester Agar RA (December 1, 1899-November 17, 1991) was a British-Argentinian painter, sculptor, photographer, and collage artist associated with the Surrealist movement.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Agar

Quadriga by Eileen Agar
1935 / Oil on canvas / 20″x24″ / ©The estate of Eileen Agar

Eileen Agar on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/eileen-agar/

Further reading:
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/eileen-agar/
https://www.artic.edu/articles/889/when-eileen-agar-made-a-magritte-her-own
https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/eileen-agar-a-surrealist-trailblazer-whitechapel-gallery-sue-hubbard/

Born November 30~ Margit Kovács

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Margit Kovács (November 30, 1902-June 4, 1977) was a Hungarian ceramist and sculptor. A museum of her work was opened in 1973.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margit_Kov%C3%A1cs

Wine, Wheat, Peace by Margit Kovács
1942 / Glazed terracotta relief / 45-1/4”x53-1/2” / Ferenczy Museum, Szentendre, Hungary

Margit Kovács on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/margit-kovacs/

Further reading:
https://www.hung-art.hu/frames-e.html?/english/k/kovacs_m/index.html
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/margit-kovacs/
https://marshallcolman.blog/2014/08/05/margit-kovacs-versatile-hungarian-ceramist-who-combined-folk-and-modernist-elements-in-her-work/

Born November 29~ Gertrude Jekyll

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Gertrude Jekyll VMH (November 29, 1843-December 8, 1932) was a British horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer, and artist.
Biography on Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:
https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-37597

Thomas in the Character of Puss in Boots by Gertrude Jekyll
1869 / Oil on canvas / 30”x25” / Godalming Museum, Surrey, UK

Gertrude Jekyll on the Godalming Museum website: http://www.godalmingmuseum.org.uk/index.php?page=gertrude-jekyll

Further reading:
https://heritagecalling.com/2018/11/29/a-brief-introduction-to-the-remarkable-gertrude-jekyll/
https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/collection/photograph-album-of-prints-by-gertrude-jekyll/
https://gertrudejekyll.co.uk/paintings-by-gertrude-jekyll/

Born November 28~ Lotte Laserstein

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Lotte Laserstein (November 28, 1898-January 21, 1993) was a German-Swedish painter who was an important artist in Germany’s Weimar Republic.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotte_Laserstein

Traute in a Green Pullover by Lotte Laserstein
c.1931 / Oil on paper / 30”x21-1/4” / Private collection, Sweden

Lotte Laserstein on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/lotte-laserstein/

Further reading:
https://artuk.org/discover/stories/lotte-laserstein-the-german-realist-who-challenged-expectations#
https://londonartweek.co.uk/lottelasersteinweimar/
https://www.lostwomenart.de/en/artist/lotte-laserstein/
https://www.artandobject.com/articles/wwii-nearly-ended-her-career-now-lotte-laserstein-earns-late-recognition

Born November 27~ Katherine Milhous

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Katherine Milhous (November 27, 1894-December 5, 1977) was an American artist, illustrator, and writer. In 1951, her book The Egg Tree (1950) won the Caldecott Medal.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Milhous

Pennsylvania Costumes and Handicrafts, the Pennsylvania Germans by Katherine Milhous
c.1936-1941 / Lithographic poster promoting Lancaster County / Library of Congress, DC

Katherine Milhous on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/katherine-milhous/

Further reading:
https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/Milhous__Katherine
http://www.postersforthepeople.com/field-update–blog/celebrating-katherine-milhous
https://blogs.brown.edu/libnews/womens-history-month/

Born November 26~ Kara Walker

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Kara Elizabeth Walker (born November 26, 1969) is a contemporary African-American artist known for her exploration of race, stereotypes, gender, and identity throughout American history.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Walker

Pack-Mules in the Mountains, from the portfolio Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) by Kara Walker
2005 / Offset lithograph and screenprint on paper / 53”x39” / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC

Kara Walker on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/kara-walker/

Further reading:
https://walkerart.org/collections/artists/kara-walker
https://fineartglobe.com/artists/kara-walkers-take-on-our-troubled-times/
https://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/art/exhibitions/kara-walker-cut-to-the-quick/

Born November 25~ Sonya Noskowiak

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Sonya Noskowiak (November 25, 1900-April 28, 1975) was a 20th-century German-American photographer and member of the San Francisco photography collective Group f/64.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonya_Noskowiak

Arthur Noskowiak by Sonya Noskowiak
1931 / Gelatin silver print / 9-5/8”x7-1/4” / The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

Sonya Noskowiak on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/sonya-noskowiak/

Further reading:
https://www.kqed.org/arts/10406015/sonya-noskowiak-a-groundbreaking-but-forgotten-photographer
http://ccp-emuseum.catnet.arizona.edu/view/people/asitem/items@:1692
https://photographyandvision.com/2018/06/18/mondays-photography-inspiration-sonya-noskowiak/

Born November 24~ Wilhelmina Weber Furlong

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Artist and educator Wilhelmina Weber Furlong (November 24, 1878-May 25, 1962) was one of America’s earliest modernist painters.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmina_Weber_Furlong

Still-life, Washington Square, New York by Wilhelmina Weber Furlong
1922 / Oil on canvas mounted on board / 16”x12” / Hawthorne Fine Art Manhattan, New York, NY

Wilhelmina Weber Furlong on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/wilhelmina-weber-furlong/

Further reading:
http://www.internationalwomansfoundation.org/past-events/past-artists/wihelmina-weber-furlong/
https://wolfsgallery.com/artists/wilhelmina-weber-furlong
https://www.igs.ie/updates/article/wilhelmina-weber-furlong-a-retrospective

Born November 23~ Signe Scheel

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Signe Scheel (November 23, 1860-December 15, 1942) was a Norwegian painter. Her most famous work, The Lord’s Servant, is in the National Museum of Art in Oslo.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signe_Scheel

Portrait of the Artist Helga Ring (Reusch) by Signe Scheel
1890 / Oil on canvas / 26-1/2”x24-1/5” / National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, NO

Signe Scheel on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/signe-scheel/

Further reading:
Translation of Norwegian Biographical Lexicon: https://bit.ly/3FFLYvP
Translation of lokalhistoriewiki: https://bit.ly/3kTsbAP
Translation of infobae: https://bit.ly/3FEvILE

Born November 22~ Dora Maar

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Henriette Theodora Markovitch (November 22, 1907-July 16, 1997), known as Dora Maar, was a French photographer, painter, and poet.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Maar

The Conversation by Dora Maar
1937 / Oil on canvas / 63-4/5”x51” / Almine and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso Foundation for Art, Madrid, Spain

Dora Maar on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/dora-maar/

Further reading:
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-dora-maars-undeniable-influence-generation-surrealists
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/dora-maar-15766/seven-things-know-dora-maar
https://gagosian.com/quarterly/2019/11/21/essay-discovering-dora-maar/

Residency Program at the Dora Maar House:
https://maisondoramaar.org/the-fellowships-la-maison-dora-maar/