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Born April 25~ Elsa Gramcko

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Elsa Gramcko (April 25, 1925-994) was a Venezuelan artist. Her earlier works were mostly paintings; she expanded into sculpture and assemblage in the 1960s and 1970s.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Gramcko

El Ojo de la Cerradura (The Keyhole) by Elsa Gramcko
1964 / Car-battery cells, metal lock, and mixed media on masonite / Private collection

Elsa Gramcko on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/elsa-gramcko/

Further reading:
https://hyperallergic.com/480543/contesting-modernity-informalism-in-venezuela-1955-1975-museum-of-fine-arts-houston/
https://milenaolesinska77.medium.com/elsa-gramcko-abstract-sculpture-and-painting-d54c7b88e03f
Google translation of “Elsa Gramcko. The spell of transforming waste into art”

Born April 24~ Jan Groover

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Jan Groover (April 24, 1943-January 1, 2012) was an American photographer whose primary focus was the still life. Trained as an abstract painter in the 1960s, Groover turned to photography in the early 1970s.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Groover

Untitled (Kitchen Still Life) #4 by Jan Groover / c.1978 / Polaroid print / Image: 24″x20-1/2″
Various collections, incl. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

Jan Groover on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jan-groover/

Further reading:
https://www.moma.org/artists/2358
https://artpil.com/news/jan-groover-at-gak/
https://www.ccp.sa.edu.au/news-features/2020/4/21/weekly-inspiration-jan-groover

Born April 23~ Uemura Shōen

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Uemura Shōen (April 23, 1875-August 27, 1949) was born in Kyoto under the name Uemura Tsune. The first woman to receive the Order of Culture, she is best known for her works of bijinga (beauty portraits of women).
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uemura_Sh%C5%8Den

The Flowers of Life by Uemura Shoen
1899 / Pigment on silk; hanging scroll / 69″x39-3/4″ / Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art, Japan

Uemura Shōen on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/shoen-uemura/

Further reading:
https://www.bunka.pref.mie.lg.jp/art-museum/54734037810.htm
http://japonica.info/the-world-of-bijinga-shoen-uemuras-beautiful-women/
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-inspiring-story-of-uemura-sh%C5%8Den/mwXxZujHMzKwGw?hl=en

Born April 22~ Ottilie Roederstein

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Ottilie Wilhelmine Roederstein (April 22, 1859-November 26, 1937) was a German-Swiss painter.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottilie_Roederstein

The Sisters by Ottilie Roederstein
1900 / Oil on cardboard / 9″x7-1/5″ / Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany

Ottilie Roederstein on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/ottilie-w-roederstein/

Further reading:
https://kunstmuseumbasel.ch/en/agenda/blog/2020/56
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/ottilie-w-roederstein/
https://www.artandobject.com/press-release/ottilie-w-roederstein-swiss-woman-artist-rediscovered

Born April 21~ Dod Procter

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Dod Procter (April 21, 1890-July 31, 1972) was an English painter. Procter and her husband, also an artist, met while attending art school.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dod_Procter

Girl with a Parrot by Dod Procter
c.1925 / Oil on canvas / 52-3/4″x34-1/4″ / Private collection

Dod Procter on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/dod-procter/

Further reading:
https://chronicle250.com/1927
https://artuk.org/discover/artists/procter-dod-18921972
https://philipmould.com/news/142-a-house-fit-for-an-artist-dod-essay-by-lydia-miller/

Born April 20~ Carrie Mae Weems

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Carrie Mae Weems (born April 20, 1953) has developed a complex body of art employing images, text, fabric, audio, installation, and video.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Mae_Weems

After Manet by Carrie Mae Weems
2002 / C-print framed with concave glass / 32″ diameter, 4″depth / Jack Shainman Gallery, NYC

Carrie Mae Weems on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/carrie-mae-weems/

Further reading:
http://carriemaeweems.net/bio.html
https://www.moma.org/artists/7177
https://www.culturetype.com/2020/08/13/carrie-mae-weems-on-kitchen-table-series-not-simply-a-voice-for-african-american-women-but-more-generally-for-women/

RESIST COVID/TAKE 6! Carrie Mae Weems: http://socialstudiesproject.org/

Born April 19~ Eva Gonzalès

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Eva Gonzalès (April 19, 1849-May 6, 1883) was a French Impressionist painter and pastellist.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Gonzal%C3%A8s

Girl Awakening by Eva Gonzalès
1877-1878 / Oil on canvas / 32″x39 2/5″ / Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany

Eva Gonzalès on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/eva-gonzal%C3%A8s/

Further reading:
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/eva-gonzales/
https://www.theartstory.org/artist/gonzales-eva/
https://medium.com/illuminations-mirror/the-woman-looked-out-artist-eva-gonzal%C3%A8s-5b79b1e07a1d

Born April 18~ Clara Elsene Peck

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Clara Elsene Peck (April 18, 1883-February 1968) was an early 20th century American illustrator and painter.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Elsene_Peck

Shake-speares Sweetheart by Sara Hawks Sterling / Illustrated by Clara Elsene Peck
1905 / Hard Cover / 282pp / Published by George W. Jacobs & Co., Philadelphia

Clara Elsene Peck on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Clara_Elsene_Peck

Further reading:
https://mcad.edu/alumni-profile/clara-peck
https://www.antiqueillustrationart.com/clara-elsene-peck
https://www.dbdowd.com/illustration-history/2015/11/19/clara-elsene-peck

Born April 17~ Barbara Jones-Hogu

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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

Barbara Jones-Hogu on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/barbara-jones-hogu/

Further reading:
https://never-the-same.org/interviews/barbara-jones-hogu/
https://www.culturetype.com/2017/11/21/chicago-artist-barbara-jones-hogu-a-founding-member-of-africobra-has-died/
http://www.areachicago.org/the-history-philosophy-and-aesthetics-of-africobra/

Born April 16~ Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema

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Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (April 16, 1852-August 15, 1909) was an English painter who exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Theresa_Alma-Tadema

Battledore and Shuttlecock by Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema
c.1887 / Oil on canvas / 36″x24″ / Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/laura-theresa-alma-tadema/

Further reading:
https://mydailyartdisplay.wordpress.com/2017/10/08/
http://albertis-window.com/2015/02/the-alma-tadema-artists/
https://web.archive.org/web/20070917174408/http://www.victorianartinbritain.co.uk/obituary/alma-tadema-laura.htm