Category Archives: Birthdays

Born March 27~ Daphne Todd

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Daphne Todd OBE (born March 27, 1947) is an English artist and was the first female President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_Todd

Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover by Daphne Todd
2001 / Oil on birch panel / 60 1/4″x42″ / National Portrait Gallery, London

Daphne Todd on Art UK: https://www.artuk.org/discover/artists/todd-daphne-b-1947

Further reading:
https://therp.co.uk/portfolio/daphne-todd-obe-pprp-neac/
https://www.painters-online.co.uk/tips-techniques/interview/articles/being-a-judge-on-the-big-painting-challenge/
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jun/22/last-portrait-of-mother-portrait

Born March 26~ Ethel Gabain

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Painter and lithographer Ethel Léontine Gabain, later Ethel Copley, (March 26, 1883-January 30, 1950) was one of six female artists selected as official war artists during the Second World War.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_L%C3%A9ontine_Gabain

Women Welders at Williams & Williams, Chester by Ethel Gabain
1940s / Oil on canvas / 39 1/2″x37″ / Grosvenor Museum, Chester, UK

Ethel Gabain on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/ethel-gabain/

Further reading:
https://busheymuseum.org/artists-ethel-gabain/
https://www.gerrishfineart.com/search.asp?types=Gabain%2C+Ethel+%281883%2D1950%29
http://westcheshiremuseums.co.uk/working-women/

Born March 25~ Maria Tesselschade Visscher

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Maria Tesselschade Visscher (March 25, 1594-June 20, 1649) was a Dutch poet and engraver.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Tesselschade_Visscher

Engraved Roemer attributed to Maria Tesselschade Visscher
c.1625-1650 / Glass with diamond engraving / Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Article featuring Maria Tesselschade and her sister Anna:
https://www.perilousadventures.net/blog/?p=107

Further reading:
in Dutch: a biography of Maria Tesselschade Visscher
Google translation: “New finds give Maria Tesselschade a face”
http://www.essentialvermeer.com/music/muiderkring.html

Born March 24~ Pauline Auzou

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Pauline Auzou (March 24, 1775-May 15, 1835) was a successful French painter and art instructor, who exhibited at the Paris Salon.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Auzou

Daria, ou l’effroi maternel by Pauline Auzou
1810 / Oil on canvas / 76 3/4″x60 5/8″ / Private collection

Pauline Auzou on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/pauline-auzou/

Further reading:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158888082/pauline-auzou
http://collections.currier.org/objects-1/info/237
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/the-dealers-eye-london/pauline-auzou-portrait-of-a-seated-boy-supporting

Born March 23~ Ilse Bing

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Ilse Bing (March 23, 1899-March 10, 1998) was a leading photojournalist and commercial photographer during the 30s and 40s.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilse_Bing

New York Public Library by Ilse Bing
1949 / Gelatin silver print / 13 7/16″x9 5/8″ / Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

Ilse Bing on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/ilse-bing/

Further reading:
https://www.moma.org/artists/561
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/ilse-bing-working-methods
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/bing-ilse

Born March 21~ Daria Dorosh

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Daria Dorosh (born on March 21, 1943) is an artist, educator, and activist. She is among the co-founders of A.I.R. Gallery, established in 1972 as the first not-for-profit, artist-directed and maintained gallery for women artists in the U.S.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daria_Dorosh

Night Jewelry: Dream of Patterns by Daria Dorosh
2014-2015 / Textiles, wool, gemstones, lavender, copper, photography
14 1/2″x5 3/4″ / A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC

Daria Dorosh on Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/artist/daria-dorosh/works-for-sale

Further reading:
https://www.airgallery.org/history/
https://womensvoicesforchange.org/grace-visits-artist-daria-dorosh.htm
http://www.fashionlabinprocess.com/html/next.aboutflip.html

Born March 20~ Maria Longworth Storer

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Maria Longworth Nichols Storer (March 20, 1849-April 30, 1932) was an artist, the founder of Rookwood Pottery of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a patron of fine art.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Longworth_Storer

Vase by Maria Longworth Nichols Storer
c.1898 / Copper & silver electroplated on tin, semi-precious stones / 12 1/4″ tall / Cincinnati Art Museum, OH

Maria Longworth Storer on Google Arts & Culture: https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/m02x3n1g

Further reading:
https://thekingsfortune.com/maria-longworth-nichols-storer
https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2018/03/14/the-woman-behind-artful-american-ceramics/
https://miamiuniversityartmuseum.omeka.net/exhibits/show/the_rookwood_pottery_collectio/introduction

Born March 19~ Nancy Elizabeth Prophet

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Nancy Elizabeth Prophet (March 19, 1890-December 13, 1960) was an American sculptor noted in particular for her work in Paris during the 1920s and 1930s.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Elizabeth_Prophet

Untitled Bust by Nancy Elizabeth Prophet
c.1922-1926 / Photograph of a piece, likely a portrait of her husband

Rhode Island College: Nancy Elizabeth Prophet Collection:
https://www.jstor.org/site/rhode-island-college/nancy-elizabeth-prophet/

Further reading:
https://johnstonsunrise.net/stories/back-in-the-day-the-artistic-journey-of-nancy-elizabeth-prophet,146478
https://aaregistry.org/story/nancy-elizabeth-prophet-an-unknown-sculptor/
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:786291/

 

Born March 18~ Josephine Nivison Hopper

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Josephine Nivison Hopper (March 18, 1883-March 6, 1968) was an American painter who studied under Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller, and won the Huntington Hartford Foundation fellowship. She was the wife of Edward Hopper.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Hopper

Untitled Landscape by Josephine Nivison Hopper
N.D. / Oil on Canvas / 36″x29″ / Provincetown Art Association and Museum, MA

Josephine Nivison Hopper on Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/artist/josephine-nivison-hopper

Further reading:
https://kids.kiddle.co/Josephine_Hopper
https://www.fembio.org/english/biography.php/woman/biography/josephine-nivison-hopper/
Tracing an Erased Artist in Multiple Archives: Josephine Verstille Nivison Hopper

Born March 17~ Hattie Saussy

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Hattie Saussy (March 17, 1890-January 13, 1978) was an artist from Georgia known for her portraits, landscapes, and still lifes in both oil and watercolor.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_Saussy

Sunday Afternoon in Savannah by Hattie Saussy
Oil on canvas / 26″x20″ / The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, SC

Hattie Saussy on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/hattie-saussy/

Further reading:
https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/hattie-saussy-1890-1978
Museum rediscovers work of woman artist
Launching Savannah’s Art Scene: Founders of the Savannah Art Club