Category Archives: Women Artists

Born September 9~ Aurora Reyes

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Aurora Reyes Flores (September 9, 1908-April 26, 1985) was a Mexican painter, writer, and educator considered to be the first female muralist in Mexico.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_Reyes_Flores

El Primer Encuentro (The First Meeting) by Aurora Reyes
1978 / Mural in tempera / Casa Municipal, Coyoacan, Mexico City, Mexico

The Great Women of Muralism in Mexico: https://www.mexicanist.com/l/the-great-women-of-muralism-in-mexico/

Further reading:
https://latinamericanpost.com/22860-aurora-reyes-a-rebel-artist-who-fought-for-equality-in-mexico
https://pioneeringwomen.org/?p=491
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://conchamayordomo.com/2019/08/31/aurora-reyes-flores/&prev=search&pto=aue

Born September 8~ Luisa Roldán

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Luisa Ignacia Roldán (September 8, 1652-January 10, 1706), called La Roldana, was a Spanish sculptor of the Baroque Era and the first woman sculptor documented in Spain.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luisa_Rold%C3%A1n

San Miguel Defeating the Devil by Luisa Roldán
1692 / Carved, gilded & polychrome wood / Monasterio del Escorial, Madrid, ES

Luisa Roldán on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/luisa-roldan/

Further reading:
https://greyartgallery.nyu.edu/2020/08/the-sacred-unveiled-part-4-luisa-roldan/
https://artherstory.net/finding-luisa-roldan-a-north-american-road-trip/
https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/roldana/

Born September 7~ May Howard Jackson

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May Howard Jackson (September 7, 1877-July 12, 1931) was an American sculptor, artist, and educator. She was the first known African American woman to attend PAFA, receiving a full scholarship.
Biography on Alexander Street website:
https://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cbibliographic_details%7C4078817

Portrait Bust of an African by May Howard Jackson
1899 / Bronze / 21″x12-3/4″ / Kinsey African American Art & History Collection (travels)

May Howard Jackson on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/may-howard-jackson/

Further reading:
https://aaregistry.org/story/a-great-sculptor-ahead-of-her-time-may-jackson/
PAFA Acquires Landscape Painting by May Howard Jackson: https://bit.ly/3kUGgNH
https://www.thekinseycollection.com/

Born September 6~ Marie-Gabrielle Capet

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Marie-Gabrielle Capet (September 6, 1761-November 1, 1818) was a French Neoclassical painter and a pupil of Adelaide Labille-Guiard.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Gabrielle_Capet

Portrait of Baroness Dannery Holding her Son Jean Germain Samuel in Her Arms by Marie-Gabrielle Capet
ND / Gouache on ivory / 5-1/3″x3-3/4″ / Private collection

Marie-Gabrielle Capet on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/marie-gabrielle-capet/

Further reading:
http://www.artinsociety.com/forgotten-women-artists-3-marie-gabrielle-capet-stepping-out-from-the-shadows.html
https://collection.nmwa.go.jp/en/P.2001-0002.html
https://www.journal18.org/issue8/gabrielle-capets-collective-self-portrait-women-and-artistic-legacy-in-post-revolutionary-france/

Born September 5~ Nell Brinkley

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Nell Brinkley (September 5, 1886-October 21, 1944) was an American illustrator, comic artist, and creator of the immensely popular character the Brinkley Girl.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Brinkley

Cover for the Sunday Dayton Journal by Nell Brinkley / July 26, 1936
FROM https://www.dbdowd.com/illustration-history/2015/11/13/nell-brinkley

Nell Brinkley on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/nell-brinkley/

Further reading:
https://cartoons.osu.edu/digital_albums/nellbrinkley/index.php
http://www.edwardianpromenade.com/women/fascinating-women-nell-brinkley/
https://womeninillustration.tumblr.com/post/128707577398/nell-brinkley

Born September 4~ Gladys Reynell

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Gladys Reynell (September 4, 1881–November 16, 1956) was a painter, printmaker, and one of South Australia’s earliest potters.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Reynell

Left: The cow jumped over the moon jug / 1921 / Glazed earthenware / NGA, Canberra
Right: Still Life / ND / Hand Coloured Woodblock / Private collection

Gladys Reynell on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/gladys-osborne-reynell/

Further reading:
https://daao.library.unsw.edu.au/bio/gladys-reynell/biography/
https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/reynell-gladys-8187
https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/collection-publications/collection/creators/gladys-reynell/3542/

Born September 3~ Hildreth Meière

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Hildreth Meière (September 3, 1892-May 2, 1961) was one of the most renowned American muralists of the first half of the 20th century.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildreth_Meiere

St. Martin of Tours and a Beggar by Hildreth Meière
c.1940 / Central panel of painted portable triptych / Whereabouts unknown

Hildreth Meière Commissions on IHMA: https://www.hildrethmeiere.org/commissions

Further reading:
https://www.classicist.org/articles/walls-speak-the-narrative-art-of-hildreth-meiere/
https://www.nbm.org/walls-speak-narrative-art-hildreth-meiere/
Behind paywalls:
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/02/arts/design/hildreth-meiere-the-forgotten-art-deco-artist.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/05/art-decos-nearly-forgotten-quietly-feminist-master/361495/

Born September 2~ Lill Tschudi

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Lill Tschudi (September 2, 1911-September 19, 2004) was a Swiss artist associated with the Grosvenor School of Modern Art. Tschudi produced over 300 linocuts in her career.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lill_Tschudi

Pass Road by Lill Tschudi
c.1951-52 / Linoleum cut printed on tissue / 13-3/5″x8-1/4″ / British Museum, London, UK

Lill Tschudi on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/lill-tschudi/

Further reading:
https://maryryangallery.com/artists/lill-tschudi/
https://www.redfern-gallery.com/artists/86-lill-tschudi/
https://www.bookroomartpress.co.uk/biographies/lill-tschudi/

Born September 1~ Elizabeth Shippen Green

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Elizabeth Shippen Green (September 1, 1871-May 29, 1954) was an American illustrator. She studied with Howard Pyle at Drexel where she met Violet Oakley and Jessie Willcox Smith; Pyle nicknamed them The Red Rose Girls.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Shippen_Green

The Library by Elizabeth Shippen Green
1905 / Watercolor, oil, and charcoal on illustration board / 27-3/8″x16-3/8″ / Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE

Elizabeth Shippen Green on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/elizabeth-shippen-green/

Further reading:
https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/elizabeth-shippen-green
https://americanillustration.org/project/elizabeth-shippen-green/
https://www.dbdowd.com/illustration-history/2015/11/13/elizabeth-shippen-green

Born August 31~ Margarett Sargent

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Margarett Williams Sargent (August 31, 1892-1978) was a painter in the Ashcan School; she exhibited as Margarett Sargent and as Margarett W. McKean.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarett_Sargent

Woman in Striped Chair by Margarett Sargent
1932 / Oil on canvas / 28-3/8″x22-2/8″ / Collisart LLC, NY, NY

Margarett Sargent on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/margarett-w-sargent/

Further reading:
https://www.margarettsargent.com/biography
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16417513/chicago-tribune/
http://www.artoftheprint.com/artistpages/sargent_margaret_seated_woman.htm