Category Archives: Women Artists

Born July 1~ Alice Barber Stephens

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Alice Barber Stephens (July 1, 1858-July 13, 1932) was an American painter and engraver, best remembered for her illustrations.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Barber_Stephens

“Selma threw herself at full length on the ground” by Alice Barber Stephens
1895 / Watercolor and gouache / Sheet size: 21-1/2″x14-3/5″
Illustration for story “Three Chapters” by Gertrude Blake Stanton / The Cosmopolitan magazine / April 1895

Alice Barber Stephens on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/alice-barber-stephens/

Further reading:
https://emuseum.delart.org/people/1319/alice-barber-stephens
http://collections.brandywine.org/objects/5261/the-woman-in-business
https://arttimesjournal.com/art/Art_Essays/winter_14_rena_robey/alice_barber_stephens.html

Born June 30~ Sigrid Kopfermann

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Sigrid Kopfermann (June 30, 1923-June 25, 2011) was a German painter, graphic artist, and art teacher.
Biography on German Wikipedia: From Google Translate

Landschaft (Landscape) by Sigrid Kopfermann
1993 / Mixed media on canvas / 39-2/5″x27-2/5″ / Found on Van Ham auction site

Sigrid Kopfermann on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/sigrid-kopfermann/

Further reading: (all in Google Translate from German)
Sigrid Kopfermann
Sigrid Kopfermann was born in 1923…
Sigrid Kopfermann – An Obituary

Born June 29~ Helen Hokinson

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Helen Elna Hokinson (June 29, 1893-November 1, 1949) was an American cartoonist and book illustrator best known for her work for The New Yorker.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_E._Hokinson

Helen Hokinson on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/helen-hokinson/

Further reading:
https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2018/04/10/hokinson/
https://www.dbdowd.com/illustration-history/2015/11/13/helen-e-hokinson
http://www.tcj.com/helen-e-hokinson/

Helen Hokinson cartoon
c.1943 / Ink wash and collage / Published in New Yorker, June 19, 1943

Woman in a Rowboat by Helen Hokinson
1932 / Ceramic / 5-5/8″x7-1/2″ / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
“Helen Hokinson also worked briefly in pottery, creating small ceramic figural works”

Born June 28~ Anne Goldthwaite

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Anne Goldthwaite (June 28, 1869-January 29, 1944) was an American painter and printmaker and an advocate of women’s rights and equal rights.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Goldthwaite

Young Mother by Anne Goldthwaite
N.D. / Oil on canvas / 30-3/8″x25″ / Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, IN

Anne Goldthwaite on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/anne-wilson-goldthwaite/

Further reading:
http://dixieartcolony.org/anne-wilson-goldthwaite/
https://thejohnsoncollection.org/anne-goldthwaite/
https://www.monroecountynow.org/blog/2018/6/28/she-showed-life-in-the-south-and-nyc
https://collection.mmfa.org/artist-maker/info/60

Born June 27~ Beth Van Hoesen

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Beth Van Hoesen (June 27, 1926-November 26, 2010) was an American artist best known for her prints and drawings of animals and botanical subjects. In 1953, she married fellow artist Mark Adams.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Van_Hoesen

Mark in Front of Self-Portrait by Beth Van Hoesen
1966 / Graphite on cream wove paper / 14″x12-3/4″ / Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Beth Van Hoesen on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/beth-van-hoesen/

Further reading:
https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/2426/Van%20Hoesen/Beth
https://art.famsf.org/beth-van-hoesen
http://www.quailbellmagazine.com/the-real/beyond-art-beth-van-hoesens-boots

Born June 26~ Barbara Chase-Riboud

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Barbara Chase-Riboud (born June 26, 1939) is an American visual artist and sculptor, bestselling novelist, and award-winning poet.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Chase-Riboud

Akhmatova’s Monument by Barbara Chase-Riboud
1995 / Color offset lithograph, edition of 100; design for unrealized sculpture / 30″ x 22″ / Brandywine Workshop and Archives

Barbara Chase-Riboud on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/barbara-chase-riboud/

Further reading:
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/chase-riboud-barbara-1939/
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste_prixaware/barbara-chase-riboud/
https://hyperallergic.com/430657/barbara-chase-riboud-malcom-x-sculptures-book/

Born June 25~ Rose O’Neill

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Rose Cecil O’Neill (June 25, 1874-April 6, 1944) was an American artist and writer who became the best-known and highest-paid female commercial illustrator in the US after creating the Kewpie.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_O%27Neill

“Looking in at the Windows” by Rose O’Neill
Original art for page 85 of The Loves of Edwy, Lothrop Publishing Co.
c.1904 / Ink on Paper / 21-7/10″x15-1/5″ / Drury University Art Collection, Springfield, MO

Rose O’Neill on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/rose-oneill/

Further reading:
https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/rose-oneill
https://historicmissourians.shsmo.org/rose-oneill
http://cbldf.org/2017/03/she-changed-comics-rose-oneill-champion-of-suffrage/

Born June 24~ Margaret Olley

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Margaret Hannah Olley AC (June 24, 1923-July 26, 2011) was one of Australia’s most celebrated painters, focusing largely on still life and interiors.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Olley

Yellow Tablecloth with Cornflowers by Margaret Olley
2007 / Multi-plate colored etching / 37″x31″ / Edition of 75

Margaret Olley on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/margaret-hannah-olley/

Further reading:
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/artists/olley-margaret/
https://www.frankie.com.au/article/the-life-of-legendary-aussie-painter-margaret-olley-545334
https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/the-surprising-secret-in-margaret-olley-s-memorial-garden-20210614-p580sd

Born June 23~ Mary Grigoriadis

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Mary Grigoriadis (born June 23, 1942) is an American artist known for her paintings in the pattern and decoration movement.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Grigoriadis

Card for Mary Grigoriadis’ exhibition at A.I.R. Gallery, 1978
Artwork used: “Titus” / 1974 / Oil and acrylic on linen / 66″x66″

Mary Grigoriadis on the Accola Griefen Gallery web site: http://accolagriefen.com/artists/mary-grigoriadis

Further reading:
https://art.state.gov/personnel/mary_grigoriadis/
https://www.airgallery.org/mary-grigoriadis
https://collections.broadmuseum.msu.edu/detail.php?term=Mary+Grigoriadis&module=objects&type=keyword&x=0&y=0&kv=27336&record=1&module=objects

Born June 22~ Alison Smithson

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Alison Smithson (June 22, 1928-August 16, 1993) was one half of the wife and husband team of Alison and Peter Smithson, influential and controversial pioneers of the New Brutalist movement in the UK.
Alison Smithson on the Dangerous Women Project site:
https://dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/07/28/alison-smithson/

School of Architecture and Building Engineering (E6)
Alison & Peter Smithson / 1984-1988 / University of Bath, UK

Alison Smithson on ArchDaily: https://www.archdaily.com/tag/alison-smithson

Further reading:
https://dangerousminds.net/comments/englands_eccentric_new_brutalist_architects_the_smithsons
https://www.treehugger.com/look-alison-smithsons-house-future-4858335
https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/reputations/alison-smithson-1928-1993-and-peter-smithson-1923-2003