Category Archives: Women Artists

Born April 2~ Émilie Charmy

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Émilie Charmy (April 2, 1878-June 7, 1974) was an artist in France’s early avant-garde.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89milie_Charmy

Self Portrait by Émilie Charmy / c.1930 / Oil on canvas / 22″x18″ / Private Collection

Émilie Charmy on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/emilie-charmy/

Further reading:
https://www.emiliecharmy.fr/en/biographie/
https://connaughtbrown.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room/7-emilie-charmy-the-female-fauve-emilie-charmy/
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/emilie-charmy/

Born April 1~ Jacoba van Heemskerck

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Jacoba Berendina van Heemskerck van Beest (April 1, 1876-August 2, 1923) was a Dutch painter, stained glass designer, and graphic artist.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacoba_van_Heemskerck

Composition No. 18 by Jacoba van Heemskerck
1915 / Oil on canvas / 34 1/4″x30 1/2″ / Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Netherlands

Jacoba van Heemskerck on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jacoba-heemskerck-van-beest/

Further reading:
https://modjourn.org/biography/heemskerck-van-beest-jacoba-van-1876-1923/
Google translation of Kunsthalle Bielefeld: Jacoba van Heemskerck
https://thehistoryofpaintingrevisited.weebly.com/jacoba-van-heemskerck.html

Born March 31~ Jay DeFeo

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Jay DeFeo (March 31, 1929-November 11, 1989) was an American artist and a pivotal figure in the 1950s San Francisco community of Beat artists, musicians, and poets.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_DeFeo

The Rose by Jay DeFeo
1958-66 / Oil with wood and mica on canvas / 128 7/8″x92 1/4″x11″ / Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC

Jay DeFeo on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jay-defeo/

Further reading:
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/05/14/romance-of-the-rose-on-jay-defeo/
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13852622/jay-defeo-san-jose-museum-of-art-undersoul
https://www.jaydefeofoundation.org/

Born March 30~ Raquel Rabinovich

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Raquel Rabinovich (March 30, 1929 – January 5, 2025) was an Argentinian-American artist known for monochromatic paintings and drawings, large-scale glass sculpture environments, and site-specific installations.
Biography on her website: https://www.raquelrabinovich.com/biography

Untitled by Raquel Rabinovich
1983 / Lithograph / 28 1/3″x21 1/4″ / Banco de la República, Colombia

Raquel Rabinovich on Abstraction in Action: http://abstractioninaction.com/artists/raquel-rabinovich/#

Further reading:
https://hutchinsonmodern.com/artists/32-raquel-rabinovich/
https://www.pkf-imagecollection.org/artist/Raquel_Rabinovich/works/6553
https://worldliteraturetoday.org/2015/november/rivers-letters-rivers-mud-reflections-raquel-rabinovich-marjorie-agosin

Born March 29~ Dora Carrington

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Dora de Houghton Carrington (March 29, 1893-March 11, 1932), known generally as Carrington, was an English painter and decorative artist.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Carrington

Spanish Boy, the Accordion Player by Dora Carrington
c.1924 / Oil on canvas / 25″x20″ / The Higgins Bedford, Bedford, UK

Dora Carrington on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/dora-carrington/

Further reading:
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/artists/dora-carrington
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/bloomsbury-group-wild-child-dora-carrington-2632171
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/b/bloomsbury/lifestyle-lives-and-legacy-bloomsbury-group

Born March 29~ Cecile Walton

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Cecile Walton (March 29, 1891-April 23, 1956) was a Scottish painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecile_Walton

Spirit of the Sea by Cecile Walton
N.D. / Pencil and watercolor with touches of gouache, on paper / 9 1/2″x6″ / Private collection

Cecile Walton on Artnet: https://www.artnet.com/artists/cecile-walton/

Further reading:
https://www.thefineartsociety.com/artists/139-cecile-walton/
https://www.nocloo.com/cecile-walton-hans-andersens-fairy-tales-1911/
http://museu.ms/article/details/109720/cecile-waltons-idyllic-double-portrait-hints-at-the-tangled-lives-of-scottish-artists-at-the-snpg

Born March 28~ Grace Hartigan

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Grace Hartigan (March 28, 1922-November 15, 2008) was a leading Abstract Expressionist known for incorporating representational imagery into her abstract canvases.
Biography on Guggenheim: https://www.guggenheim-venice.it/en/art/artists/grace-hartigan/

Eleanor of Aquitaine by Grace Hartigan
1983 / Oil on canvas / 77 3/4″x71 3/4″ / Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE

Grace Hartigan on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/grace-hartigan/

Further reading:
https://americanart.si.edu/videos/meet-artist-grace-hartigan-154369
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/grace-will-excerpt-mary-gabriels-new-book-ninth-street-women-painter-grace-hartigan-art-market-changes-1950s-11040/
https://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-hartigan040206-story.html

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

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