Born August 27~ Wilhelmina Godfrey

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Wilhelmina McAlpin Godfrey (August 27, 1914-May 13, 1994) was an American painter, printmaker, textile artist, educator, and community activist.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmina_McAlpin_Godfrey

Composition I by Wilhelmina Godfrey
1968 / Oil on canvas / 61″x29″ / Private collection

Wilhelmina Godfrey on Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/artist/wilhelmina-mcalpin-godfrey

Further reading:
https://www.uncrownedcommunitybuilders.com/person/wilhelmina
https://www.meibohmfinearts.com/artists/details/2858
https://www.burchfieldpenney.org/general/blog/article:02-24-2020-12-00am-wilhelmina-godfrey-artist-educator-innovator-and-community-builder/

Born August 26~ Dorothy Rutka

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Dorothy Rutka (August 26, 1907–May 20, 1985) was an American printmaker, painter, illustrator, and writer.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Rutka

Strawberries by Dorothy Rutka
1936 / Color aquatint on copper, printed on paper / Cleveland, OH, Public Library Fine Arts & Special Collections

Dorothy Rutka on Google Arts and Culture~
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/dorothy-rutka-people-as-they-are-cleveland-public-library/hgVxB_uY-mCfqw?hl=en

Further reading:
https://montanamuseum.pastperfectonline.com/bycreator?keyword=Rutka%2C+Dorothy
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/collection/search?filter-artist=Dorothy%20Rutka
https://www.loc.gov/resource/dcmsiabooks.artistsforvictor00land/?sp=69&st=text

Born August 25~ Dorothea Tanning

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Dorothea Margaret Tanning (August 25, 1910-January 31, 2012) was an American illustrator, painter, printmaker, sculptor, set and costume designer, writer, and poet.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Tanning

Portrait de Famille (Family Portrait) by Dorothea Tanning
1954 / Oil on canvas / 39-3/8″x31-7/8″ / Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Dorothea Tanning on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/dorothea-tanning/

Further reading:
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/dorothea-tanning-2024
https://www.menil.org/collection?artist=Dorothea+Tanning
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dorothea-tanning
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/dorothea-tanning-2024/learn-about-100-years-dorothea-tanning

Born August 24~ Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella

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Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella (August 24, 1641-1676) was a French engraver. She and her siblings moved in with their uncle, painter Jacques Stella. The family frequently collaborated in painting, engraving, and publishing prints.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoinette_Bouzonnet-Stella

Romulus and Remus Found by Shepherds by Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella, after Antoine Bouzonnet-Stella
1676 / Etching / 14-3/4″x19″ / Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/antoinette-bouzonnet-stella/

Further reading:
https://nmwa.org/art/artists/antoinette-bouzonnet-stella/
https://ago.ca/agoinsider/engraving-herstory
https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/person/63569?person=63569

Born August 23~ Margaret Gere

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Margaret Gere (August 23, 1878-1965) was a British painter, notably in tempera. She and her sister Edith, who married artist Henry Payne, were known as “the masterful Miss Geres”.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Gere

Italian Piazza by Margaret Gere
1913 / Watercolor and gouache / 14-1/2″x10-1/2″ / Private collection

Margaret Gere on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/margaret-gere/

More links:
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/margaret-gere-1154
https://artuk.org/discover/artists/gere-margaret-18781965

Born August 22~ Agnes Pelton

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Agnes Lawrence Pelton (August 22, 1881-March 13, 1961) was a visionary symbolist who painted modernist works reflecting her spiritual interests.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Lawrence_Pelton

Winter by Agnes Pelton
1933 / Oil on canvas / 30″x28″ / Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

Agnes Pelton on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/agnes-pelton/

Further reading:
https://brooklynrail.org/2018/06/criticspage/Agnes-Pelton-The-Familiar-Sublime
https://theosophyart.org/2020/12/09/agnes-pelton-and-theosophy/
https://www.californiadesertart.com/lost-farm-the-rediscovered-homestead-of-agnes-pelton/

Born August 21~ Mary Lizzie Macomber

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Mary Lizzie Macomber (August 21, 1861-February 4, 1916) was an American artist who painted in the style of the Pre-Raphaelites. Much of her work was lost during a fire in her studio in 1903.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lizzie_Macomber

Saint Catherine by Mary Lizzie Macomber
1896 / Oil on canvas / 32-7/8″x24-1/8″ / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Mary Lizzie Macomber on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/mary-lizzie-macomber/

More links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9EvwZaSJ5M
http://arcadiasystems.org/academia/cassatt6g.html#macomber
https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/macomber-mary-lizzie-1861-1916

Born August 20~ Teresa del Pò

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Teresa del Pò (August 20, 1649-August 5, 1716) was an Italian painter and engraver of the late Baroque.
Biography translated from Italian Wikipedia:
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_del_Po

Magdalena in Ecstasy attributed to Teresa del Pò
1678 / Silverpoint, watercolor on parchment / 9-1/10″x6-9/10″ / Private collection

Teresa del Pò on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/teresa-del-po/

Further reading:
http://www.pastellists.com/Articles/PO.pdf
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG40862
Google translation of Teresa del Po (1649-1716): https://bit.ly/3yX4TiG

 

Born August 19~ Florine Stettheimer

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Florine Stettheimer (August 19, 1871-May 11, 1944) was an American modernist painter, feminist, theatrical designer, poet, and salonnière.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florine_Stettheimer

Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz by Florine Stettheimer
1928 / Oil on canvas / 38″ 26-1/4″ / Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

Florine Stettheimer on MoMA: https://mo.ma/3k2b6n3

Further reading:
https://hyperallergic.com/329408/florine-stettheimer-feminist-provocateur/
https://stories.thejewishmuseum.org/the-stetties-florine-stettheimer-and-her-sisters-a377eaa7b04d
https://www.mcny.org/exhibition/stettheimer-dollhouse-0

Born August 18~ Gertrude Hermes

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Gertrude Anna Bertha Hermes OBE RA (August 18, 1901-May 9, 1983) was a British sculptor, wood engraver, lino-cutter, illustrator, and designer.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Hermes

  • Swallows by Gertrude Hermes 1933 / Wood engraving on paper / 7-1/2″x5″ / Tate Britain, UK
  • Bird in Hand by Gertrude Hermes 1931 / Lignum vitae wood / 15-5/8″x7-9/10″x5-1/4″ / The Whitworth, Manchester, UK

Gertrude Hermes on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/gertrude-hermes/

Further reading:
https://artuk.org/discover/artists/hermes-gertrude-19011983
https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/8040/wild-girl-the-artistic-rebellion-of-gertrude-hermes
https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/art-design/2020/08/greats-outdoors-gertrude-hermes-and-landscape-ancient-and-modern