Born August 7~ Cornelia Van Auken Chapin

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Cornelia Van Auken Chapin (August 7, 1893-December 4, 1972) was an American sculptor known for carving into stone directly without preliminary models or sketches.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Van_Auken_Chapin

Cornelia Van Auken Chapin at work on her Young Elephant
1939 / Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt / Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, DC

Cornelia Van Auken Chapin on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/cornelia-van-auken-chapin/

Further reading:
https://www.craryartgallery.org/cornelia-chapin.html
https://www.associationforpublicart.org/artwork/giant-frog/
https://www.filmpreservation.org/blog/2021/3/25/artist-s-spotlight-cornelia-chapin

Born August 6~ Barbara Cooney

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Barbara Cooney (August 6, 1917-March 10, 2000) was an American illustrator for more than 100 books, many of which she also wrote. She was a two-time Caldecott Medal winner.
Biography on Boston Athenæum:
https://www.bostonathenaeum.org/library/book-recommendations/athenaeum-authors/barbara-cooney

Newsboys’ Thanksgiving Dinner for Eleanor by Barbara Cooney
1996 / Acrylic on silk / Children’s biography of Eleanor Roosevelt / Viking Press

Children’s Books Written or Illustrated by Barbara Cooney:
http://home.metrocast.net/~tortak/illustrators/Cooney1.html

Further reading:
https://www.hbook.com/?detailStory=barbara-cooney
https://blog.bookstellyouwhy.com/caldecott-winning-illustrators-series-barbara-cooney
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/12/childrens-books-for-uncertain-times/544104/

Born August 5~ Irene Rice Pereira

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Irene Rice Pereira (August 5, 1902-January 11, 1971) was an American abstract artist, poet, and philosopher.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._Rice_Pereira

Toward Radiant Powers by Irene Rice Pereira
1971 / Oil on canvas / Dimensions? / Lucy Scribner Library, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

Irene Rice Pereira on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/irene-rice-pereira/

Further reading:
http://www.irenericepereira.com/biography
https://atelier17.christinaweyl.com/artist-biographies/irene-rice-pereira/
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/i-rice-pereira-3761

Born August 4~ Hedda Sterne

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Hedda Sterne (August 4, 1910-April 8, 2011) was a Romanian-born American painter who exhibited early on with the Surrealists and later with the Abstract Expressionists.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedda_Sterne

New York, No. 1 by Hedda Sterne
1954 / 83-3/16″x50-1/4″ / Oil on canvas / Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH

Hedda Sterne on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/hedda-sterne/

Further reading:
https://heddasternefoundation.org/artist
https://austinkleon.com/2020/02/11/the-work-and-wisdom-of-hedda-sterne/
https://magazine.artland.com/female-iconoclasts-hedda-sterne/

The Last Irascible by Sarah Boxer (free one-article registration required to read this)

Born August 3~ Maria Wiik

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Maria Catharina Wiik (August 3, 1853-June 19, 1928) was a Finnish painter. She worked principally with still life, genre images, landscape paintings, and portraits.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Wiik

Vanha Nainen by Maria Wiik
No date / Oil on canvas laid on board / 22″x18-1/2″ / Private collection

Maria Wiik on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/maria-wiik/

More links:
https://cornwallartists.org/cornwall-artists/maria-wiik
https://www.artrenewal.org/artists/maria-wiik/4479
http://figurationfeminine.blogspot.com/2016/06/maria-wiik-1853-1928.html

Born August 2~ Käte Steinitz

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Käte Traumann Steinitz (August 2, 1889-April 7, 1975) was a German-American artist, photographer, collector, writer, librarian, and expert on Leonardo da Vinci.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Steinitz

Young Girl by Käte Steinitz / 1939 / Watercolor and chalk / Sheet: 17-1/2″x12-1/2″
UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Käte Steinitz on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/k%C3%A4te-steinitz/

Further reading:
https://arthistorians.info/steinitzk
https://www.ma-g.org/artists/kate-steinitz/
https://collections.lacma.org/node/178972
https://www.fembio.org/english/biography.php/woman/biography/kate-steinitz/

Born August 1~ Jackie Ormes

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Jackie Ormes (August 1, 1911-December 26, 1985) was the first syndicated African American woman cartoonist to be published in a newspaper.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Ormes

Torchy in Heartbeats by Jackie Ormes
August 4, 1951 / The Pittsburgh Courier / LOC Prints and Photographs Division, D.C.

Jackie Ormes’ Patty-Jo Doll: https://blackdollcollecting.blogspot.com/2010/02/mibdh-jackie-ormes-patty-jo-and-other.html

Further reading:
https://jackieormes.com/
https://www.shondaland.com/live/a26668329/jackie-ormes-comic-radicalism/
https://wednesdayswomen.com/jackie-ormes-first-african-american-female-cartoonist/

Born July 31~ Dindga McCannon

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Dindga McCannon (born July 31, 1947) is an African-American fiber artist, muralist, costume designer, teacher, author, printmaker, and illustrator.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dindga_McCannon

Mary Lou Williams-Jazz Pianist by Dindga McCannon
2017 / Machine embroidery, appliqué, fabrics, vintage trim, plastic beads, sequins / 44″x31″ / Private collection

Dindga McCannon on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/dindga-mccannon/

Further reading:
http://www.shadesofnoir.org.uk/creatives/portfolio/dindga-mccannon/
https://bombmagazine.org/articles/dindga-mccannon-by-philip-glahn/
https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/mccannon-or-table-their-own/4747

Born July 30~ Betye Saar

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Betye Irene Saar (born July 30, 1926) is an African-American artist known for her works in assemblage, collage, and printmaking.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betye_Saar

Gris-Gris Box by Betye Saar
1972 / Mixed-media assemblage / 29″x8-1/2″x2-3/4″ / Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

Betye Saar on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/betye-saar/

Further reading:
https://hammer.ucla.edu/now-dig-this/artists/betye-saar
https://sculpturemagazine.art/ritual-politics-and-transformation-betye-saar/
https://www.artfuljaunts.com/magazine/how-betye-saars-travel-sketchbooks-guide-her-powerful-sculptures-about-race-in-america
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a36182098/betye-saar-daughters-in-conversation/

Born July 29~ Antonietta Raphaël

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Antonietta Raphaël Mafai (July 29, 1895-September 5, 1975) was an Italian artist of Jewish heritage and Lithuanian birth who, with her husband Mario Mafai and two other artists, founded the 20th-century art movement Scuola Romana.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonietta_Raphael

Le Tre Sorelle by Antonietta Raphaël
1936 / Colored concrete / 37-2/5″x23-3/5″x21-3/4″ / La Galleria Nazionale, Rome, Italy

Antonietta Raphaël on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/antonietta-raphael/

Further reading:
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/raphael-antonietta
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/antonietta-raphael-mafai/
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/antonietta-rapha%C3%ABl-mafai-memories-of-an-archaic-world/MwLySXpiYy24Kw