Born June 18~ Dorothy Weir Young

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Dorothy Weir Young (June 18, 1890-May 28, 1947) was an American artist. She worked in multiple media including including oils, watercolors, and woodblock prints.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Weir_Young

Theresa and Tommy by Dorothy Weir Young
c.1920 / Oil on canvas / 27-1/8″x34-1/8″ / BYU Museum of Art, Provo, UT

Dorothy Weir Young on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dorothy_Weir_Young

Further reading:
Artist: Dorothy Weir Young/State of Utah Art Collections
Dorothy Weir Young Artwork/Natonal Park Service
https://savingplaces.org/stories/10-women-who-influenced-historic-artists-homes#.YM0D-ZNKhUc

Born June 17~ Toshiko Takaezu

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Toshiko Takaezu (June 17, 1922-March 9, 2011) was a Japanese-American ceramist and painter whose closed forms helped to elevate ceramics from functional to fine art.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiko_Takaezu

Untitled by Toshiko Takaezu
c.1990-1999 / Glazed stoneware / 14-1/2″x6-1/2″ / Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Toshiko Takaezu on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/toshiko-takaezu/

Further reading:
https://www.groundsforsculpture.org/artists/toshiko-takaezu/
https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/object-package/toshiko-takaezu/29673
https://www.toshikotakaezufoundation.org/about-toshiko

Born June 16~ Yamashita Rin

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Yamashita Rin (June 16, 1857-January 26, 1939) was a painter of icons for the Japanese Orthodox Church.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamashita_Rin

Icon of The Resurrection of Christ by Yamashita Rin / c. 1891
Oil on paper, lacquered / 12-3/5″x10-2/5″ / Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Yamashita Rin on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Yamashita_Rin

Further reading:
http://www.englishforrussianorthodox.com/rin-yamashita
https://blog.obitel-minsk.com/2020/11/irina-yamashita-the-first-japanese-icon-painter.html
http://meiji-portraits.de/meiji_portraits_y.html#20090527093539953_1_2_4_15_1

Born June 15~ Anna Mahler

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Anna Justine Mahler (June 15, 1904-June 3, 1988) was an Austrian sculptor. Born in Vienna, Anna Mahler was the second child of the composer Gustav Mahler and his wife Alma Schindler.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Mahler

Tower of Masks by Anna Mahler
1961 / Limestone / Height: 15 ft / University of California (UCLA)  Photo © Ewald Judt

Anna Mahler on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/anna-mahler/

Further reading:
https://artistscollectingsociety.org/members/anna-mahler/
https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/family-tree/generation-7/2-anna-justine-mahler-gucki-1904-1988/
https://stephenjones.blog/2020/11/18/anna-mahler/

Born June 14~ Agnes Tait

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Agnes Tait (June 14, 1894-August 23, 1981) was an American painter, pen-and-ink artist, lithographer, book illustrator, and muralist.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Tait

above: The Aristocrat by Agnes Tait / 1936 / Lithograph / Image: 13-1/2″x9-15/16″
Various collections, including Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX
below: Felicity by Agnes Tait / 1937 / Lithograph / Image: 13-1/4″x10-9/16″
Various collections, including Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX

Agnes Tait on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/agnes-gabrielle-tait/

Further reading:
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/agnes-tait-4732
http://womenoutwest.blogspot.com/2013/08/agnes-gabrielle-tait-model-writer.html
https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/bellevue-hospital-tait-mural-new-york-ny/

Born June 13~ Priscilla Roberts

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Priscilla Warren Roberts (June 13, 1916-August 5, 2001) was an American painter known as a magic realist, but whose work sometimes approached surrealism.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_Roberts

Self-Portrait by Priscilla Roberts
1946 / Oil on masonite / 29-7⁄8″x14-1⁄8″ / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC

Priscilla Roberts on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/priscilla-warren-roberts/

Further reading:
http://antiquesandfineart.com/artists/bio.cfm?id=173277
https://www.hirschlandadler.com/galleries/priscilla-roberts
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/priscilla-roberts-5943

Born June 12~ Anni Albers

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Anni Albers (June 12, 1899-May 9, 1994) was a textile designer, weaver, writer, printmaker, and teacher who inspired a reconsideration of fabrics as an art form.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anni_Albers

Development in Rose II by Anni Albers
1952 / Linen / 24-3/8″x17-3/4″ / Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Anni Albers on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/anni-albers/

Further reading:
https://www.thetextileatlas.com/craft-stories/anni-albers
https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/anni-albers-the-designers-artist-who-put-women-on-the-grid/
https://nmwa.org/art/artists/anni-albers/
https://albersfoundation.org/artists/biographies/

Born June 11~ Worden Day

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Esther Worden Day (June 11, 1912-January 27, 1986) was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, and curator.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worden_Day

Now Flowing by Worden Day
1956 / Color woodcut on paper / 9″x7-1/16″ / RISD Museum, Providence, RI

Worden Day on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/worden-day/

Further reading:
https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/532/Day/Worden
https://atelier17.christinaweyl.com/artist-biographies/worden-day/
https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/worden-day-papers-9297

Born June 10*~ Mabel Wellington Jack

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* per the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Mabel Wellington Jack (1890 or 1899-1970) was an American printmaker. Not much seems to be known about her aside from lithographs published by the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_Wellington_Jack

Hoboken Ferry by Mabel Wellington Jack
c.1935-42 / Lithograph / Sheet size: 17-1/8×11-1/2″ / Private collection

Mabel Wellington Jack on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/mabel-wellington-jack/

More links:
https://gallery.newarkmuseum.org/view/objects/asimages/People@1050550?t:state:flow=f9870e7d-c5b3-410b-a897-df7c3730ec3e
https://nddaily.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-incredible-lithographs-of-mabel.html
https://www.fdrlibrary.org/art-detail

Born June 9~ Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

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Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (June 9, 1877-March 18, 1968), an American sculptor, is known for her groundbreaking depictions of the African and African-American experience.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Vaux_Warrick_Fuller

Ethiopia by Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller / c.1921 / Paint on plaster / 13″x3-1/2″x3-7/8″
National Museum of African American History and Culture, DC

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/meta-vaux-warrick-fuller/

Further reading:
http://biographies.framinghamhistory.org/meta-warrick-fuller/
https://www.themagazineantiques.com/article/the-sculpture-of-meta-vaux-warrick-fuller/
https://danforth.framingham.edu/exhibition/meta-fuller/