Tag Archives: Artists’ Birthdays

Born August 12~ Bashka Paeff

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Bashka Paeff (August 12, 1889-January 24, 1979), was an American sculptor who worked primarily in bronze and marble.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashka_Paeff

Sacrifices of War (WWI Sailors and Soldiers Memorial) by Bashka Paeff
1925 / Bronze / Relief: 8-1/2 feet x 11 feet / Kittery, Maine, USA

Bashka Paeff on Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog

More links:
https://jwa.org/thisweek/may/31/1926/bashka-paeff
https://artsake.massculturalcouncil.org/white-house-canine-sculpture-made-with-pennies/
https://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?fq=online_media_type%3A%22Images%22&q=Paeff+Bashka

Born August 11~ Mary Fairchild MacMonnies Low

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Mary Louise Fairchild MacMonnies Low (August 11, 1858-May 23, 1946) was, during her years in Paris, one of the most successful American women painters of her generation.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fairchild_MacMonnies_Low

Two Women Chatting in a Garden with a Mill by Mary Fairchild MacMonnies Low
1887 / Oil on canvas / 71″x56-3/4″ / Private collection

Mary Fairchild MacMonnies Low on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/mary-fairchild-macmonnies-low/

Further reading:
https://reidhall.globalcenters.columbia.edu/macmonnies
https://bronxvillehistoricalconservancy.org/art-collection/mary-fairchild-low/
“Discover the life and work of Mary Fairchild MacMonnies-Low” on Ministry of Culture, France

“Art and Handicraft in the Woman’s Building of the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893”~
includes illustrations of the missing murals by MacMonnies and Cassatt

 

Born August 10~ Susanne Maria von Sandrart

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Susanne Maria von Sandrart (August 10, 1658-December 20, 1716) was a German artist and engraver.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanne_Maria_von_Sandrart

Reading Woman and Big Cat, Looking in the Mirror by Susanne Maria von Sandrart
Pen and ink drawing / Germanisches National Museum, Nuremberg, Germany

Further reading:
https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/69609
https://www.teeuwisse.de/catalogues/susanna-maria-von-sandrart-portrait-of-the-poet-gabrielle-charlotte-patin
In the shadow of big names: The artist Susanna Maria von Sandrart via Google Translate
Portrait of Susanna Maria von Sandrart via Google Translate

Born August 9~ Mary Agnes Yerkes

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Mary Agnes Yerkes (August 9, 1886-November 8, 1989) was an American Impressionist painter, photographer, and artisan.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Agnes_Yerkes

Blue Boat by Mary Agnes Yerkes
c.1920 / Oil on canvas / Dimensions? / Private collection

Mary Agnes Yerkes on MutualArt:
https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Mary-Agnes-Yerkes/CD81399B02DFD408/Artworks

Further reading:
https://oprfmuseum.org/people/mary-agnes-yerkes
http://illinoiswomenartists.org/mary-agnes-yerkes/
https://webkiosk.springville.org/artist-maker/info/823

Born August 8~ Ruth Francken

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Ruth Francken (August 8, 1924-September 12, 2006) was a Czech-American sculptor, painter, and furniture designer who was mostly active in Paris.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Francken

La Saisie by Ruth Francken / 1973 / Photographic paper, metal, cord, linen
61-4/5″x44″x3-1/2″ / Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL

Ruth Francken on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/ruth-francken/

More links:
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/ey-exhibition-world-goes-pop/artist-biography/ruth-francken
https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/ressources/personne/cAbzj5E
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/ruth-francken/

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