Tag Archives: Artists’ Birthdays

Born July 13~ Bronisława Rychter-Janowska

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Bronisława Rychter-Janowska (July 13, 1868-September 29, 1953) was a Polish realist painter associated with the Kraków-based Young Poland movement.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronis%C5%82awa_Janowska

Jasna noc w Tatrach by Bronisława Rychter-Janowska
C.1920 / Oil on cardboard / 13-4/5″x19-3/4″ / Private collection

Bronisława Rychter-Janowska on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/bronislawa-rychter-janowska/

Further reading:
http://artyzm.com/e_artysta.php?id=1290
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://www.galeria-attis.pl/artysta/bronislawa-rychter-janowska/2483/wnetrze/
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pl&u=https://koneser.krakow.pl/pl/artysci/6-bronislawa-rychter-janowska&prev=search&pto=aue

Born July 11~ Alexandrina Robertson Harris

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Alexandrina Robertson Harris (July 11, 1886–February 1978) was a Scottish-born American painter of portrait miniatures.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandrina_Robertson_Harris

Jacqueline Cochran by Alexandrina Robertson Harris
c.1950 / Watercolor on ivory / 3-1⁄2″x2-3⁄4″ / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC

Alexandrina Robertson Harris on Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

More links:
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/alexandrina-robertson-harris-2084
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/92531
http://fineartdatabase.org/alexandrina-robertson-harris-1886-1978/

Born July 10~ Ulrika Pasch

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Ulrika “Ulla” Fredrica Pasch (July 10, 1735-April 2, 1796) was a Swedish painter and miniaturist and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrika_Pasch

Boy with Map of Scandinavia by Ulrika Pasch
1771 / Oil on canvas / 26-2/5″x21-1/4″ / Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

Ulrika Pasch on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/ulrika-ulla-frederika-pasch/

Further reading:
https://skbl.se/en/article/UlricaFredricaPasch
https://womennart.com/2019/07/10/otd-ulrika-pasch/
http://figurationfeminine.blogspot.com/2015/07/ulrika-fredrica-pasch-1735-1796.html

Born July 9~ Concetta Scaravaglione

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Concetta Maria Scaravaglione (July 9, 1900-September 4, 1975) was an American sculptor. In 1947 Scaravaglione won the Prix de Rome award from the American Academy in Rome, which made her the first woman to ever be awarded that honor.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concetta_Scaravaglione

Railway Mail, 1862 by Concetta Scaravaglione
1936 / Aluminum / 4’1″x1’7″x1’1″ / Ariel Rios Federal Building, Washington, D.C.

Concetta Scaravaglione on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/concetta-scaravaglione/

Further reading:
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/concetta-scaravaglione-4284
https://www.vmfa.museum/piction/94061105-123111076/
https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/06/archives/concetta-scaravaglione-is-dead-prizewinning-sculptor-was-75.html

Born July 8~ Käthe Kollwitz

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Käthe Kollwitz (July 8, 1867-April 22, 1945) was a German artist who worked in painting, etching, lithography, woodcuts, and sculpture.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4the_Kollwitz

Two Children at the Bannister by Käthe Kollwitz
c.1927, Charcoal on faded drawing cardboard / Käthe Kollwitz Museum, Cologne, Germany

Käthe Kollwitz on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/k%C3%A4the-kollwitz/

Further reading:
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/kathe-kollwitz-agent-of-change/
https://www.artic.edu/articles/910/kathe-kollwitz-an-art-of-resistance
https://www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin/en/

Born July 7~ Gertrud Natzler

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Gertrud Amon Natzler (July 7, 1908-June 3, 1971) was an Austrian-American ceramicist whose collaboration with her husband Otto Natzler helped elevate ceramics to the status of fine art.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrud_Natzler

Bell with clapper and ornament by Gertrud Natzler
1962–1965 / Ceramic / 12-1/2″x8″ / Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

Gertrud Natzler on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/gertrud-natzler/

Further reading:
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/gertrud-natzler-5898
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/natzler-gertrud-amon
https://www.johnmoran.com/2019/04/22/partners-in-pottery-the-life-and-work-of-otto-gertrud-natzler/

Born July 6~ Frida Kahlo

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Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón (July 6, 1907-July 13, 1954) is one of Mexico’s best-known artists, often described as a surrealist or magical realist painter.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frida_Kahlo

El Suicidio de Dorothy Hale by Frida Kahlo
1939 / Oil on Masonite with painted frame / 23-4/5″x19-1/10″ / Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

Frida Kahlo on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/frida-kahlo/

Further reading:
https://www.si.edu/spotlight/frida-kahlo-smithsonian
https://www.kqed.org/news/11848986/inside-frida-kahlo-and-diego-riveras-life-in-san-francisco
https://www.museofridakahlo.org.mx/en/frida-kahlo-en/

Born July 5~ Virginia R. Harris

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Virginia R. Harris (born July 5, 1937) is a quilt maker and master fabric artist whose work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Museum, the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, and many private collections.
No biography available

Seeing Red by Virginia R. Harris
2000 / Fabrics: silk; cotton; other / 54″ x 40″ / Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO

World Quilts: The American Story~ https://worldquilts.quiltstudy.org/americanstory/engagement/politics

More links:
https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/candy-box-71469
https://youtu.be/-s9msbBkEJU
https://youtu.be/QbWimgNIzr0

Born July 4~ Edmonia Lewis

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Edmonia Lewis (c.July 4, 1844-September 17, 1907) was a sculptor of African American and Native American heritage who was among the first black sculptors known to achieve international fame.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonia_Lewis

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Edmonia Lewis
1872 / Marble / Height: 27″ / Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool, UK

Edmonia Lewis on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/edmonia-lewis/

Further reading:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/obituaries/overlooked-edmonia-lewis-sculptor.html
https://hyperallergic.com/434881/edmonia-lewis-grave/
http://iraaa.museum.hamptonu.edu/page/Rare-Edmonia-Lewis-Photo-Discovered
https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/edmonia-lewis-smithsonian-american-art-museum/gQJi3NKm3VagLg?hl=en

Born July 3~ Maria Martin

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Maria Martin Bachman (July 3, 1796-December 27, 1863) was an American painter and scientific illustrator. She contributed many of the background paintings for Audubon’s The Birds of America.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Martin

Bachman’s Warbler / Audubon-Martin collaboration
1863 / Watercolor, graphite, gouache, with touches of black ink and pastel and selective glazing
Named for Maria Martin’s brother-in-law and later husband, Reverend John Bachman

Maria’s Woodpecker~ Maria was honored by Audubon in Birds of America. He named Maria’s Woodpecker for her; this is now considered a subspecies of the Hairy Woodpecker and unfortunately no longer bears her name.

Further reading:
https://uh.edu/engines/epi891.htm
http://lepcurious.blogspot.com/2015/04/steam-empowered-maria-martin-bachman.html
Audubon’s Method and Technique: https://www.audubon-prints.com/audubon-method-and-technique/