Tag Archives: Artists’ Birthdays

Born July 2~ Fumiko Hori

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Fumiko Hori (July 2, 1918-February 5, 2019) was a Japanese artist best known for her paintings in the modern Japanese style of Nihonga.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumiko_Hori

Bippu to Chocho [Bip and the Butterfly] illustrated by Fumiko Hori
1956 / Written by Jun’ichi Yoda/ Published by Fukuinkan Shoten

Fumiko Hori on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/fumiko-hori/

Further reading:
https://artscape.jp/artscape/eng/ht/1803.html
https://www.japanese-painting.com/artist/fumiko_hori/
https://jptca.org/en/publicart500/#visualStage
http://theartroomplant.blogspot.com/2017/01/fumiko-hori-i.html

Born July 1~ Alice Barber Stephens

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Alice Barber Stephens (July 1, 1858-July 13, 1932) was an American painter and engraver, best remembered for her illustrations.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Barber_Stephens

“Selma threw herself at full length on the ground” by Alice Barber Stephens
1895 / Watercolor and gouache / Sheet size: 21-1/2″x14-3/5″
Illustration for story “Three Chapters” by Gertrude Blake Stanton / The Cosmopolitan magazine / April 1895

Alice Barber Stephens on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/alice-barber-stephens/

Further reading:
https://emuseum.delart.org/people/1319/alice-barber-stephens
http://collections.brandywine.org/objects/5261/the-woman-in-business
https://arttimesjournal.com/art/Art_Essays/winter_14_rena_robey/alice_barber_stephens.html

Born June 30~ Sigrid Kopfermann

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Sigrid Kopfermann (June 30, 1923-June 25, 2011) was a German painter, graphic artist, and art teacher.
Biography on German Wikipedia: From Google Translate

Landschaft (Landscape) by Sigrid Kopfermann
1993 / Mixed media on canvas / 39-2/5″x27-2/5″ / Found on Van Ham auction site

Sigrid Kopfermann on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/sigrid-kopfermann/

Further reading: (all in Google Translate from German)
Sigrid Kopfermann
Sigrid Kopfermann was born in 1923…
Sigrid Kopfermann – An Obituary

Born June 29~ Helen Hokinson

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Helen Elna Hokinson (June 29, 1893-November 1, 1949) was an American cartoonist and book illustrator best known for her work for The New Yorker.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_E._Hokinson

Helen Hokinson on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/helen-hokinson/

Further reading:
https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2018/04/10/hokinson/
https://www.dbdowd.com/illustration-history/2015/11/13/helen-e-hokinson
http://www.tcj.com/helen-e-hokinson/

Helen Hokinson cartoon
c.1943 / Ink wash and collage / Published in New Yorker, June 19, 1943

Woman in a Rowboat by Helen Hokinson
1932 / Ceramic / 5-5/8″x7-1/2″ / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
“Helen Hokinson also worked briefly in pottery, creating small ceramic figural works”

Born June 28~ Anne Goldthwaite

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Anne Goldthwaite (June 28, 1869-January 29, 1944) was an American painter and printmaker and an advocate of women’s rights and equal rights.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Goldthwaite

Young Mother by Anne Goldthwaite
N.D. / Oil on canvas / 30-3/8″x25″ / Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, IN

Anne Goldthwaite on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/anne-wilson-goldthwaite/

Further reading:
http://dixieartcolony.org/anne-wilson-goldthwaite/
https://thejohnsoncollection.org/anne-goldthwaite/
https://www.monroecountynow.org/blog/2018/6/28/she-showed-life-in-the-south-and-nyc
https://collection.mmfa.org/artist-maker/info/60

Born June 27~ Beth Van Hoesen

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Beth Van Hoesen (June 27, 1926-November 26, 2010) was an American artist best known for her prints and drawings of animals and botanical subjects. In 1953, she married fellow artist Mark Adams.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Van_Hoesen

Mark in Front of Self-Portrait by Beth Van Hoesen
1966 / Graphite on cream wove paper / 14″x12-3/4″ / Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Beth Van Hoesen on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/beth-van-hoesen/

Further reading:
https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/2426/Van%20Hoesen/Beth
https://art.famsf.org/beth-van-hoesen
http://www.quailbellmagazine.com/the-real/beyond-art-beth-van-hoesens-boots

Born June 26~ Barbara Chase-Riboud

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Barbara Chase-Riboud (born June 26, 1939) is an American visual artist and sculptor, bestselling novelist, and award-winning poet.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Chase-Riboud

Akhmatova’s Monument by Barbara Chase-Riboud
1995 / Color offset lithograph, edition of 100; design for unrealized sculpture / 30″ x 22″ / Brandywine Workshop and Archives

Barbara Chase-Riboud on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/barbara-chase-riboud/

Further reading:
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/chase-riboud-barbara-1939/
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste_prixaware/barbara-chase-riboud/
https://hyperallergic.com/430657/barbara-chase-riboud-malcom-x-sculptures-book/

Born June 25~ Rose O’Neill

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Rose Cecil O’Neill (June 25, 1874-April 6, 1944) was an American artist and writer who became the best-known and highest-paid female commercial illustrator in the US after creating the Kewpie.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_O%27Neill

“Looking in at the Windows” by Rose O’Neill
Original art for page 85 of The Loves of Edwy, Lothrop Publishing Co.
c.1904 / Ink on Paper / 21-7/10″x15-1/5″ / Drury University Art Collection, Springfield, MO

Rose O’Neill on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/rose-oneill/

Further reading:
https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/rose-oneill
https://historicmissourians.shsmo.org/rose-oneill
http://cbldf.org/2017/03/she-changed-comics-rose-oneill-champion-of-suffrage/

Born June 24~ Margaret Olley

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Margaret Hannah Olley AC (June 24, 1923-July 26, 2011) was one of Australia’s most celebrated painters, focusing largely on still life and interiors.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Olley

Yellow Tablecloth with Cornflowers by Margaret Olley
2007 / Multi-plate colored etching / 37″x31″ / Edition of 75

Margaret Olley on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/margaret-hannah-olley/

Further reading:
https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/artists/olley-margaret/
https://www.frankie.com.au/article/the-life-of-legendary-aussie-painter-margaret-olley-545334
https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/the-surprising-secret-in-margaret-olley-s-memorial-garden-20210614-p580sd

Born June 23~ Mary Grigoriadis

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Mary Grigoriadis (born June 23, 1942) is an American artist known for her paintings in the pattern and decoration movement.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Grigoriadis

Card for Mary Grigoriadis’ exhibition at A.I.R. Gallery, 1978
Artwork used: “Titus” / 1974 / Oil and acrylic on linen / 66″x66″

Mary Grigoriadis on the Accola Griefen Gallery web site: http://accolagriefen.com/artists/mary-grigoriadis

Further reading:
https://art.state.gov/personnel/mary_grigoriadis/
https://www.airgallery.org/mary-grigoriadis
https://collections.broadmuseum.msu.edu/detail.php?term=Mary+Grigoriadis&module=objects&type=keyword&x=0&y=0&kv=27336&record=1&module=objects