Tag Archives: Artists’ Birthdays

Born May 13~ Ruth Thorne-Thomsen

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Ruth Thorne-Thomsen (born May 13, 1943) is an American photographer best known for her constructed landscape photographs made with a cigar-box pinhole camera.
Biography on International Center of Photography:
https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/ruth-thorne-thomsen?all/all/all/all/0

Thunderhead by Ruth Thorne-Thomsen
1986 / Gelatin silver print / Image: 4-1/2″x3-3/4″ / Various collections, including Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Ruth Thorne-Thomsen on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/ruth-thorne-thomsen/

Further reading:
https://www.mocp.org/detail.php?type=related&kv=7780&t=people
https://rockfordartmuseum.org/photography/395-untitled
From 1993~https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-04-02-9304030005-story.html

How to Make a Pinhole Camera: https://thebrooklynrefinery.com/how-to-make-a-pinhole-camera/

Born May 12~ Lily Renée

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Lily Renée Phillips (born May 12, 1921) is an Austrian-born American artist best known as one of the earliest women in the comic-book industry, beginning in the 1940s.
Biography on Grand Comics Database: https://www.comics.org/creator/18712/

Senorita Rio story drawn by Lily Renée / 1945 / 10 pages / Issue #38 / Fight Comics

Newsweek article from 2015: https://www.newsweek.com/real-life-comic-book-superhero-74267

Further reading:
https://thestilettogumshoe.com/2020/06/14/lily-renee-fighting-the-axis-with-a-sable-brush/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/overlooked-jewish-female-artist-from-comics-golden-age-escaped-real-wwii-peril/
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://www.austrianposters.at/2019/10/05/lily-renee-bil-spira-und-paul-peter-porges/&prev=search&pto=aue
https://comicsgrinder.com/2021/05/09/review-lily-renee-escape-artist-from-holocaust-survivor-to-comic-book-pioneer-by-trina-robbins/

Born May 11~ Gladys Rockmore Davis

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An artist who succeeded in both commercial and fine arts, Gladys Rockmore Davis (May 11, 1901-February 16, 1967) gave up a career in advertising art to devote herself to creative painting.
Biography on Go Antiques: https://www.goantiques.com/gladys-rockmore-davis-541082

Seated Figure by Gladys Rockmore Davis
c.1937 / Oil on canvas / 30-1/16″x25″ / Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Gladys Rockmore Davis on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/gladys-rockmore-davis/

Further reading:
https://www.dbdowd.com/illustration-history/2015/11/13/gladys-rockmore-davis
https://www.kilmerhouse.com/2015/07/gladys-rockmore-davis-the-artist-behind-the-classic-johnson-johnson-ads
LIFE magazine articles:
https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=Gladys+Rockmore+Davis&tbs=,bkt:m,bkms:1168684103302644245

Born May 10~ Lenore Tawney

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Lenore Tawney (May 10, 1907-September 24, 2007) was an American artist known for her sculptural weaving and assemblages.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenore_Tawney

Lenore Tawney with Drawing In Air XV (The Crossing)
1998 / Linen, wood / 96″x48″x24″ / Lenore G. Tawney Foundation

Lenore Tawney on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/lenore-tawney/

Further reading:
https://www.artic.edu/artists/36890/lenore-tawney
https://magazine.artland.com/lost-and-found-artist-series-lenore-tawney/
https://www.craftcouncil.org/magazine/article/lenore-tawney-spiritual-revolutionary

Born May 9~ Eliyakota Samualie

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Eliyakota Samualie (May 9, 1939-November 1987) was a Canadian Inuit graphic artist and sculptor.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliyakota_Samualie

Bird and Fish by Eliyakota Samualie
c.1980-1981 / Ink and color pencil on paper / University of Delaware Museums Collections, Newark, DE

Eliyakota Samualie on Canadian Art price index: https://artpriceindex.ca/artist/1167240/Eliyakota-Samualie/

Further reading:
https://www.inuitartzone.com/collections/samuellie-eliyakota
https://www.historymuseum.ca/capedorsetprints/themes/animals.php
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/inuit-printmaking

Born May 8~ Matilda Browne

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Matilda Browne (May 8, 1869-November 3, 1947) was an American Impressionist artist noted for her flower paintings and her farm and cattle scenes.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_Browne

Sunny Window by Matilda Browne
ND / Oil on canvas / 14″x11″ / Private collection

Matilda Browne on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/matilda-van-wyck-browne/

Further reading:
https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/collections/online/fox-chase/
https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/matilda-browne-a-forgotten-female-impressionist/
https://florencegriswoldmuseum.org/exhibition-notes-matilda-brownes-historic-lyme-street-house-part-i-after-the-revolution/

Born May 7~ Suzy Frelinghuysen

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Suzy Frelinghuysen (May 7, 1911-March 19, 1988) was an American abstract painter, and also an opera singer under the name Suzy Morris.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzy_Frelinghuysen

Composition: The Ring by Suzy Frelinghuysen
1943 / Oil and collage on masonite / 23-3/4″x19-7/8″ / Private collection

Frelinghuysen on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/suzy-frelinghuysen/

Further reading:
https://www.sullivangoss.com/artists/suzy-frelinghuysen-1911-1988
https://www.frelinghuysen.org/bios/suzy.html
https://lenoxhistory.org/lenoxhistorypeopleandplaces/modernism-shocks-berkshires-1930s/

Born May 6~ Gladys Nilsson

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Gladys Nilsson (born May 6, 1940) is a contemporary American artist known for watercolors and collages.
Biography on National Gallery of Art:
https://www.nga.gov/features/exhibitions/outliers-and-american-vanguard-artist-biographies/gladys-nilsson.html

Pink Suit #2 by Gladys Nilsson
1966 / Watercolor, over graphite on paper / 16-1/10″x10-1/10″ / Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Gladys Nilsson on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/gladys-nilsson/

Further reading:
https://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/gladys-nilsson-retrospective-honk-matthew-marks-garth-greenan-hairy-who
https://www.frieze.com/article/gladys-nilsson-older-i-get-bigger-i-want-these-women-be
https://interactive.wttw.com/art-design-chicago/hairy-who

Born May 5~ Sarah Choate Sears

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Sarah Choate Sears (May 5, 1858-September 25, 1935) was an American art collector, art patron, cultural entrepreneur, artist, and photographer.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Choate_Sears

Poppies by Sarah Choate Sears
1896 / Watercolor, gouache, and ink on paper / 13-3/4″x21-1/4″ / Private collection
Untitled (cyclamen, outdoors) by Sarah Choate Sears
c.1892-c.1905 / Gelatin silver print / 6″x8″ / Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

Sarah Choate Sears on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/sarah-choate-sears/
More links:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/267677
https://archive.artic.edu/stieglitz/sarah-choate-sears/
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/mrs-joshua-montgomery-sears-sarah-choate-sears-john-singer-sargent/mgEnevNyoIuktA?hl=en

Born May 4~ Alice Nordin

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Alice Nordin was a Swedish sculptor trained at the Higher School of Art and Crafts in Stockholm, the Royal Art Academy, and later in France and Italy; she became best known for her portrait busts.
Biography on Olympedia: https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/921362

A Memory by Alice Nordin
1899 / Patinated plaster / 19-1/4″x14-3/4″x11-4/5″ / National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

Alice Nordin on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/alice-nordin/

Further reading:
https://skbl.se/en/article/AliceNordin
https://www.nationalmuseum.se/en/om-nationalmuseum/nyheter/nationalmuseum-f%C3%B6rv%C3%A4rvar-skulptur-av-alice-nordin
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.signaturer.se/Sverige/AliceNordin.htm