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Born May 3~ Dorr Bothwell

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Dorr Hodgson Bothwell (May 3, 1902-September 24, 2000) was an American artist, designer, educator, and world-traveler; she’s particularly known for her innovative use of serigraphy as a fine art form.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorr_Bothwell

Holiday by Dorr Bothwell
1947 / Color Screenprint / Image: 12-3/4″x9-7/10″ / Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

Dorr Bothwell on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/dorr-doris-hodgson-bothwell/

Further reading:
https://www.artworkarchive.com/profile/mendocino-art-center/artist/dorr-bothwell
https://www.williamzacha.com/artists/dorr-bothwell/about-dorr-bothwell/
https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/hollenbeck-middle-school-youth-democracy-mural-los-angeles-ca/

Born May 2~ Peggy Bacon

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Margaret Frances “Peggy” Bacon (May 2, 1895-January 4, 1987) was an American printmaker, painter, illustrator, and caricaturist.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Bacon

Lady Artist by Peggy Bacon
1925 / Drypoint on white wove paper / Plate: 6″x4″ / Various collections including Brooklyn Museum, NYC

Peggy Bacon on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/peggy-bacon/

Further reading:
https://whitney.org/artists/44
https://www.printmag.com/post/peggy-bacon
http://oldprintshop.com/blog/artist-spotlight-peggy-bacon

GoodReads: Books by Peggy Bacon~
https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/239879.Peggy_Bacon?utf8=%E2%9C%93&sort=title

Born May 1~ Cecilia Beaux

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Painter Cecilia Beaux (May 1, 1855-September 17, 1942) “successfully negotiated the gender separatism of the late nineteenth century while she gained international renown, allowing her to become the first full-time woman instructor at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.”
Biography on the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia:
https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/art-of-cecilia-beaux/

Mother and Daughter by Cecilia Beaux
1898 / Oil on canvas / 83″x44″ / Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Cecilia Beaux on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/cecilia-beaux/

Further reading:
https://nmwa.org/art/artists/cecilia-beaux/
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/cecilia-beaux-300
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Beaux

Born April 30~ Perle Fine

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Perle Fine (April 30, 1905-May 31, 1988) was an American painter, printmaker, and teacher who became one of the few women artists associated with the abstract expressionists.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perle_Fine

Plan for the White City by Perle Fine
1950 / Oil and sand on canvas / 56-1/4″x38-1/4″ / Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, N.Y.

Perle Fine on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/perle-fine/

Further reading:
https://indianapublicmedia.org/arts/art-perle-fine-legend.php
https://atelier17.christinaweyl.com/artist-biographies/perle-fine/
https://www.guggenheim.org/blogs/findings/letters-and-paintings-from-groundbreaking-mid-century-artist-perle-fine

Born April 29~ Eva Besnyö

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Eva Besnyő (April 29, 1910-December 12, 2003) was a Dutch-Hungarian photographer who participated in the Nieuwe Fotografie (New Photography) movement.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Besny%C3%B6

Boy With Cello, Balaton, Hungary by Eva Besnyö
1931 / Gelatin silver print / 16-3/4″x15-2/5″ / Various collections

Eva Besnyö on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/eva-besny%C3%B6/

Further reading:
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/eva-besnyo/
https://monovisions.com/biography-city-street-photographer-eva-besnyo/
https://www.maibeeldbank.nl/beeldbank?q_searchfield=Eva+Besny%C3%B3

Born April 28~ Na Hye-sok

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Na Hye-Sok (April 28, 1896-December 10, 1948) was a pioneering Korean feminist poet, writer, painter, educator, and journalist. She is considered the first professional female painter in Korea.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na_Hye-sok

Peonies at Hwaryeongjeon by Na Hye-sok
1935 / Oil / 13-2/5″x9-2/5″ / Ho-Am Art Museum, per Google

Na Hye-Sok on Google Arts and Culture: https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/na-hye-sok/m0gh6wpn

Further reading:
https://virmuze.com/m/modern-korean-art/x/na-hye-sok/
https://www.thetropicalist.press/2015/04/a-new-woman-na-hye-seok/
Poetry as translated by Tanya Ko Hong

Born April 27~ Emma Fordyce MacRae

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Emma Fordyce MacRae (April 27, 1887-August 6, 1974) was an American representational painter. She was a member of the Philadelphia Ten, a group of women artists who worked and exhibited together.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Fordyce_MacRae

Women Alone by Emma Fordyce MacRae
Date? / Oil / 36”x32” / Private collection
https://emmafordycemacrae.com/_pdf/Emma_Fordyce_MacRae_Cat.pdf  <–NOTE: opens a pdf file

Emma Fordyce MacRae on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/emma-fordyce-macrae/

Further reading:
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5119064
https://emmafordycemacrae.com/more/about_the_artist.php
http://www.tfaoi.com/newsmu/nmus16c.htm

Born April 26~ Vivian Browne

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Vivian E. Browne (April 26, 1929–July 23, 1993) was an African-American artist, activist, and professor known for her sociopolitical portraits and abstracted paintings.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_E._Browne

Mother by Vivian Browne
1961 / Oil on canvas / 42-1/2″x36-3/4″ / Ryan Lee Gallery, NYC

Vivian Browne on Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/artist/vivian-browne/works-for-sale

Further reading:
https://maryryangallery.com/artists/vivian-browne/
https://wsimag.com/art/50857-vivian-browne
https://www.artandeducation.net/announcements/214768/acts-of-art-and-rebuttal-in-1971

Born April 25~ Elsa Gramcko

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Elsa Gramcko (April 25, 1925-994) was a Venezuelan artist. Her earlier works were mostly paintings; she expanded into sculpture and assemblage in the 1960s and 1970s.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Gramcko

El Ojo de la Cerradura (The Keyhole) by Elsa Gramcko
1964 / Car-battery cells, metal lock, and mixed media on masonite / Private collection

Elsa Gramcko on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/elsa-gramcko/

Further reading:
https://hyperallergic.com/480543/contesting-modernity-informalism-in-venezuela-1955-1975-museum-of-fine-arts-houston/
https://milenaolesinska77.medium.com/elsa-gramcko-abstract-sculpture-and-painting-d54c7b88e03f
Google translation of “Elsa Gramcko. The spell of transforming waste into art”

Born April 24~ Jan Groover

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Jan Groover (April 24, 1943-January 1, 2012) was an American photographer whose primary focus was the still life. Trained as an abstract painter in the 1960s, Groover turned to photography in the early 1970s.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Groover

Untitled (Kitchen Still Life) #4 by Jan Groover / c.1978 / Polaroid print / Image: 24″x20-1/2″
Various collections, incl. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

Jan Groover on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jan-groover/

Further reading:
https://www.moma.org/artists/2358
https://artpil.com/news/jan-groover-at-gak/
https://www.ccp.sa.edu.au/news-features/2020/4/21/weekly-inspiration-jan-groover