Tag Archives: Artists’ Birthdays

Born November 1~ Margaret Taylor-Burroughs

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Margaret Taylor-Burroughs (November 1, 1915-November 21, 2010) was an American visual artist, writer, poet, educator, and arts organizer. She co-founded what is now the DuSable Museum of African American History.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Taylor-Burroughs

Family by Margaret Taylor-Burroughs
1963 / Linocut on Japanese paper / 19″x15″ / Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Margaret Taylor-Burroughs on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/margaret-taylor-goss-burroughs/

Further reading:
http://www.margaretburroughs.com/biography/
https://www.dusablemuseum.org/exhibition/south-side-stories/
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/margaret-burroughs

Born October 30~ Angelica Kauffmann

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Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann RA (October 30, 1741-November 5, 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss painter who had a successful career in London and Rome.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica_Kauffman

Study of a Standing Woman by Angelica Kauffmann
1792–96(?) / Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on paper / 15-5/16″x9-3/4″ / The Met, NYC

Angelica Kauffmann on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/angelika-kauffmann/

Further reading:
https://www.tate.org.uk/tate-etc/issue-43-summer-2018/lives-of-the-artists-angelica-kauffman-martin-myrone
https://www.barnebys.com/blog/angelica-kauffmann-the-child-prodigy
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/ra-magazine-summer-2016-hidden-from-history
https://www.angelika-kauffmann.de/en/akrp-home-2/

Born October 29~ Shin Saimdang

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Shin Saimdang (October 29, 1504-May 17, 1551) was a Korean artist, writer, calligraphist, and poet.
Biography on New World Encyclopedia: https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Shin_Saimdang

Chochungdo (painting of plants & insects) by Shin Saimdang / Early 16th cent. / Ink and color on paper
8 panel folding screen, each panel 13″x11″ / National Museum of Korea, Seoul, South Korea

Shin Saimdang on Google Arts and Culture: https://bit.ly/2ZDgh6k

Further reading:
시와 그림에 능한 예술가이자 현모양처의 상징 – 신사임당 translated by Google: https://bit.ly/3BtNwWY
Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Romania: https://bit.ly/3GB1aLJ
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2017/03/691_225097.html

Born October 28~ Margaretha Haverman

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Margaretha Haverman (baptized October 28, 1693-died after 1739) was an 18th-century Dutch painter of fruit and flower still lifes. Only two paintings are firmly attributed to her today.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaretha_Haverman

Flowers by Margareta Haverman
c.1722-1739 / Oil on canvas / 22-1/3″x18-3/4″ / Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark

Download “Margareta Haverman, A Vase of Flowers: An Innovative Artist Reexamined”: Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 54 (2019) here:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/AlbertsonCentenoEaker_Metropolitan_Museum_Journal_v_54_2019

Further reading:
HAVERMAN, Margaretha (28-10-1693-na 1739) translated by Google: https://bit.ly/2ZBdNFW
https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/collection-insights/2018/margareta-haverman-vase-of-flowers-conservation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Vase_of_Flowers_(1716)

Born October 27~ Lee Krasner

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Lee Krasner (October 27, 1908-June 19, 1984) was an American Abstract Expressionist painter. Along with her husband Jackson Pollock and artists Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, and Arshille Gorky, she helped establish an entirely new painterly language.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Krasner

Milkweed by Lee Krasner
1955 / Collage of oil, paper, and canvas on canvas / 82-3/8″x57-3/4″ / Albright-Knox, Buffalo, New York

Lee Krasner on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/lee-krasner/

Further reading:
https://www.moma.org/artists/3240
https://sites.barbican.org.uk/introducingleekrasner/
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/pkhouse/our-story/krasner.php
https://pkf.org/

Born October 26~ Marthe Donas

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Belgian modernist artist Marthe Donas (October 26, 1885-January 31, 1967) was a pioneer of avant-garde painting in a career that evolved from cubism to the abstract.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marthe_Donas

Still Life with Coffee Pot by Marthe Donas
c.1917–18 / Oil on composition board / 20-5/16″x15″ / Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

Marthe Donas on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/marthe-donas/

Further reading:
https://www.group2gallery.com/marthe-donas.html
http://www.marthedonas.be/
Musée Marthe Donas :https://bit.ly/3Emwj3X

Born October 25~ Vija Celmins

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Vija Celmins (born October 25, 1938) is a Latvian American artist, sculptor, and printmaker best known for her photo-based drawings and paintings.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vija_Celmins

Letter by Vija Celmins / 1968
Collage and graphite on acrylic ground on paper / 13-1/4″x18-1/8″ / Matthew Marks Gallery, NY & LA

Vija Celmins on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/vija-celmins/

Further reading:
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/vija-celmins/
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/vija-celmins-2731/explore-art-vija-celmins
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/features/vija-celmins-learning-resource

Born October 24~ Marianne North

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Marianne North (October 24, 1830-August 30, 1890) was an English botanical artist, writer, and world traveler who visited 15 countries in 14 years.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_North

Honeyflowers and Honeysuckers, South Africa by Marianne North
c.1882 / Oil on board / 20″x13-3/4″ / Marianne North Gallery, Kew Gardens, London, UK

Marianne North on Art UK: https://artuk.org/visit/venues/marianne-north-gallery-5000

Further reading:
https://www.lindahall.org/marianne-north/
https://www.kew.org/read-and-watch/marianne-north-botanical-artist
https://www.artiststudiomuseum.org/blog/marianne-north-pioneering-botanical-artist/

Born October 23~ Lygia Clark

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Lygia Clark (October 23, 1920-April 25, 1988) was a Brazilian painter, sculptor, and installation artist. Her later works were more holistic with a focus on psychotherapy and healing.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lygia_Clark

Bicho Pássaro do Espaço by Lygia Clark
1960 / Aluminum / 19-3/4″x20″x3/8″ / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA

Lygia Clark on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/lygia-clark/

Further reading:
https://www.latinamericanart.com/en/artist/lygia-clark/
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/lygia-clark/
https://www.newcitybrazil.com/2021/10/04/sensorial-aesthetics-a-new-exhibition-encompasses-lygia-clarks-four-decade-career/

Born October 22~ Henriette Wyeth

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Henriette Wyeth Hurd (October 22, 1907-April 3, 1997), the eldest daughter of illustrator N.C. Wyeth, was an American artist noted for her portraits and still life paintings.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henriette_Wyeth

Andrew Wyeth by Henriette Wyeth
1956 / Oil on canvas / 17-5/16 x 15-3/16″ / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, DC

Henriette Wyeth on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/henriette-wyeth/

Further reading:
https://www.anart4life.com/a-forgotten-wyeth-henriette/
https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/magical-real-henriette-wyeth-and-peter-hurd/
https://www.brandywine.org/museum/about/wyeth-family-artists