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March 30~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

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Chakaia Booker (Born 1953)
African-American sculptor best known for her work using tires as a medium
https://nmwa.org/explore/artist-profiles/chakaia-booker

Urban Butterfly / 2001 / Rubber tires / 57”x53”

 

Kiki Smith (Born 1954)
German-born American artist’s work includes sculpture, printmaking, photography, drawing, and textiles
https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/kiki-smith

Lilith / 1994 / Bronze with glass eyes / 31 1/2”x27”x17 1/2”

March 26~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

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Leonora Carrington (1917-2011), British-born Mexican Surrealist painter, artist, and writer
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leonora-Carrington

The Pomps of the Subsoil / 1947 / Oil on canvas / 23”x37”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clara Ledesma (1924-1999)
Dominican-born artist and gallery owner created paintings, watercolors, and drawings
https://dominicancult.blogspot.com/2013/07/clara-ledesma-dominican-artist.html

Mujer y pájaro rojo (Woman with the red bird) / 1982 / Oil on canvas / 18”x24″

March 25~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

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Agnes Martin (1912-2004)
Canadian-American artist, often described as Minimalist, considered herself an Abstract Expressionist
https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/agnes-martin

Happy Holiday / 1999 / Acrylic paint and graphite on canvas / 60”x60”x1.5”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Méret Oppenheim (1913-1985)
German-born Swiss artist produced sculptures, paintings, photographs, drawings, and assemblages
https://nmwa.org/explore/artist-profiles/meret-oppenheim

Wolke auf einem Schiff (Cloud on a Boat) / 1963 / Plaster and paint / 14 9/16”x13”x4 3/4”

March 20~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

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Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979), The first living female artist to have a retrospective exhibition at the Louvre
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sonia-delaunay-993

Dubonnet / 1914 / Watercolour on canvas / 24”x30”

Amelia Pelaez (1897-1968)
Participant in the vanguardia and the classical phases of Cuban modernism
https://sophia.smith.edu/global-modern-women-artists/amelia-palaez/biography/

Marañones (Cashews) / 1939-1940 / Oil on canvas / 24 3/8”x30 1/2”

February 22~ African-American visual artists

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Barbara Chase-Riboud (Born 1939)
African-American visual artist, novelist, and poet
https://tyler.temple.edu/alumni/barbara-chase-riboud

Malcolm X #3 / 1969 / Polished bronze, rayon, and cotton / 8’ 6 1/2”x3’ 1”x2’ 8”

Purvis Young (1943-2010)
African-American artist blending painting/drawing/collage
https://www.artforum.com/news/purvis-young-1943-2010-25381

Untitled / 1985-1999 / Paint on wood / 36”x47 1/4”x1”

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/5~

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What 20th century American painter’s work was a bridge between the highly personal, expressive gestures of Abstract Expressionism and the simplified, spare geometric forms of Minimalism?

What 20th century French artist initially gained international recognition for his paintings, but was also fluent in a variety of media including lithography, tapestries, and stained glass?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/12/05/december-5/

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/18~

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This 16th century Italian artist established the local tradition of historical fresco painting through his many decorations of Genoese churches and palaces.

This Flemish artist was active in the southern Netherlands and was known for his many Counter-Reformation altarpieces and portraits.

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/11/18/november-18/

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/15~

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When this artist died in 1986 her ashes were scattered over New Mexico’s unique and vibrantly colored landscape, which she had painted for so much of her life.

This artist’s best-known works are paintings of everyday items such as sandwiches, gumball machines, cakes, and pies rendered in thick paint and and bright pop-art colors.

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/11/15/november-15/

Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/9~

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What American modern artist’s depictions of factories, granaries, and other industrial subjects predate those of fellow Precisionists Charles Sheeler and Charles Demuth?

What artist wrote in 1971, “All intervening steps…are of interest. Those that show the thought process of the artist are sometimes more interesting than the final product.”

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/09/09/september-9/

Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/6~

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What Mad Magazine artist studied architecture at the University of Mexico, despite having already begun his cartooning career at age 17 by selling professionally to a wide array of Mexican publications?

What Post-Minimal painter also designed two large mosaic murals for the New York City subway system: one at the 59th Street/Lexington Avenue station and another at the 23rd Street/Ely Avenue Station?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/09/06/september-6/