Born June 27~ Beth Van Hoesen

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

7Jun2021

Born June 7~ Evelyn Statsinger

Posted in 365 Women Artists, Artists Born Today Include:, Women Artists by Christy

Evelyn Statsinger (June 7, 1927-February 13, 2016) was a multi-disciplinary artist working across media, including painting, drawing, and sculpture.
Biography on Gray Gallery: https://www.richardgraygallery.com/artists/estate-of-evelyn-statsinger

Bountiful Landscape by Evelyn Statsinger
1976 / Oil on linen / 48″x38″ / Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Evelyn Statsinger on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/evelyn-statsinger/

Further reading:
https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-evelyn-statsinger-16267#transcript
https://www.richardgraygallery.com/viewing-rooms/evelyn-statsinger#tab:thumbnails
https://art.newcity.com/2016/02/25/in-memoriam-evelyn-statsinger-1927-2016/

5Jun2021

Born June 5~ Jean Follett

Posted in 365 Women Artists, Artists Born Today Include:, Women Artists by Christy

Jean Follett (June 5, 1917-July 6, 1990) was an American sculptor and assemblage artist. She was a member of the New York abstract art movement of the 1940s and 1950s.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Follett

Many-Headed Creature by Jean Follett
1958 / Light switch and socket, cooling coils, window screen, nails, faucet knobs, mirror, twine, cinders, castor, springs, wood, wire chain, and rope on wood panel / 24″x24″x4-3/4″ / MoMA, NYC

Further reading:
https://www.hauserwirth.com/ursula/26214-retrospect-rediscovery-pioneering-artwork-jean-follett
https://eastsidefreedomlibrary.org/events/discovering-jean-follett-from-the-east-side-of-st-paul-to-new-york-city/
https://hyperallergic.com/351444/no-point-of-view-is-the-best-view-of-all-artists-working-between-1952-1965-many-of-whom-are-forgotten/
https://www.nyuad-artgallery.org/en_US/our-exhibitions/main-gallery/inventing-downtown-archive/

30May2021

Born May 30~ Antonina Houbraken

Posted in 365 Women Artists, Artists Born Today Include:, Women Artists by Christy

Antonina Houbraken (May 30, 1686-December 1736) was an 18th-century Dutch artist who specialized in portrait drawings, topographical drawings, and publication title pages.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonina_Houbraken

View of Beusichem from the Lek by Antonina Houbraken
1729 / Pen and brush on paper / 4-3/4″x7-2/5″ / Private collection, Netherlands

Antonina Houbraken on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Antonina_Houbraken

Further reading:
https://www.onnovanseggelen.com/notable-sales/antonina-houbraken-dordrecht-1686-1736-amsterdam-trompe-loeil-with-silver-medal-celebrating-the-fourth-term-as-mayor-of-amsterdam-for-dr-nicolaes-tulp
https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/116985
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Houbraken&prev=search&pto=aue

23May2021

Born May 23~ Marisa Merz

Posted in 365 Women Artists, Artists Born Today Include:, Women Artists by Christy

Marisa Merz (May 23, 1926-July 20, 2019) was an Italian artist and sculptor. In 2013 she was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marisa_Merz

Untitled (Living Sculpture) by Marisa Merz
1966 / Aluminium / Overall displayed dimensions variable / Tate London, UK

Marisa Merz on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/marisa-merz/

Further reading:
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/marisa-merz/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/marisa-merz-obituary-1606417
https://philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/marisa-merz

31Mar2021

Born March 31~ Jay DeFeo

Posted in #5WomenArtists, 365 Women Artists, Artists Born Today Include:, Women Artists by Christy

Jay DeFeo (March 31, 1929-November 11, 1989) was an American artist and a pivotal figure in the 1950s San Francisco community of Beat artists, musicians, and poets.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_DeFeo

The Rose by Jay DeFeo
1958-66 / Oil with wood and mica on canvas / 128 7/8″x92 1/4″x11″ / Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC

Jay DeFeo on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jay-defeo/

Further reading:
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/05/14/romance-of-the-rose-on-jay-defeo/
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13852622/jay-defeo-san-jose-museum-of-art-undersoul
https://www.jaydefeofoundation.org/

4Feb2021

Born February 4~ Mary Frank

Posted in 365 Women Artists, Artists Born Today Include:, Women Artists by Christy

Mary Frank (born February 4, 1933) is an English sculptor, painter, printmaker, draftswoman, and illustrator.
Biography at the Paris Review: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2011/05/26/mary-frank/

Cusp #1 by Mary Frank
2015-17 / Archival pigment print on bamboo paper / 21 1/2″x16 1/2″ / maryfrankartist.com

Mary Frank on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/mary-frank/

Further reading:
https://www.dcmooregallery.com/artists/mary-frank
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/frank-mary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Frank

4Nov2020

National Native American Heritage Month~ November 4

Posted in National Native American Heritage Month by Christy

Vision-1 by Čhetáŋ Sápa (Black Hawk)

William Edward Caton (1846-1905), an American trader operating in the Dakotas during the late nineteenth century, was best known for his role as post‐trader at the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. In the winter of 1880–81 he commissioned the eminent Lakota artist‐medicine-man Black Hawk (c.1832–c.1890) to render Lakota life and vision.[i]
Black Hawk drew seventy-six vivid images depicting complex scenes of ceremonial activity, personal visions, historical events, and nature studies. Black Hawk’s drawing book now stands as the most complete visual record of Lakota art of the early reservation period (1875-95).[ii]

1881 / Page from the Black Hawk Ledger / Pencil, colored pencil
16 1/4″x10 1/4″ / The Plains Indian Ledger Art Project, UC San Diego

[There are four embedded links above]

[i] William Edward Caton biography. Ruderman Rare Maps, no date.
https://raremaps.com/mapmaker/12732/william-edward-caton
[ii] George Braziller. Spirit Beings & Sun Dancers: Black Hawk’s vision of the Lakota World, no date.
https://www.georgebraziller.com/spirit-beings-sun-dancers-black-hawks-vision-of-the-lakota-world

3Nov2020

National Native American Heritage Month~ November 3

Posted in National Native American Heritage Month by Christy

Drawing of Artist’s World attributed to Wacochachi
of the Meskwaki Nation

The Meskwaki people are likely the first and perhaps only tribal nation in the U.S. to purchase land rather than rely on a reservation. An important pen-and-ink drawn by Meskwaki elder Wacochachi documents the relationship between the Meskwaki and Euro-Americans and is believed to be a gift to a trader named George Davenport. The drawing depicts important events in Wacochachi’s life, including two scenes of warfare, as well as creatures that are sacred to the Meskwaki.[i]

c.1830 / Paper, ink, sealing wax / Each sheet 9 3/4″x15 1/2″ / State Historical Museum of Iowa, Des Moines, IA