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Born July 23~ Hilda Wilkinson Brown

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Hilda Rue Wilkinson Brown (July 23, 1894–July 12, 1981) was an American illustrator, painter, printmaker, and educator.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_Rue_Wilkinson_Brown

Oak Bluffs by Hilda Wilkinson Brown
c.1940 / Graphite, with erasing on paper / 16″x11″ / Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Hilda Wilkinson Brown on Invaluable: https://www.invaluable.com/artist/brown-hilda-wilkinson-em2sag38dq/

Further reading:
https://kindredspiritsfilm.com/the-artists/
https://allarts.org/programs/kindred-spirits-artists-hilda-wilkinson-brown-and-lilian-thomas-burwell/summers-oak-bluffs-7s7ih5/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1981/07/15/hilda-brown-professor-of-art-at-college-dies/af0a2bd3-b75d-4401-8346-99ef1ce045ce/
https://www.wnyc.org/story/brownies-book-anna-holmes/

Born July 21~ Edwina Dumm

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Frances Edwina Dumm (July 21, 1893-April 28, 1990) was a comic strip artist, writer, and illustrator, as well as America’s first full-time female editorial cartoonist.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwina_Dumm

Cap Stubbs & Tippie by Edwina Dumm
Cap Stubbs was a strip that debuted in 1918 and lasted under various titles until Edwina Dumm retired in 1966
https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=465318

Edwina Dumm on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/edwina-dumm/

Further reading:
https://cartoons.osu.edu/digital_exhibits/edwinadumm/biography.html
https://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2016/08/ink-slinger-profiles-by-alex-jay-edwina.html
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/edwina.htm

Born July 16~ Mildred Coughlin

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Mildred Coughlin (July 16, 1892-December 3, 1984) was an American artist known for painting, illustration, and printmaking.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Coughlin

Corner of Christopher and Bleeker St., N.Y. by Mildred Coughlin
C.1924-1930 / Etching on paper / 6-1⁄8″x5-1⁄4″ / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC

More links:
https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/462/Coughlin/Mildred
https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.33310.html#works
https://www.pafa.org/museum/collection-artist/mildred-coughlin
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/info.php?museum=all&page=0&v=1&s=Coughlin%2C+Mildred+Marion&type=all&t=objects&f=&d=

Born July 2~ Fumiko Hori

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Fumiko Hori (July 2, 1918-February 5, 2019) was a Japanese artist best known for her paintings in the modern Japanese style of Nihonga.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumiko_Hori

Bippu to Chocho [Bip and the Butterfly] illustrated by Fumiko Hori
1956 / Written by Jun’ichi Yoda/ Published by Fukuinkan Shoten

Fumiko Hori on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/fumiko-hori/

Further reading:
https://artscape.jp/artscape/eng/ht/1803.html
https://www.japanese-painting.com/artist/fumiko_hori/
https://jptca.org/en/publicart500/#visualStage
http://theartroomplant.blogspot.com/2017/01/fumiko-hori-i.html

Born July 1~ Alice Barber Stephens

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Alice Barber Stephens (July 1, 1858-July 13, 1932) was an American painter and engraver, best remembered for her illustrations.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Barber_Stephens

“Selma threw herself at full length on the ground” by Alice Barber Stephens
1895 / Watercolor and gouache / Sheet size: 21-1/2″x14-3/5″
Illustration for story “Three Chapters” by Gertrude Blake Stanton / The Cosmopolitan magazine / April 1895

Alice Barber Stephens on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/alice-barber-stephens/

Further reading:
https://emuseum.delart.org/people/1319/alice-barber-stephens
http://collections.brandywine.org/objects/5261/the-woman-in-business
https://arttimesjournal.com/art/Art_Essays/winter_14_rena_robey/alice_barber_stephens.html

Born June 25~ Rose O’Neill

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Rose Cecil O’Neill (June 25, 1874-April 6, 1944) was an American artist and writer who became the best-known and highest-paid female commercial illustrator in the US after creating the Kewpie.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_O%27Neill

“Looking in at the Windows” by Rose O’Neill
Original art for page 85 of The Loves of Edwy, Lothrop Publishing Co.
c.1904 / Ink on Paper / 21-7/10″x15-1/5″ / Drury University Art Collection, Springfield, MO

Rose O’Neill on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/rose-oneill/

Further reading:
https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/rose-oneill
https://historicmissourians.shsmo.org/rose-oneill
http://cbldf.org/2017/03/she-changed-comics-rose-oneill-champion-of-suffrage/

Born June 19~ Maginel Wright Enright Barney

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Maginel Wright Enright Barney (June 19, 1881-April 18, 1966) was an American children’s book illustrator and graphic artist. She was the younger sister of Frank Lloyd Wright and the mother of Elizabeth Enright.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maginel_Wright_Enright

Cover for Woman’s World, August 1919 by Maginel Wright Enright Barney
1919 / Ink, watercolor, gouache, and graphite on illustration board
17-1/8″x9-3/16″ / Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE

Maginel Wright Enright Barney on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/maginel-wright-barney/

Further reading:
https://rockwellcenter.org/essays-illustration/gathering-wood/
https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/maginel-wright-enright-barney
https://nha.org/research/nantucket-history/history-topics/nantucket-in-the-art-of-maginel-wright/

Born June 14~ Agnes Tait

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Agnes Tait (June 14, 1894-August 23, 1981) was an American painter, pen-and-ink artist, lithographer, book illustrator, and muralist.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Tait

above: The Aristocrat by Agnes Tait / 1936 / Lithograph / Image: 13-1/2″x9-15/16″
Various collections, including Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX
below: Felicity by Agnes Tait / 1937 / Lithograph / Image: 13-1/4″x10-9/16″
Various collections, including Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX

Agnes Tait on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/agnes-gabrielle-tait/

Further reading:
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/agnes-tait-4732
http://womenoutwest.blogspot.com/2013/08/agnes-gabrielle-tait-model-writer.html
https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/bellevue-hospital-tait-mural-new-york-ny/

Born June 4(?)~ Natalia Goncharova

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Natalia Goncharova (June 16 [June 4 Old Style*] or July 3 [June 21 Old Style*] – October 17, 1962) was a Russian avant-garde artist, painter, costume designer, writer, illustrator, and set designer.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia_Goncharova

Cyclist by Natalia Goncharova
1913 / Oil on canvas / 30-3/4″x41-1/3″ / The State Russian Museum, St Petersburg, RU

Natalia Goncharova on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/natalia-sergeevna-goncharova/

Further reading:
https://collections.dma.org/essay/l6epkQDg
https://arthistoryproject.com/artists/natalia-goncharova/
https://magazine.artland.com/lost-and-found-artist-natalia-goncharova/

* Russian calendar~ https://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his241/notes/calendar.html
>Russian calendar conversion~ https://stevemorse.org/jcal/julian.html

Born May 24~ Maximilienne Guyon

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Maximilienne Guyon (May 24, 1868-1903) was a French painter, watercolorist, printmaker, and illustrator.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilienne_Guyon

Young Girl Leaning by Maximilienne Guyon
Before 1897 / Oil on canvas / 32-1/3″x25-3/5″ / Musée de La Roche-sur-Yon, France

Maximilienne Guyon on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/maximilienne-goepp-guyon/

More links:
https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Maximilienne-Goepp-Guyon/0290B3A6DF5414E5/Artworks
http://arcadiasystems.org/academia/cassatt11b.html#guyon
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilienne_Guyon