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Born August 25~ Dorothea Tanning

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Dorothea Margaret Tanning (August 25, 1910-January 31, 2012) was an American illustrator, painter, printmaker, sculptor, set and costume designer, writer, and poet.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Tanning

Portrait de Famille (Family Portrait) by Dorothea Tanning
1954 / Oil on canvas / 39-3/8″x31-7/8″ / Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Dorothea Tanning on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/dorothea-tanning/

Further reading:
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/dorothea-tanning-2024
https://www.menil.org/collection?artist=Dorothea+Tanning
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dorothea-tanning
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/dorothea-tanning-2024/learn-about-100-years-dorothea-tanning

Born August 18~ Gertrude Hermes

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Gertrude Anna Bertha Hermes OBE RA (August 18, 1901-May 9, 1983) was a British sculptor, wood engraver, lino-cutter, illustrator, and designer.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Hermes

  • Swallows by Gertrude Hermes 1933 / Wood engraving on paper / 7-1/2″x5″ / Tate Britain, UK
  • Bird in Hand by Gertrude Hermes 1931 / Lignum vitae wood / 15-5/8″x7-9/10″x5-1/4″ / The Whitworth, Manchester, UK

Gertrude Hermes on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/gertrude-hermes/

Further reading:
https://artuk.org/discover/artists/hermes-gertrude-19011983
https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/8040/wild-girl-the-artistic-rebellion-of-gertrude-hermes
https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/art-design/2020/08/greats-outdoors-gertrude-hermes-and-landscape-ancient-and-modern

Born August 14~ Joyce Dennys

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Isobel Dorothy Joyce Dennys (August 14, 1893-February 23, 1991) was an English cartoonist, illustrator, and painter.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Dennys

Women’s Royal Naval Service by Joyce Dennys
1917 / Lithographic poster / 29-3/4″x19-2/5″ / Imperial War Museum, London, UK

Joyce Dennys on British Red Cross Museum & Archives

Further reading:
https://artuk.org/discover/artists/dennys-joyce-18931991
http://www.devonremembers.co.uk/content/ww1-stories/nurse-artist-and-author
http://www.edwardianpromenade.com/war/the-abcs-of-the-v-a-d/

Born August 6~ Barbara Cooney

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Barbara Cooney (August 6, 1917-March 10, 2000) was an American illustrator for more than 100 books, many of which she also wrote. She was a two-time Caldecott Medal winner.
Biography on Boston Athenæum:
https://www.bostonathenaeum.org/library/book-recommendations/athenaeum-authors/barbara-cooney

Newsboys’ Thanksgiving Dinner for Eleanor by Barbara Cooney
1996 / Acrylic on silk / Children’s biography of Eleanor Roosevelt / Viking Press

Children’s Books Written or Illustrated by Barbara Cooney:
http://home.metrocast.net/~tortak/illustrators/Cooney1.html

Further reading:
https://www.hbook.com/?detailStory=barbara-cooney
https://blog.bookstellyouwhy.com/caldecott-winning-illustrators-series-barbara-cooney
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/12/childrens-books-for-uncertain-times/544104/

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/