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Born December 5~ Yvonne Twining Humber

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Yvonne Twining Humber (December 5, 1907–2004) worked for Boston’s WPA Federal Art Project from 1935 to 1943. Humber’s work combined the styles and themes of Regionalism with the hard-edged clarity of Precisionism.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Twining_Humber

A Shakeress at her Loom by Yvonne Twining Humber
1936 / Oil on canvas / Dimensions? / Private collection

Yvonne Twining Humber at Tacoma Art Museum:
http://tacoma.emuseum.com/emuseum/people/37/yvonne-twining-humber/objects

Further reading:
https://www.okcmoa.com/celebrating-womens-history-month-okcmoa/
https://www.whatcommuseum.org/five-women-artists-yvonne-twining-humber/
https://fryemuseum.org/images/docs/Yvonne%20Twining%20Humber_final.pdf

Cascadia Art Museum Video~
Vintage Christmas Cards and Yvonne Twining Humber: https://vimeo.com/487425631

Born December 1~ Eileen Agar

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Eileen Forrester Agar RA (December 1, 1899-November 17, 1991) was a British-Argentinian painter, sculptor, photographer, and collage artist associated with the Surrealist movement.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Agar

Quadriga by Eileen Agar
1935 / Oil on canvas / 20″x24″ / ©The estate of Eileen Agar

Eileen Agar on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/eileen-agar/

Further reading:
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/eileen-agar/
https://www.artic.edu/articles/889/when-eileen-agar-made-a-magritte-her-own
https://www.artlyst.com/reviews/eileen-agar-a-surrealist-trailblazer-whitechapel-gallery-sue-hubbard/

Born November 29~ Gertrude Jekyll

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Gertrude Jekyll VMH (November 29, 1843-December 8, 1932) was a British horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer, and artist.
Biography on Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:
https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-37597

Thomas in the Character of Puss in Boots by Gertrude Jekyll
1869 / Oil on canvas / 30”x25” / Godalming Museum, Surrey, UK

Gertrude Jekyll on the Godalming Museum website: http://www.godalmingmuseum.org.uk/index.php?page=gertrude-jekyll

Further reading:
https://heritagecalling.com/2018/11/29/a-brief-introduction-to-the-remarkable-gertrude-jekyll/
https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/collection/photograph-album-of-prints-by-gertrude-jekyll/
https://gertrudejekyll.co.uk/paintings-by-gertrude-jekyll/

Born November 28~ Lotte Laserstein

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Lotte Laserstein (November 28, 1898-January 21, 1993) was a German-Swedish painter who was an important artist in Germany’s Weimar Republic.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotte_Laserstein

Traute in a Green Pullover by Lotte Laserstein
c.1931 / Oil on paper / 30”x21-1/4” / Private collection, Sweden

Lotte Laserstein on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/lotte-laserstein/

Further reading:
https://artuk.org/discover/stories/lotte-laserstein-the-german-realist-who-challenged-expectations#
https://londonartweek.co.uk/lottelasersteinweimar/
https://www.lostwomenart.de/en/artist/lotte-laserstein/
https://www.artandobject.com/articles/wwii-nearly-ended-her-career-now-lotte-laserstein-earns-late-recognition

Born November 24~ Wilhelmina Weber Furlong

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Artist and educator Wilhelmina Weber Furlong (November 24, 1878-May 25, 1962) was one of America’s earliest modernist painters.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmina_Weber_Furlong

Still-life, Washington Square, New York by Wilhelmina Weber Furlong
1922 / Oil on canvas mounted on board / 16”x12” / Hawthorne Fine Art Manhattan, New York, NY

Wilhelmina Weber Furlong on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/wilhelmina-weber-furlong/

Further reading:
http://www.internationalwomansfoundation.org/past-events/past-artists/wihelmina-weber-furlong/
https://wolfsgallery.com/artists/wilhelmina-weber-furlong
https://www.igs.ie/updates/article/wilhelmina-weber-furlong-a-retrospective

Born November 23~ Signe Scheel

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Signe Scheel (November 23, 1860-December 15, 1942) was a Norwegian painter. Her most famous work, The Lord’s Servant, is in the National Museum of Art in Oslo.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signe_Scheel

Portrait of the Artist Helga Ring (Reusch) by Signe Scheel
1890 / Oil on canvas / 26-1/2”x24-1/5” / National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, NO

Signe Scheel on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/signe-scheel/

Further reading:
Translation of Norwegian Biographical Lexicon: https://bit.ly/3FFLYvP
Translation of lokalhistoriewiki: https://bit.ly/3kTsbAP
Translation of infobae: https://bit.ly/3FEvILE

Born November 22~ Dora Maar

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Henriette Theodora Markovitch (November 22, 1907-July 16, 1997), known as Dora Maar, was a French photographer, painter, and poet.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Maar

The Conversation by Dora Maar
1937 / Oil on canvas / 63-4/5”x51” / Almine and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso Foundation for Art, Madrid, Spain

Dora Maar on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/dora-maar/

Further reading:
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-dora-maars-undeniable-influence-generation-surrealists
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/dora-maar-15766/seven-things-know-dora-maar
https://gagosian.com/quarterly/2019/11/21/essay-discovering-dora-maar/

Residency Program at the Dora Maar House:
https://maisondoramaar.org/the-fellowships-la-maison-dora-maar/

Born November 18~ Cornelis Ruhtenberg

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Cornelis Ruhtenberg (November 18, 1923-2008) was an American artist known for Abstract figure, portrait, and still-life painting. In 1956, Cornelis Ruhtenberg married the American painter Jules Kirschenbaum.
Biography on Wikipedia (Google translation from German): https://bit.ly/30xdwol

Self-Portrait by Cornelis Ruhtenberg
ND / Oil on wooden panel / 12″x10-2/5″ / Private collection

Cornelis Ruhtenberg on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/cornelis-ruhtenberg/

Further reading:
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/cornelis-ruhtenberg-4183
https://www.askart.com/artist/Cornelis_Ruhtenberg/101602/Cornelis_Ruhtenberg.aspx
https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00080808/00001/thumbs

Born November 17~ Jacqueline Lamba

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Jacqueline Lamba (November 17, 1910-July 20, 1993) was a French artist. Primarily a painter, her career included collage, sculpture, and the surrealist objects she created during her marriage to first husband André Breton.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Lamba

Puits et Cerisier by Jacqueline Lamba
1943-48 / Oil on canvas / 28″x18″ / Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Jacqueline Lamba on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jacqueline-lamba/

Further reading:
http://www.thesurrealists.org/jacqueline-lamba.html
https://jacqueline-lamba.fr/en/
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-bold-surrealist-alongside-magritte-miro-destroyed-work

“Far away from Paris: the surrealistic network in Mexico”:
https://www.schirn.de/en/magazine/context/2020/fantastische_frauen/far_away_from_paris_the_surrealistic_network_in_mexico/

Born November 16~ Alice Trumbull Mason

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Alice Trumbull Mason (November 16, 1904-June 28, 1971) was a pioneering abstract painter and printmaker, and a founding member of the American Abstract Artists organization.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Mason

Meanderthal Roturns by Alice Trumbull Mason
1947 / Etching and aquatint / Image: 15-5/8″x9-5/8″ / MoMA, NYC

Alice Trumbull Mason on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/alice-trumbull-mason/

Further reading:
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/alice-trumbull-mason-3151
https://alicetrumbullmason.org/biography/
https://lithub.com/on-unjustly-forgotten-american-abstract-expressionist-alice-trumbull-mason/