Born August 30~ Amy Sherald

Amy Sherald (born August 30, 1973) is an American painter whose portraits document contemporary African-American experience in the United States.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Sherald

Breonna Taylor by Amy Sherald / 2020 / Oil on linen / 54″x43″
National Museum of African American History & Culture, DC, and Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY

Amy Sherald on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/amy-sherald/

Further reading:
https://www.hauserwirth.com/artists/11577-amy-sherald
https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/the-great-american-fact-amy-sherald/
https://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/amy-sherald-discuss-thom-browne-devoting-your-life-to-art

Born August 29~ Juliette Roche

Juliette Roche (August 29, 1884-November 23, 1980) was a French painter and writer who also took part in Dada activities with Duchamp and Picabia. She married cubist artist Albert Gleizes.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliette_Roche

Still Life with Foliage and Books by Juliette Roche
c.1930s / Oil on board / 31″x24-4/5″ / Private collection

Juliette Rocheon Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/juliette-roche/

Further reading:
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/juliette-roche/
Article from franceinfo: https://bit.ly/3yqbh0O
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://www.mbaa.besancon.fr/exposition-juliette-roche-linsolite/

Born August 28~ Lucile Lloyd

Lucile Lloyd (August 28, 1894-February 25, 1941) was an American muralist, illustrator, and decorative painter.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucile_Lloyd

Central Figure of Altarpiece by Lucile Lloyd
1934 / Mural / St. Mary of the Angels Church, Los Angeles, CA

Lucile Lloyd on UC Libraries’ Calisphere: https://calisphere.org/collections/27277/?q=&rows=48

Further reading:
http://www.adc-exhibits.museum.ucsb.edu/exhibits/show/lloyd-exhib-sum/lloyd-lucile
https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/capitol-building-murals-californias-name-sacramento-ca/
https://capitolmuseum.ca.gov/exhibits/murals/

Born August 27~ Wilhelmina Godfrey

Wilhelmina McAlpin Godfrey (August 27, 1914-May 13, 1994) was an American painter, printmaker, textile artist, educator, and community activist.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmina_McAlpin_Godfrey

Composition I by Wilhelmina Godfrey
1968 / Oil on canvas / 61″x29″ / Private collection

Wilhelmina Godfrey on Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/artist/wilhelmina-mcalpin-godfrey

Further reading:
https://www.uncrownedcommunitybuilders.com/person/wilhelmina
https://www.meibohmfinearts.com/artists/details/2858
https://www.burchfieldpenney.org/general/blog/article:02-24-2020-12-00am-wilhelmina-godfrey-artist-educator-innovator-and-community-builder/

Born August 26~ Dorothy Rutka

Dorothy Rutka (August 26, 1907–May 20, 1985) was an American printmaker, painter, illustrator, and writer.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Rutka

Strawberries by Dorothy Rutka
1936 / Color aquatint on copper, printed on paper / Cleveland, OH, Public Library Fine Arts & Special Collections

Dorothy Rutka on Google Arts and Culture~
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/dorothy-rutka-people-as-they-are-cleveland-public-library/hgVxB_uY-mCfqw?hl=en

Further reading:
https://montanamuseum.pastperfectonline.com/bycreator?keyword=Rutka%2C+Dorothy
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/collection/search?filter-artist=Dorothy%20Rutka
https://www.loc.gov/resource/dcmsiabooks.artistsforvictor00land/?sp=69&st=text

Born August 25~ Dorothea Tanning

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 23~ Margaret Gere

Margaret Gere (August 23, 1878-1965) was a British painter, notably in tempera. She and her sister Edith, who married artist Henry Payne, were known as “the masterful Miss Geres”.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Gere

Italian Piazza by Margaret Gere
1913 / Watercolor and gouache / 14-1/2″x10-1/2″ / Private collection

Margaret Gere on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/margaret-gere/

More links:
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/margaret-gere-1154
https://artuk.org/discover/artists/gere-margaret-18781965

Born August 22~ Agnes Pelton

Agnes Lawrence Pelton (August 22, 1881-March 13, 1961) was a visionary symbolist who painted modernist works reflecting her spiritual interests.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Lawrence_Pelton

Winter by Agnes Pelton
1933 / Oil on canvas / 30″x28″ / Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

Agnes Pelton on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/agnes-pelton/

Further reading:
https://brooklynrail.org/2018/06/criticspage/Agnes-Pelton-The-Familiar-Sublime
https://theosophyart.org/2020/12/09/agnes-pelton-and-theosophy/
https://www.californiadesertart.com/lost-farm-the-rediscovered-homestead-of-agnes-pelton/

Born August 21~ Mary Lizzie Macomber

Mary Lizzie Macomber (August 21, 1861-February 4, 1916) was an American artist who painted in the style of the Pre-Raphaelites. Much of her work was lost during a fire in her studio in 1903.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lizzie_Macomber

Saint Catherine by Mary Lizzie Macomber
1896 / Oil on canvas / 32-7/8″x24-1/8″ / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Mary Lizzie Macomber on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/mary-lizzie-macomber/

More links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9EvwZaSJ5M
http://arcadiasystems.org/academia/cassatt6g.html#macomber
https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/macomber-mary-lizzie-1861-1916

Born August 19~ Florine Stettheimer

Florine Stettheimer (August 19, 1871-May 11, 1944) was an American modernist painter, feminist, theatrical designer, poet, and salonnière.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florine_Stettheimer

Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz by Florine Stettheimer
1928 / Oil on canvas / 38″ 26-1/4″ / Alfred Stieglitz Collection, Co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

Florine Stettheimer on MoMA: https://mo.ma/3k2b6n3

Further reading:
https://hyperallergic.com/329408/florine-stettheimer-feminist-provocateur/
https://stories.thejewishmuseum.org/the-stetties-florine-stettheimer-and-her-sisters-a377eaa7b04d
https://www.mcny.org/exhibition/stettheimer-dollhouse-0