Tag Archives: Painter

Born August 15~ Alice Taylor Gafford

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Alice Taylor Gafford (August 15, 1886-October 27, 1981) was an American artist and educator. Gafford was a nurse for 25 years before studying at Otis and beginning her career in art.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Taylor_Gafford

Tea Party by Alice Taylor Gafford
1967 / Oil painting / Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

Alice Taylor Gafford on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/alice-taylor-gafford/

Further reading:
https://www.holmesartgallery.com/alicetaylorgafford
https://aaregistry.org/story/one-of-l-a-s-finest-alice-t-gafford/
https://www.digmaglb.com/blog/category/decade-by-decade-women-artists-of-california

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 11~ Mary Fairchild MacMonnies Low

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Mary Louise Fairchild MacMonnies Low (August 11, 1858-May 23, 1946) was, during her years in Paris, one of the most successful American women painters of her generation.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Fairchild_MacMonnies_Low

Two Women Chatting in a Garden with a Mill by Mary Fairchild MacMonnies Low
1887 / Oil on canvas / 71″x56-3/4″ / Private collection

Mary Fairchild MacMonnies Low on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/mary-fairchild-macmonnies-low/

Further reading:
https://reidhall.globalcenters.columbia.edu/macmonnies
https://bronxvillehistoricalconservancy.org/art-collection/mary-fairchild-low/
“Discover the life and work of Mary Fairchild MacMonnies-Low” on Ministry of Culture, France

“Art and Handicraft in the Woman’s Building of the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893”~
includes illustrations of the missing murals by MacMonnies and Cassatt

 

Born August 9~ Mary Agnes Yerkes

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Mary Agnes Yerkes (August 9, 1886-November 8, 1989) was an American Impressionist painter, photographer, and artisan.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Agnes_Yerkes

Blue Boat by Mary Agnes Yerkes
c.1920 / Oil on canvas / Dimensions? / Private collection

Mary Agnes Yerkes on MutualArt:
https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Mary-Agnes-Yerkes/CD81399B02DFD408/Artworks

Further reading:
https://oprfmuseum.org/people/mary-agnes-yerkes
http://illinoiswomenartists.org/mary-agnes-yerkes/
https://webkiosk.springville.org/artist-maker/info/823

Born August 8~ Ruth Francken

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Ruth Francken (August 8, 1924-September 12, 2006) was a Czech-American sculptor, painter, and furniture designer who was mostly active in Paris.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Francken

La Saisie by Ruth Francken / 1973 / Photographic paper, metal, cord, linen
61-4/5″x44″x3-1/2″ / Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL

Ruth Francken on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/ruth-francken/

More links:
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/ey-exhibition-world-goes-pop/artist-biography/ruth-francken
https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/ressources/personne/cAbzj5E
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/ruth-francken/

Born August 5~ Irene Rice Pereira

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Irene Rice Pereira (August 5, 1902-January 11, 1971) was an American abstract artist, poet, and philosopher.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._Rice_Pereira

Toward Radiant Powers by Irene Rice Pereira
1971 / Oil on canvas / Dimensions? / Lucy Scribner Library, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

Irene Rice Pereira on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/irene-rice-pereira/

Further reading:
http://www.irenericepereira.com/biography
https://atelier17.christinaweyl.com/artist-biographies/irene-rice-pereira/
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/i-rice-pereira-3761

Born August 4~ Hedda Sterne

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Hedda Sterne (August 4, 1910-April 8, 2011) was a Romanian-born American painter who exhibited early on with the Surrealists and later with the Abstract Expressionists.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedda_Sterne

New York, No. 1 by Hedda Sterne
1954 / 83-3/16″x50-1/4″ / Oil on canvas / Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH

Hedda Sterne on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/hedda-sterne/

Further reading:
https://heddasternefoundation.org/artist
https://austinkleon.com/2020/02/11/the-work-and-wisdom-of-hedda-sterne/
https://magazine.artland.com/female-iconoclasts-hedda-sterne/

The Last Irascible by Sarah Boxer (free one-article registration required to read this)

Born August 3~ Maria Wiik

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Maria Catharina Wiik (August 3, 1853-June 19, 1928) was a Finnish painter. She worked principally with still life, genre images, landscape paintings, and portraits.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Wiik

Vanha Nainen by Maria Wiik
No date / Oil on canvas laid on board / 22″x18-1/2″ / Private collection

Maria Wiik on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/maria-wiik/

More links:
https://cornwallartists.org/cornwall-artists/maria-wiik
https://www.artrenewal.org/artists/maria-wiik/4479
http://figurationfeminine.blogspot.com/2016/06/maria-wiik-1853-1928.html

Born July 29~ Antonietta Raphaël

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Antonietta Raphaël Mafai (July 29, 1895-September 5, 1975) was an Italian artist of Jewish heritage and Lithuanian birth who, with her husband Mario Mafai and two other artists, founded the 20th-century art movement Scuola Romana.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonietta_Raphael

Le Tre Sorelle by Antonietta Raphaël
1936 / Colored concrete / 37-2/5″x23-3/5″x21-3/4″ / La Galleria Nazionale, Rome, Italy

Antonietta Raphaël on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/antonietta-raphael/

Further reading:
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/raphael-antonietta
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/antonietta-raphael-mafai/
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/antonietta-rapha%C3%ABl-mafai-memories-of-an-archaic-world/MwLySXpiYy24Kw

Born* (*baptized) July 28~ Judith Leyster

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Judith Jans Leyster (baptised July 28, 1609-February 10, 1660) was a Dutch Golden Age artist who painted genre works, portraits, and still lifes.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Leyster

Still Life with a Basket of Fruit by Judith Leyster
c.1635-1640 / Oil on canvas / 26-3/4″x24-3/5″ / Private collection

Judith Leyster on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/judith-leyster/

Further reading:
https://www.franshalsmuseum.nl/en/event/judith-leyster/
https://artsandculture.google.com/story/7-amazing-facts-about-judith-leyster/DQIChb-z8As2Jg
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/04/04/daughters-of-the-guild/