Tag Archives: Painter

Born March 15~ Gerda Wegener

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Gerda Marie Fredrikke Wegener (March 15, 1886-July 28, 1940) was a Danish illustrator and painter. “Wegener is known for her fashion illustrations and later her paintings that pushed the boundaries of gender and love of her time.”
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerda_Wegener

Portrait of Lili Elbe with Green Feather Fan by Gerda Wegener
1920 / Painting / 32 1/3″x24″ / Private collection

Gerda Wegener on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/gerda-wegener/

Further reading:
https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/gerda-wegener/m0685sk?hl=en
https://arthur.io/art/gerda-wegener

Born March 13~ Fannie Hillsmith

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Fannie Hillsmith (March 13, 1911-July 27, 2007) was an American artist from Boston who distinguished herself as a painter of Cubist-inspired still lifes and interiors.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Hillsmith

The Chair by Fannie Hillsmith
1960 / Collage with cut-paper, found objects, and graphite
19″x12 1/2″ / McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX

Fannie Hillsmith on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/fannie-hillsmith/

Further reading:
https://thejohnsoncollection.org/fannie-hillsmith/
https://atelier17.christinaweyl.com/artist-biographies/fannie-hillsmith/
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/fannie-hillsmith-2228

Born March 12~ Elaine de Kooning

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Elaine Marie Catherine de Kooning (March 12, 1918-February 1, 1989) was an Abstract Expressionist and Figurative Expressionist painter.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_de_Kooning

Seated Man by Elaine de Kooning
c.1950-1952 / Oil on paper / 36 1/8″x24 1/8″ / The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, SC

Elaine de Kooning on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/elaine-de-kooning/

Further reading:
https://nmwa.org/art/artists/elaine-de-kooning/
https://www.blackmountaincollege.org/elaine-and-willem-de-kooning-the-summer-of-1948/
https://www.danspapers.com/2020/09/artists-residence-history-elaine-de-kooning-house/

Born March 9~ Constance Mayer

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Constance Mayer (Marie-Françoise-Constance Mayer-La Martinière) (March 9, 1775-May 26, 1821) was a French painter of portraits, allegorical subjects, miniatures, and genre works.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Mayer

Self-Portrait with Artist’s Father by Constance Mayer
1801 / Oil on canvas / 89″x70 1/2″ / Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT

Constance Mayer on Artnet:
http://www.artnet.com/artists/constance-marie-fran%C3%A7oise-c-la-martini%C3%A8re-mayer/

Further reading:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157540795/constance-mayer
Constance Mayer on French Ministry of Culture (in French)
Constance Mayer-La Martinière (in German)

Born March 7~ Bernarda Bryson Shahn

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Bernarda Bryson Shahn (March 7, 1903-December 13, 2004) was an American painter, lithographer, and writer and illustrator of children’s books.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernarda_Bryson_Shahn

Crash by Bernarda Bryson Shahn
1929 / Lithograph / Image: 10 1/10″x8 1/5″ / National Gallery of Art, DC

Bernarda Bryson Shahn on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/bernarda-bryson-shahn/

Oral history interview with Bernarda Bryson Shahn, 1983:
https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-bernarda-bryson-shahn-11655#transcript

Further reading:
https://archive.org/details/ohioalumnusjune1359ohio/page/12/mode/2up?view=theater
https://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&subjectid=500009175
https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/3004

Born March 6~ Pauline Boty

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Pauline Boty (March 6, 1938-July 1, 1966) was a British artist and the only female painter in the British wing of the Pop Art movement.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Boty

Celia Birtwell and Some of her Heroes by Pauline Boty
1963 / Oil on canvas / 59 4/5″x48″ / The Berardo Collection, Lisbon, Portugal

Pauline Boty on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/pauline-boty/

Further reading:
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/pauline-boty/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/22/ali-smith-the-prime-of-pauline-boty
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/obituaries/pauline-boty-overlooked.html

Born March 4~ Ellen Sharples

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Ellen Wallace Sharples (March 4, 1769-March 14, 1849) was an English painter who specialized in portraits in pastel and watercolor miniatures on ivory.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Sharples

Joseph Priestley by Ellen Sharples
c.1797 / Pastels / 9 1/2″x7 1/2″ / National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

Ellen Sharples on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/ellen-wallace-sharples/

Further reading:
https://emuseum.mountvernon.org/people/793/ellen-sharples/objects
https://www.artbiogs.co.uk/2/societies/royal-west-england-academy
https://www.lindahall.org/joseph-priestley-2/

Born February 28~ Emma Richardson Cherry

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Emma Richardson Cherry (February 28, 1859-October 29, 1954) was an American painter of landscapes, still lifes, and portraits.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Richardson_Cherry

Precious Bowl by Emma Richardson Cherry
c.1925 / Oil on canvas / 36″x26 1/8″ / The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

Emma Richardson Cherry on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/emma-richardson-cherry/

Further reading:
https://www.heritagesociety.org/emma-richardson-cherry
https://glasstire.com/2013/04/27/emma-richardson-cherry-houstons-first-modern-artist-at-the-houston-public-library/
https://www.cherryhurstcivic.org/history.html

Born February 26~ Annie Louisa Swynnerton

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Annie Louisa Robinson Swynnerton ARA (February 26, 1844-October 24, 1933) was a British painter best known for her portrait and symbolist works.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Swynnerton

Miss Elizabeth Williamson on a Pony by Annie Louisa Swynnerton
1906 / Oil on canvas / 66 1/4″x51 3/5″ / Tate Britain, UK

Annie Louisa Swynnerton on Art UK:
https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/view_as/grid/search/keyword:annie-louisa-swynnerton

Further reading:
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43243536
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v40/n18/inigo-thomas/at-manchester-art-gallery
https://artuk.org/discover/stories/annie-swynnerton-artist-and-activist

Born February 23~ Broncia Koller-Pinell

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Broncia Koller-Pinell (February 23, 1863-April 26, 1934) was an Austrian Expressionist painter said to be the first to bring attributes of French Impressionism into Austrian painting.
Biography on Jewish Women’s Archive: https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/koller-pinell-broncia

The Mother of the Artist by Broncia Koller-Pinell
1907 / Oil on canvas / 35 4/5″x30 1/2″ / Austrian Gallery Belvedere, Vienna, AT

Broncia Koller-Pinell on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/broncia-koller-pinell/

Further reading:
Broncia Koller-Pinell  1863-1934
https://www.schirn.de/en/magazine/context/broncia_koller_pinell_art_for_all_vienna_biography/
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