Tag Archives: Painting

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 26~ Kara Walker

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Kara Elizabeth Walker (born November 26, 1969) is a contemporary African-American artist known for her exploration of race, stereotypes, gender, and identity throughout American history.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Walker

Pack-Mules in the Mountains, from the portfolio Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) by Kara Walker
2005 / Offset lithograph and screenprint on paper / 53”x39” / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC

Kara Walker on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/kara-walker/

Further reading:
https://walkerart.org/collections/artists/kara-walker
https://fineartglobe.com/artists/kara-walkers-take-on-our-troubled-times/
https://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/art/exhibitions/kara-walker-cut-to-the-quick/

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 15~ Georgia O’Keeffe

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Georgia Totto O’Keeffe (November 15, 1887-March 6, 1986) was an American artist best known for oil paintings characterized by sophisticated gradations of tone and color.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_O%27Keeffe

The Shelton with Sunspots, N.Y. by Georgia O’Keeffe
1926 / Oil on canvas / 48-1/2″x30-1/4″ / Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Georgia O’Keeffe on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/georgia-okeeffe/

Further reading:
https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/about-georgia-okeeffe/
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/geok/hd_geok.htm
https://www.christies.com/features/Georgia-O-Keeffe-7330-1.aspx

Born November 12~ Jane Peterson

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Jane Peterson (November 12, 1876-August 14, 1965) was an American painter whose style combined influences such as Impressionism, Fauvism, and Expressionism.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Peterson

Spring Bouquet by Jane Peterson
c.1912 / Oil on canvas / Framed: 40-1/16″x30″ / Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Jane Peterson on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jane-peterson/

Further reading:
https://auctiondaily.com/news/artist-to-know-jane-peterson/
https://www.hirschlandadler.com/galleries/jane-peterson
https://www.caldwellgallery.com/artists/jane-peterson/biography
https://www.capeanncosmos.com/seen-around/jane-peterson-stellar-member-cape-ann-school-of-painting

Born November 10~ Lou Albert-Lasard

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Lou Albert-Lasard (November 10, 1885-July 21, 1969) was a Franco-German Expressionist artist. During her lifetime she created drawings, etchings, watercolors, and oil paintings.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Albert-Lasard

Backyard in Paris by Lou Albert-Lasard
ND / Oil on canvas / 25-5/8″x21-1/4″ / Private collection

Lou Albert-Lasard on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/lou-lazar-albert-lazard/

Further reading:
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/lou-albert-lasard/
“The Hidden Museum”, Germany, Google translation: https://bit.ly/3qlIPwQ
Wiener Zeitung, Republic of Austria, Google translation: https://bit.ly/3mVqPHb