Born August 20~ Teresa del Pò

Teresa del Pò (August 20, 1649-August 5, 1716) was an Italian painter and engraver of the late Baroque.
Biography translated from Italian Wikipedia:
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_del_Po

Magdalena in Ecstasy attributed to Teresa del Pò
1678 / Silverpoint, watercolor on parchment / 9-1/10″x6-9/10″ / Private collection

Teresa del Pò on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/teresa-del-po/

Further reading:
http://www.pastellists.com/Articles/PO.pdf
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG40862
Google translation of Teresa del Po (1649-1716): https://bit.ly/3yX4TiG

 

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

Born August 15~ Alice Taylor Gafford

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 11~ Mary Fairchild MacMonnies Low

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

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 5~ Irene Rice Pereira

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

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

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* (*baptized) July 28~ Judith Leyster

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/

Born July 27~ Mary Abbott

Mary Lee Abbott (July 27, 1921-August 23, 2019) was an American abstract expressionist painter and one of three female members of the Artist’s Club in New York.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Abbott_(artist)

All Green by Mary Abbott
c. 1954 / Oil on linen / 49″x45-1/8″ / Denver Art Museum, Colorado

Mary Abbott on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/mary-abbott/

Further reading:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mary-abbott-a-wake-up-cal_b_1389281?ec_carp=7611884569565380991
https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/architectural-community/a3878-life-of-an-artist-mary-abbott/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/mary-abbott-abstract-expressionist-with-an-unsung-influence-dies-at-98/2019/10/02/0980fe82-e51f-11e9-a6e8-8759c5c7f608_story.html