Tag Archives: Painting

Born April 1~ Jacoba van Heemskerck

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Jacoba Berendina van Heemskerck van Beest (April 1, 1876-August 2, 1923) was a Dutch painter, stained glass designer, and graphic artist.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacoba_van_Heemskerck

Composition No. 18 by Jacoba van Heemskerck
1915 / Oil on canvas / 34 1/4″x30 1/2″ / Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Netherlands

Jacoba van Heemskerck on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jacoba-heemskerck-van-beest/

Further reading:
https://modjourn.org/biography/heemskerck-van-beest-jacoba-van-1876-1923/
Google translation of Kunsthalle Bielefeld: Jacoba van Heemskerck
https://thehistoryofpaintingrevisited.weebly.com/jacoba-van-heemskerck.html

Born March 31~ Jay DeFeo

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Jay DeFeo (March 31, 1929-November 11, 1989) was an American artist and a pivotal figure in the 1950s San Francisco community of Beat artists, musicians, and poets.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_DeFeo

The Rose by Jay DeFeo
1958-66 / Oil with wood and mica on canvas / 128 7/8″x92 1/4″x11″ / Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC

Jay DeFeo on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/jay-defeo/

Further reading:
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/05/14/romance-of-the-rose-on-jay-defeo/
https://www.kqed.org/arts/13852622/jay-defeo-san-jose-museum-of-art-undersoul
https://www.jaydefeofoundation.org/

Born March 29~ Dora Carrington

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Dora de Houghton Carrington (March 29, 1893-March 11, 1932), known generally as Carrington, was an English painter and decorative artist.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Carrington

Spanish Boy, the Accordion Player by Dora Carrington
c.1924 / Oil on canvas / 25″x20″ / The Higgins Bedford, Bedford, UK

Dora Carrington on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/dora-carrington/

Further reading:
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/artists/dora-carrington
https://www.artuk.org/discover/artists/carrington-dora-18931932
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/b/bloomsbury/lifestyle-lives-and-legacy-bloomsbury-group

Born March 28~ Grace Hartigan

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Grace Hartigan (March 28, 1922-November 15, 2008) was a leading Abstract Expressionist known for incorporating representational imagery into her abstract canvases.
Biography on Guggenheim: https://www.guggenheim-venice.it/en/art/artists/grace-hartigan/

Eleanor of Aquitaine by Grace Hartigan
1983 / Oil on canvas / 77 3/4″x71 3/4″ / Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE

Grace Hartigan on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/grace-hartigan/

Further reading:
https://americanart.si.edu/videos/meet-artist-grace-hartigan-154369
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/grace-will-excerpt-mary-gabriels-new-book-ninth-street-women-painter-grace-hartigan-art-market-changes-1950s-11040/
https://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-hartigan040206-story.html

Born March 27~ Daphne Todd

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Daphne Todd OBE (born March 27, 1947) is an English artist and was the first female President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_Todd

Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover by Daphne Todd
2001 / Oil on birch panel / 60 1/4″x42″ / National Portrait Gallery, London

Daphne Todd on Art UK: https://www.artuk.org/discover/artists/todd-daphne-b-1947

Further reading:
https://therp.co.uk/portfolio/daphne-todd-obe-pprp-neac/
https://www.painters-online.co.uk/tips-techniques/interview/articles/being-a-judge-on-the-big-painting-challenge/
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jun/22/last-portrait-of-mother-portrait

Born March 26~ Ethel Gabain

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Painter and lithographer Ethel Léontine Gabain, later Ethel Copley, (March 26, 1883-January 30, 1950) was one of six female artists selected as official war artists during the Second World War.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_L%C3%A9ontine_Gabain

Women Welders at Williams & Williams, Chester by Ethel Gabain
1940s / Oil on canvas / 39 1/2″x37″ / Grosvenor Museum, Chester, UK

Ethel Gabain on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/ethel-gabain/

Further reading:
https://busheymuseum.org/artists-ethel-gabain/
https://www.gerrishfineart.com/search.asp?types=Gabain%2C+Ethel+%281883%2D1950%29
http://westcheshiremuseums.co.uk/working-women/

Born March 24~ Pauline Auzou

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Pauline Auzou (March 24, 1775-May 15, 1835) was a successful French painter and art instructor, who exhibited at the Paris Salon.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Auzou

Daria, ou l’effroi maternel by Pauline Auzou
1810 / Oil on canvas / 76 3/4″x60 5/8″ / Private collection

Pauline Auzou on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/pauline-auzou/

Further reading:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158888082/pauline-auzou
http://collections.currier.org/objects-1/info/237
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/the-dealers-eye-london/pauline-auzou-portrait-of-a-seated-boy-supporting

Born March 18~ Josephine Nivison Hopper

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Josephine Nivison Hopper (March 18, 1883-March 6, 1968) was an American painter who studied under Robert Henri and Kenneth Hayes Miller, and won the Huntington Hartford Foundation fellowship. She was the wife of Edward Hopper.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Hopper

Untitled Landscape by Josephine Nivison Hopper
N.D. / Oil on Canvas / 36″x29″ / Provincetown Art Association and Museum, MA

Josephine Nivison Hopper on Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/artist/josephine-nivison-hopper

Further reading:
https://kids.kiddle.co/Josephine_Hopper
https://www.fembio.org/english/biography.php/woman/biography/josephine-nivison-hopper/
Tracing an Erased Artist in Multiple Archives: Josephine Verstille Nivison Hopper

Born March 17~ Hattie Saussy

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Hattie Saussy (March 17, 1890-January 13, 1978) was an artist from Georgia known for her portraits, landscapes, and still lifes in both oil and watercolor.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_Saussy

Sunday Afternoon in Savannah by Hattie Saussy
Oil on canvas / 26″x20″ / The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, SC

Hattie Saussy on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/hattie-saussy/

Further reading:
https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/hattie-saussy-1890-1978
Museum rediscovers work of woman artist
Launching Savannah’s Art Scene: Founders of the Savannah Art Club

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