Tag Archives: Printmaker

Born June 18~ Dorothy Weir Young

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Dorothy Weir Young (June 18, 1890-May 28, 1947) was an American artist. She worked in multiple media including including oils, watercolors, and woodblock prints.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Weir_Young

Theresa and Tommy by Dorothy Weir Young
c.1920 / Oil on canvas / 27-1/8″x34-1/8″ / BYU Museum of Art, Provo, UT

Dorothy Weir Young on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dorothy_Weir_Young

Further reading:
Artist: Dorothy Weir Young/State of Utah Art Collections
Dorothy Weir Young Artwork/Natonal Park Service
https://savingplaces.org/stories/10-women-who-influenced-historic-artists-homes#.YM0D-ZNKhUc

Born June 12~ Anni Albers

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Anni Albers (June 12, 1899-May 9, 1994) was a textile designer, weaver, writer, printmaker, and teacher who inspired a reconsideration of fabrics as an art form.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anni_Albers

Development in Rose II by Anni Albers
1952 / Linen / 24-3/8″x17-3/4″ / Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Anni Albers on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/anni-albers/

Further reading:
https://www.thetextileatlas.com/craft-stories/anni-albers
https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/anni-albers-the-designers-artist-who-put-women-on-the-grid/
https://nmwa.org/art/artists/anni-albers/
https://albersfoundation.org/artists/biographies/

Born June 11~ Worden Day

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Esther Worden Day (June 11, 1912-January 27, 1986) was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor, and curator.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worden_Day

Now Flowing by Worden Day
1956 / Color woodcut on paper / 9″x7-1/16″ / RISD Museum, Providence, RI

Worden Day on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/worden-day/

Further reading:
https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/532/Day/Worden
https://atelier17.christinaweyl.com/artist-biographies/worden-day/
https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/worden-day-papers-9297

Born June 10*~ Mabel Wellington Jack

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* per the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Mabel Wellington Jack (1890 or 1899-1970) was an American printmaker. Not much seems to be known about her aside from lithographs published by the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_Wellington_Jack

Hoboken Ferry by Mabel Wellington Jack
c.1935-42 / Lithograph / Sheet size: 17-1/8×11-1/2″ / Private collection

Mabel Wellington Jack on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/mabel-wellington-jack/

More links:
https://gallery.newarkmuseum.org/view/objects/asimages/People@1050550?t:state:flow=f9870e7d-c5b3-410b-a897-df7c3730ec3e
https://nddaily.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-incredible-lithographs-of-mabel.html
https://www.fdrlibrary.org/art-detail

Born June 2~ Mayumi Oda

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Mayumi Oda (born June 2, 1941) is a Japanese-American painter, printmaker, activist, educator, author, and farmer.
Biography on her website: https://mayumioda.net/pages/about-mayumi

Storyville X by Oda Mayumi
1974 / Screenprint / 33-1/2″x24-1/2″ / Various collections, including Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA

Mayumi Oda on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/mayumi-oda/

Further reading:
https://tricycle.org/magazine/portfolio-mayumi-oda/
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/post/mayumi-oda-happy-activist
https://www.lionsroar.com/awakening-to-the-goddess-the-art-activism-of-mayumi-oda/

Born May 28~ Helen Hardin

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Helen Hardin (May 28, 1943-June 9, 1984) was a painter and printmaker whose work featured abstracted Native American iconography. Her mother was painter Pablita Velarde (1918-2006) and her daughter was the artist Margarete Bagshaw (1964-2015).
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Hardin

Medicine Woman by Helen Hardin
c.1981 / 4-color copper plate lithograph / 24″x18″ / Various private collections

Helen Hardin on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/helen-hardin/

Further reading:
https://taospainters.com/helen-hardin/
https://folkart.org/mag/in-the-spirit-of-tradition
https://www.crockerart.org/oculus/spirit-lines-helen-hardin-etchings

Born May 24~ Maximilienne Guyon

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Maximilienne Guyon (May 24, 1868-1903) was a French painter, watercolorist, printmaker, and illustrator.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilienne_Guyon

Young Girl Leaning by Maximilienne Guyon
Before 1897 / Oil on canvas / 32-1/3″x25-3/5″ / Musée de La Roche-sur-Yon, France

Maximilienne Guyon on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/maximilienne-goepp-guyon/

More links:
https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Maximilienne-Goepp-Guyon/0290B3A6DF5414E5/Artworks
http://arcadiasystems.org/academia/cassatt11b.html#guyon
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilienne_Guyon

Born May 18~ Isabel Villaseñor

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Isabel ‘Chabela’ Villaseñor (May 18, 1909-March 13, 1953) was a noted post-revolutionary Mexican sculptor, printmaker, painter, poet, and songwriter.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Villase%C3%B1or

Untitled (Woman resting her chin on her hand) by Isabel Villaseñor
ND / Woodcut on transparent paper / Image: 11″x8-1/4″ / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA, CA

Beyond Frida: 10 Mexican Female Artists You Should Know:
https://remezcla.com/lists/culture/mexican-female-artists/

Further reading:
http://www.aceroarte.com/coleccion/Isabel_Villasenor_oaxaquena.htm
https://piso9.net/between-popular-music-and-painting-isabel-villasenor/?lang=en
https://www.mexconnect.com/articles/1063-printmaking-from-revolution-to-establishment/

Born May 17~ Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva

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Anna Petrovna Ostroumova-Lebedeva (May 17, 1871-May 5, 1955) was a Russian master of watercolor painting, and one of the pioneers of the woodcut technique in Russia.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Ostroumova-Lebedeva

Summer Garden by Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva
1902 / Color woodcut / 14-3/16″x9-1/8″ / Various collections, including The Met, NYC

Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva on Artnet:
http://www.artnet.com/artists/anna-petrovna-ostroumova-lebedeva/

Further reading:
http://russianartgallery.org/famous/ostroumova_lebedeva.htm
https://www.christies.com/features/An-introduction-to-Russian-artist-Anna-Ostroumova-Lebedeva-9927-1.aspx
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/anna-ostroumova-lebedeva/

Born May 9~ Eliyakota Samualie

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Eliyakota Samualie (May 9, 1939-November 1987) was a Canadian Inuit graphic artist and sculptor.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliyakota_Samualie

Bird and Fish by Eliyakota Samualie
c.1980-1981 / Ink and color pencil on paper / University of Delaware Museums Collections, Newark, DE

Eliyakota Samualie on Canadian Art price index: https://artpriceindex.ca/artist/1167240/Eliyakota-Samualie/

Further reading:
https://www.inuitartzone.com/collections/samuellie-eliyakota
https://www.historymuseum.ca/capedorsetprints/themes/animals.php
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/inuit-printmaking