June 1~ Pride Month

Ellen Day Hale and Gabrielle D. Clements

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In 1884, Clements traveled abroad to Paris to study at the Academie Julian where she was joined in 1885 by fellow painter and future lifelong companion Ellen Day Hale…
Clements and Hale frequently traveled abroad, visiting France, Italy, Egypt, Syria, and Palestine, and spent summers at “The Thickets,” the house they purchased in the artists’ colony at Folly Cove.
~Smithsonian Archives of American Art, Washington, D.C

Portrait of a woman, said to be Gabrielle de Veaux Clements, by Ellen Day Hale (seen in photo above, left)
1883 / Pencil, charcoal and white chalk on paper / High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avenue Bridge, Baltimore by Gabrielle de Veaux Clements (seen in photo above, right)
1927 / Etching on paper / Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C

National Pet Month~ Day 30

Early Carolina Morning by Romare Bearden

1978 / Collage on board / 29″x41″ / Private collection

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MoMA’s page says there are “approx. four unique variants” of this work.
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/91517
Looking around the internet, I found collagraphs, serigraphs, and lithographic editions on this subject.
http://www.artnet.com/artists/romare-bearden/early-carolina-morning-a-v8rsI5X9GbaqXOBBHG1Tcw2
https://heritagesart.com/products/early-carolina-morning

Romare Bearden and His Traveling Cats~
https://www.aaa.si.edu/blog/2017/06/romare-bearden-and-his-traveling-cats

Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 31

The Western Print by Inka Essenhigh

1999 / Silkscreen print, varnish / Image 27 7/8”x30 9/16” / Various collections, including MoMA, NYC

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See also: March 31~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/31/march-31-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/

Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 28

Ocean Surface Wood Engraving 2000 by Vija Celmins

2000 / Wood engraving / Plate: 8 1/4”x10 1/4” / Various collections, including Tate and National Galleries of Scotland, UK

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See also: March 28~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/28/march-28-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/

Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 27

Untitled by Lee Bontecou

1961 / Welded steel, canvas, fabric, rawhide, copper wire, and soot / 80 1/4”x89”x34 3/4″ / MoMA, NYC

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See also: March 27~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/27/march-27-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/

Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 26

Horse and Rider by Elisabeth Frink

1974; cast 1975 / Bronze, edition of 3,+1 artist’s cast / 96” high / Locations include Winchester, England

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See also: March 26~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/26/march-26-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/

Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 25

The Enchanted Owl by Kenojuak Ashevak

1960 / Stone cut on paper / 21 1/8”x26” / Various collections, including Brooklyn Museum, NYC

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See also: March 25~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/25/march-25-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/

Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 20

Tehuana con Sandía by Olga Costa

1952 / Oil on canvas / 51 1/5”x43 3/5” / Private collection

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See also: March 20~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/20/march-20-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/

Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 16

Portrait of Frances Greene Nix by Anne Goldthwaite

c.1935-1940 / Oil on canvas / 49 3/8”x39 1/2”
The Johnson Collection, Spartanburg, SC

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See also: March 16~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/16/march-16-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/