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Born October 25~ Vija Celmins

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Vija Celmins (born October 25, 1938) is a Latvian American artist, sculptor, and printmaker best known for her photo-based drawings and paintings.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vija_Celmins

Letter by Vija Celmins / 1968
Collage and graphite on acrylic ground on paper / 13-1/4″x18-1/8″ / Matthew Marks Gallery, NY & LA

Vija Celmins on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/vija-celmins/

Further reading:
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/vija-celmins/
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/vija-celmins-2731/explore-art-vija-celmins
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/features/vija-celmins-learning-resource

Born October 21~ Brigitte Coudrain

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Brigitte Coudrain (born October 21, 1934) is a French engraver, painter, and illustrator.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Coudrain

New York City by Brigitte Coudrain
1967 / Color lithograph / 21″x18″ / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC

Brigitte Coudrain on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/brigitte-coudrain/

Further reading:
https://www.mchampetier.com/Brigitte-Coudrain-2154-en-others.html
http://www.artoftheprint.com/artistpages/coudrain_brigitte_troissoucis.htm
https://artisticafineart.com/blogs/artist-biography/tagged/brigitte-coudrain

Born October 15~ Minna Citron

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Minna Wright Citron (October 15, 1896-December 23, 1991) was an American painter and printmaker. In the early 1940s, Citron’s work shifted from figurative work towards a more abstract style.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minna_Citron

Men Seldom Make Passes by Minna Citron
1946 / Soft-ground etching, engraving, aquatint, and gauffrage with stencil / Image: 14-15/16″x9-1/4″
Various collections, including Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State University, University Park, PA

Minna Citron on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/minna-wright-citron/

Further reading:
https://atelier17.christinaweyl.com/artist-biographies/minna-citron/
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/citron-minna
https://www.villagepreservation.org/2021/08/25/south-of-union-square-the-birthplace-of-american-modernism-minna-citron/

Born October 13~ Edna Boies Hopkins

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Edna Boies Hopkins (October 13, 1872-March 24, 1937) was an American artist who made woodblock prints, based upon Japanese ukiyo-e art and techniques she learned from Arthur Wesley Dow.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Boies_Hopkins

Pepper by Edna Boies Hopkins
c.1907 / Color woodcut / 10-7/8″x7-5/16″ / Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Edna Boies Hopkins on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/edna-boies-hopkins/

Further reading:
https://art.famsf.org/edna-boies-hopkins
http://provincetownartistregistry.com/H/hopkins_edna_boies.htm
https://thejohnsoncollection.org/edna-hopkins/

Born October 9~ Victoria Hutson Huntley

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Victoria Ebbels Hutson Huntley (October 9, 1900-1971) was a painter, printmaker, muralist, and educator who worked in New York City, Florida, and New Jersey.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Hutson_Huntley

The Flame Bird, Roseate Spoonbill by Victoria Hutson Huntley
1952 / Lithograph on paper / 15-3/4″x11-3/8″ / Private collection

Victoria Hutson Huntley on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/victoria-ebbels-hutson-huntley/

Further reading:
https://kiechelart.com/artist/victoria-ebbels-hutson-huntley/
http://archive.wppl.org/wphistory/VictoriaHutsonHuntley.html
https://artistsofoldflorida.com/artist/victoria-hudson-huntley-orlando-winter-park/

Born September 28~ Warja Lavater

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Warja Honegger-Lavater (September 28, 1913-May 3, 2007) was a Swiss artist and illustrator best known for utilizing pictograms as graphic representations of language in her later work.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warja_Lavater

Homo sapiens? (Folded Story, no.13) by Warja Lavater
1965 / Lithographs on cream wove paper / 6-7/16″x3-5/8″x7/16″ / Toledo Museum of Art, OH

Warja Lavater’s “Twenty-three hundred years of medical costume”: https://bit.ly/2Y9fWrI

Further reading:
https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/4455/Honegger-Lavater/Warja
http://dallaslibrary2.org/blogs/bookedSolid/2020/02/warja-lavater-writing-pictures-and-drawing-books/
https://exhibits.library.illinois.edu/s/rbml/page/little-red-riding-hood

Born September 19~ Ethel Mars

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Ethel Mars (September 19, 1876-March 23, 1959) was an American woodblock print artist and children’s book illustrator.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Mars_(artist)

Untitled (Woman at Shop Window) by Ethel Mars
c.1905 / Color woodblock print / 7-7/8″x6-1/8″ / Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN

Ethel Mars on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/ethel-mars/

Further reading:
http://tworedroses.com/newsletters/newsletter09012018.html
https://www.juliehellergallery.com/ethel-mars
http://jcsm.auburn.edu/art-is-pride-a-look-at-the-lives-of-maud-hunt-squire-and-ethel-mars/

Born September 17~ Mavis Pusey

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Mavis Iona Pusey (September 17, 1928-April 20, 2019) was a Jamaican-born American abstract printmaker, painter, and educator known for her hard-edge, nonrepresentational images.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Pusey

Impact on Vibration by Mavis Pusey
1968 / Screenprint on paper / 33″x22-1/2″ / Petrucci Family Foundation, Asbury, NJ

Mavis Pusey on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/mavis-pusey/

Further reading:
https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/1923/Pusey/Mavis
https://www.studiomuseum.org/article/remembering-mavis-pusey
https://westharlem.art/2020/12/30/mavis-iona-pusey/

Born September 15~ Margery Ryerson

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Margery Austen Ryerson (September 15, 1886-1936) was an American artist, painter, etcher, lithographer, and watercolorist. Ryerson was also involved in the creation of two well known art instruction books.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margery_Ryerson

Big Sister by Margery Ryerson
ND / Drypoint / 10″x6-7⁄8″ / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC

Margery Ryerson on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/margery-austen-ryerson/

Further reading:
https://emuseum.delart.org/people/1696/margery-austen-ryerson/objects
https://brierhillgallery.com/margery-austen-ryerson
http://www.jamescoxgallery.com/artists/estates-collections/margery-ryerson/

Born September 13~ Anna Lea Merritt

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Anna Massey Lea Merritt (September 13, 1844-April 7, 1930) was an American painter and printmaker active in Great Britain.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Lea_Merritt

Portrait of Sir William Boxall, R.A. by Anna Lea Merritt
c.1870s / Oil on canvas / 49″x36″ / Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

Anna Lea Merritt on The British Museum site: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG38200

Further reading:
https://nmwa.org/art/artists/anna-lea-merritt/
https://artuk.org/discover/artists/merritt-anna-lea-18441930
https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/2708/Merritt/Anna