Tag Archives: Printmaking

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 3~ Dorr Bothwell

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Dorr Hodgson Bothwell (May 3, 1902-September 24, 2000) was an American artist, designer, educator, and world-traveler; she’s particularly known for her innovative use of serigraphy as a fine art form.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorr_Bothwell

Holiday by Dorr Bothwell
1947 / Color Screenprint / Image: 12-3/4″x9-7/10″ / Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

Dorr Bothwell on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/dorr-doris-hodgson-bothwell/

Further reading:
https://www.artworkarchive.com/profile/mendocino-art-center/artist/dorr-bothwell
https://www.williamzacha.com/artists/dorr-bothwell/about-dorr-bothwell/
https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/hollenbeck-middle-school-youth-democracy-mural-los-angeles-ca/

Born May 2~ Peggy Bacon

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Margaret Frances “Peggy” Bacon (May 2, 1895-January 4, 1987) was an American printmaker, painter, illustrator, and caricaturist.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Bacon

Lady Artist by Peggy Bacon
1925 / Drypoint on white wove paper / Plate: 6″x4″ / Various collections including Brooklyn Museum, NYC

Peggy Bacon on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/peggy-bacon/

Further reading:
https://whitney.org/artists/44
https://www.printmag.com/post/peggy-bacon
http://oldprintshop.com/blog/artist-spotlight-peggy-bacon

GoodReads: Books by Peggy Bacon~
https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/239879.Peggy_Bacon?utf8=%E2%9C%93&sort=title

Born April 17~ Barbara Jones-Hogu

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Barbara Jones-Hogu (April 17, 1938-November 14, 2017) was a painter, printmaker, filmmaker, and educator from Chicago. She was a member of OBAC and co-founded the artists’ collective AfriCOBRA.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Jones-Hogu

God’s Child by Barbara Jones-Hogu
2009 / Twelve color screenprint on Arches 88 paper / Image: 14″x23 1/4″ / DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, IL

Barbara Jones-Hogu on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/barbara-jones-hogu/

Further reading:
https://never-the-same.org/interviews/barbara-jones-hogu/
https://www.culturetype.com/2017/11/21/chicago-artist-barbara-jones-hogu-a-founding-member-of-africobra-has-died/
http://www.areachicago.org/the-history-philosophy-and-aesthetics-of-africobra/

Born April 12~ Clare Leighton

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Clare Marie Veronica Leighton (April 12, 1898-November 4, 1989) was an English/American artist, writer, and illustrator, best known for her wood engravings.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Leighton

Blackbird on Nest, from the Series: Four Hedges by Clare Leighton
1935 / Wood engraving / Image: 6 15/16″x4 7/8″
Various collections, including Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

Clare Leighton on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/clare-leighton/

Further reading:
https://library.williams.edu/2021/02/12/clare-leightons-garden-path/
https://pallant.org.uk/the-industrious-artist-clare-leighton/
https://www.artsbma.org/exhibition/an-epic-of-earth-and-water/

Born April 3~ Zella de Milhau

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Zella de Milhau (1870–1954) was an American printmaker, illustrator, ambulance driver, community organizer, and motorcycle policewoman. She studied at the Art Students League of New York and at William Merritt Chase’s Shinnecock Summer School of Art in Southampton, NY.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zella_de_Milhau

Boats Along Shore by Zella De Milhau
N.D. / Etching / Image: 4 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ / Private collection

Zella de Milhau on guildhall.org: https://pc.guildhall.org/artpress_artist/zella-de-milhau/

Further reading:
https://patch.com/new-york/southampton/from-the-archives-zella-de-milhau-was-conventionalitys-enemy
https://www.brownstonedetectives.com/miss-zella-milhaus-greenest-block-in-brooklyn-1902/
https://www.eastendbeacon.com/last-laff-for-art-villages-laffalot/

Shinnecock Summer School of Art: The Art Village: https://aaqeastend.com/contents/the-art-village/

Born March 30~ Raquel Rabinovich

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Raquel Rabinovich is an Argentinian-American artist known for monochromatic paintings and drawings, large-scale glass sculpture environments, and site-specific installations.
Biography on her website: https://www.raquelrabinovich.com/biography

Untitled by Raquel Rabinovich
1983 / Lithograph / 28 1/3″x21 1/4″ / Banco de la República, Colombia

Raquel Rabinovich on Abstraction in Action: http://abstractioninaction.com/artists/raquel-rabinovich/#

Further reading:
https://hutchinsonmodern.com/artists/32-raquel-rabinovich/
https://www.pkf-imagecollection.org/artist/Raquel_Rabinovich/works/6553
http://www.garciamontero.org/the-river-library-of-raquel-rabinovich-the-gateless-gates1

Born March 7~ Bernarda Bryson Shahn

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Bernarda Bryson Shahn (March 7, 1903-December 13, 2004) was an American painter, lithographer, and writer and illustrator of children’s books.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernarda_Bryson_Shahn

Crash by Bernarda Bryson Shahn
1929 / Lithograph / Image: 10 1/10″x8 1/5″ / National Gallery of Art, DC

Bernarda Bryson Shahn on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/bernarda-bryson-shahn/

Oral history interview with Bernarda Bryson Shahn, 1983:
https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-bernarda-bryson-shahn-11655#transcript

Further reading:
https://archive.org/details/ohioalumnusjune1359ohio/page/12/mode/2up?view=theater
https://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&subjectid=500009175
https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/3004

Born March 3~ Helen Phillips

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Helen Elizabeth Phillips (March 3, 1913-January 22, 1994) was an American sculptor, printmaker, and graphic artist active in San Francisco, New York, and Paris.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Phillips_(artist)

Rencontre (The Meeting) by Helen Phillips
1954 / Color Intaglio / Image: 24 3/4×19″ / Not sure of location of this particular copy

Helen Phillips on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/helen-phillips/

Further reading:
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/helen-phillips/
https://modernism.com/designers-and-manufactures/helen-elizabeth-phillips-hayter
https://atelier17.christinaweyl.com/artist-biographies/helen-phillips/