Tag Archives: Women Artists

September 23, 1865~ French painter Suzanne Valadon is born

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Portrait de Famille by Suzanne Valadon

André Utter, Suzanne Valadon, Maurice Utrillo, and Madeleine Valadon

1912 / Oil on canvas / 38”x28 3/4” / Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris

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Previous September 23 posts:

Hispanic Artists~September 23

Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/23~

September 10, 1860~ Expressionist painter Marianne von Werefkin is born

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Police post in Vilnius by Marianne von Werefkin

1914 / Tempera on cardboard / 38 3/5”x32 1/4” / Museo Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Ascona, Switzerland

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Previous September 10 posts:

Hispanic Artists~September 10

Henry Purcell: Born September 10, 1659

Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/10~

August 30, 1907~ Artist, designer, & author Leonor Fini is born in Buenos Aires

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Opération I  by Leonor Fini

1939 / Oil on canvas / 36 1/4”x25 1/2” / Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, CA

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Previous August 30 posts:

Self Portraits~August 30

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/30~

August 28, 1917~ 10 Suffragists Arrested While Picketing at the White House

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Votes for Women by Bertha Margaret Boyé*

1911 / Lithographic poster / 23”x15 1/2” / Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute

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Picketing for Suffrage~ https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/august-28/

* I found very little biographical information on Bertha Margaret Boyé on the web. I did find this pdf file, where a bio appears [p.37 of the pdf , which is p.330 of the book the file was made from]. File does not download automatically; you can read it in your browser.
http://www.tfaoi.com/cm/10cm/10cm99.pdf

Previous August 28 posts:

Self Portraits~August 28

Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/28~