Tag Archives: Women Artists

Born November 28~ Lotte Laserstein

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Lotte Laserstein (November 28, 1898-January 21, 1993) was a German-Swedish painter who was an important artist in Germany’s Weimar Republic.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotte_Laserstein

Traute in a Green Pullover by Lotte Laserstein
c.1931 / Oil on paper / 30”x21-1/4” / Private collection, Sweden

Lotte Laserstein on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/lotte-laserstein/

Further reading:
https://artuk.org/discover/stories/lotte-laserstein-the-german-realist-who-challenged-expectations#
https://londonartweek.co.uk/lottelasersteinweimar/
https://www.lostwomenart.de/en/artist/lotte-laserstein/
https://www.artandobject.com/articles/wwii-nearly-ended-her-career-now-lotte-laserstein-earns-late-recognition

Born November 27~ Katherine Milhous

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Katherine Milhous (November 27, 1894-December 5, 1977) was an American artist, illustrator, and writer. In 1951, her book The Egg Tree (1950) won the Caldecott Medal.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Milhous

Pennsylvania Costumes and Handicrafts, the Pennsylvania Germans by Katherine Milhous
c.1936-1941 / Lithographic poster promoting Lancaster County / Library of Congress, DC

Katherine Milhous on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/katherine-milhous/

Further reading:
https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/Milhous__Katherine
http://www.postersforthepeople.com/field-update–blog/celebrating-katherine-milhous
https://blogs.brown.edu/libnews/womens-history-month/

Born November 26~ Kara Walker

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Kara Elizabeth Walker (born November 26, 1969) is a contemporary African-American artist known for her exploration of race, stereotypes, gender, and identity throughout American history.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Walker

Pack-Mules in the Mountains, from the portfolio Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) by Kara Walker
2005 / Offset lithograph and screenprint on paper / 53”x39” / Smithsonian American Art Museum, DC

Kara Walker on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/kara-walker/

Further reading:
https://walkerart.org/collections/artists/kara-walker
https://fineartglobe.com/artists/kara-walkers-take-on-our-troubled-times/
https://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/art/exhibitions/kara-walker-cut-to-the-quick/

Born November 25~ Sonya Noskowiak

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Sonya Noskowiak (November 25, 1900-April 28, 1975) was a 20th-century German-American photographer and member of the San Francisco photography collective Group f/64.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonya_Noskowiak

Arthur Noskowiak by Sonya Noskowiak
1931 / Gelatin silver print / 9-5/8”x7-1/4” / The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

Sonya Noskowiak on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/sonya-noskowiak/

Further reading:
https://www.kqed.org/arts/10406015/sonya-noskowiak-a-groundbreaking-but-forgotten-photographer
http://ccp-emuseum.catnet.arizona.edu/view/people/asitem/items@:1692
https://photographyandvision.com/2018/06/18/mondays-photography-inspiration-sonya-noskowiak/

Born November 24~ Wilhelmina Weber Furlong

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Artist and educator Wilhelmina Weber Furlong (November 24, 1878-May 25, 1962) was one of America’s earliest modernist painters.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmina_Weber_Furlong

Still-life, Washington Square, New York by Wilhelmina Weber Furlong
1922 / Oil on canvas mounted on board / 16”x12” / Hawthorne Fine Art Manhattan, New York, NY

Wilhelmina Weber Furlong on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/wilhelmina-weber-furlong/

Further reading:
http://www.internationalwomansfoundation.org/past-events/past-artists/wihelmina-weber-furlong/
https://wolfsgallery.com/artists/wilhelmina-weber-furlong
https://www.igs.ie/updates/article/wilhelmina-weber-furlong-a-retrospective

Born November 23~ Signe Scheel

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Signe Scheel (November 23, 1860-December 15, 1942) was a Norwegian painter. Her most famous work, The Lord’s Servant, is in the National Museum of Art in Oslo.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signe_Scheel

Portrait of the Artist Helga Ring (Reusch) by Signe Scheel
1890 / Oil on canvas / 26-1/2”x24-1/5” / National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, NO

Signe Scheel on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/signe-scheel/

Further reading:
Translation of Norwegian Biographical Lexicon: https://bit.ly/3FFLYvP
Translation of lokalhistoriewiki: https://bit.ly/3kTsbAP
Translation of infobae: https://bit.ly/3FEvILE

Born November 22~ Dora Maar

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Henriette Theodora Markovitch (November 22, 1907-July 16, 1997), known as Dora Maar, was a French photographer, painter, and poet.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Maar

The Conversation by Dora Maar
1937 / Oil on canvas / 63-4/5”x51” / Almine and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso Foundation for Art, Madrid, Spain

Dora Maar on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/dora-maar/

Further reading:
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-dora-maars-undeniable-influence-generation-surrealists
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/dora-maar-15766/seven-things-know-dora-maar
https://gagosian.com/quarterly/2019/11/21/essay-discovering-dora-maar/

Residency Program at the Dora Maar House:
https://maisondoramaar.org/the-fellowships-la-maison-dora-maar/

Born November 21~ Evelyn Beatrice Longman

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Evelyn Beatrice Longman (November 21, 1874-March 10, 1954) was an American sculptor of allegorical figures, monuments, and memorials.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Beatrice_Longman

Hood Memorial aka Hoyt Memorial by Evelyn Beatrice Longman
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Study Collection of American Sculpture Photographs, Photograph Archives, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Evelyn Beatrice Longman on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/evelyn-beatrice-longman/

Further reading:
https://nationalacademy.emuseum.com/people/281/evelyn-beatrice-longman
https://dsmpublicartfoundation.org/artist/evelyn-beatrice-longman/
https://issuu.com/loomischaffee/docs/evelyn_beatrice_longman

Born November 20~ Marianne Breslauer

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Marianne Breslauer (November 20, 1909-February 7, 2001) was a German photographer and photojournalist whose work was mainly created between 1927 and 1938.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Breslauer

Dahlem – Berlin (Portrait of Edgar Wallace) by Marianne Breslauer
1927 / Gelatin silver print / 6-9/16”x4-5/8” / J. Paul Getty Museum, LA, CA

Marianne Breslauer on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/marianne-breslauer/

Further reading:
https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/marianne-breslauer/
https://berlinischegalerie.de/en/exhibition/marianne-breslauer/
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/breslauer-marianne

Born November 19~ Lili Réthi

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Lili Réthi (November 19, 1894-1969) was an Austrian-born American artist and illustrator. Her best-known work is probably her documentation of the construction of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili_R%C3%A9thi

Construction of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge by Lili Réthi
1964 / Etching on paper, edition of 250 / Image: 12-1/2”x9″ / Private collection

Lili Réthi on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/lili-rethi/

Further reading:
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/people/420557023/bio
https://www.mta.info/news/2013/10/09/artist-and-bridge
http://www.meltonpriorinstitut.org/pages/textarchive.php5?view=text&ID=76&language=English#

“A Little Spinster Deftly Tucks Great Bridge Into Sketchbook”:
https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/05/archives/a-little-spinster-deftly-tucks-great-bridge-into-sketchbook.html