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Born March 29~ Cecile Walton

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Cecile Walton (March 29, 1891-April 23, 1956) was a Scottish painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecile_Walton

Spirit of the Sea by Cecile Walton
N.D. / Pencil and watercolor with touches of gouache, on paper / 9 1/2″x6″ / Private collection

Cecile Walton on Artnet: https://www.artnet.com/artists/cecile-walton/

Further reading:
https://www.thefineartsociety.com/artists/139-cecile-walton/
https://www.nocloo.com/cecile-walton-hans-andersens-fairy-tales-1911/
http://museu.ms/article/details/109720/cecile-waltons-idyllic-double-portrait-hints-at-the-tangled-lives-of-scottish-artists-at-the-snpg

Born March 28~ Grace Hartigan

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Grace Hartigan (March 28, 1922-November 15, 2008) was a leading Abstract Expressionist known for incorporating representational imagery into her abstract canvases.
Biography on Guggenheim: https://www.guggenheim-venice.it/en/art/artists/grace-hartigan/

Eleanor of Aquitaine by Grace Hartigan
1983 / Oil on canvas / 77 3/4″x71 3/4″ / Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE

Grace Hartigan on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/grace-hartigan/

Further reading:
https://americanart.si.edu/videos/meet-artist-grace-hartigan-154369
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/grace-will-excerpt-mary-gabriels-new-book-ninth-street-women-painter-grace-hartigan-art-market-changes-1950s-11040/
https://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-hartigan040206-story.html

Born March 27~ Daphne Todd

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Daphne Todd OBE (born March 27, 1947) is an English artist and was the first female President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_Todd

Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover by Daphne Todd
2001 / Oil on birch panel / 60 1/4″x42″ / National Portrait Gallery, London

Daphne Todd on Art UK: https://www.artuk.org/discover/artists/todd-daphne-b-1947

Further reading:
https://therp.co.uk/portfolio/daphne-todd-obe-pprp-neac/
https://www.painters-online.co.uk/tips-techniques/interview/articles/being-a-judge-on-the-big-painting-challenge/
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jun/22/last-portrait-of-mother-portrait

Born March 26~ Ethel Gabain

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Painter and lithographer Ethel Léontine Gabain, later Ethel Copley, (March 26, 1883-January 30, 1950) was one of six female artists selected as official war artists during the Second World War.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_L%C3%A9ontine_Gabain

Women Welders at Williams & Williams, Chester by Ethel Gabain
1940s / Oil on canvas / 39 1/2″x37″ / Grosvenor Museum, Chester, UK

Ethel Gabain on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/ethel-gabain/

Further reading:
https://busheymuseum.org/artists-ethel-gabain/
https://www.gerrishfineart.com/search.asp?types=Gabain%2C+Ethel+%281883%2D1950%29
http://westcheshiremuseums.co.uk/working-women/

Born March 25~ Maria Tesselschade Visscher

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Maria Tesselschade Visscher (March 25, 1594-June 20, 1649) was a Dutch poet and engraver.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Tesselschade_Visscher

Engraved Roemer attributed to Maria Tesselschade Visscher
c.1625-1650 / Glass with diamond engraving / Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Further reading:
in Dutch: a biography of Maria Tesselschade Visscher
Google translation: “New finds give Maria Tesselschade a face”
http://www.essentialvermeer.com/music/muiderkring.html

Born March 24~ Pauline Auzou

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Pauline Auzou (March 24, 1775-May 15, 1835) was a successful French painter and art instructor, who exhibited at the Paris Salon.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Auzou

Daria, ou l’effroi maternel by Pauline Auzou
1810 / Oil on canvas / 76 3/4″x60 5/8″ / Private collection

Pauline Auzou on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/pauline-auzou/

Further reading:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158888082/pauline-auzou
http://collections.currier.org/objects-1/info/237
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/the-dealers-eye-london/pauline-auzou-portrait-of-a-seated-boy-supporting

Born March 23~ Ilse Bing

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Ilse Bing (March 23, 1899-March 10, 1998) was a leading photojournalist and commercial photographer during the 30s and 40s.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilse_Bing

New York Public Library by Ilse Bing
1949 / Gelatin silver print / 13 7/16″x9 5/8″ / Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA

Ilse Bing on Artnet: http://www.artnet.com/artists/ilse-bing/

Further reading:
https://www.moma.org/artists/561
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/ilse-bing-working-methods
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/bing-ilse

Born March 21~ Daria Dorosh

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Daria Dorosh (born on March 21, 1943) is an artist, educator, and activist. She is among the co-founders of A.I.R. Gallery, established in 1972 as the first not-for-profit, artist-directed and maintained gallery for women artists in the U.S.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daria_Dorosh

Night Jewelry: Dream of Patterns by Daria Dorosh
2014-2015 / Textiles, wool, gemstones, lavender, copper, photography
14 1/2″x5 3/4″ / A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC

Daria Dorosh on Artsy: https://www.artsy.net/artist/daria-dorosh/works-for-sale

Further reading:
https://www.airgallery.org/history/
https://womensvoicesforchange.org/grace-visits-artist-daria-dorosh.htm
http://www.fashionlabinprocess.com/html/next.aboutflip.html

Born March 20~ Maria Longworth Storer

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Maria Longworth Nichols Storer (March 20, 1849-April 30, 1932) was an artist, the founder of Rookwood Pottery of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a patron of fine art.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Longworth_Storer

Vase by Maria Longworth Nichols Storer
c.1898 / Copper & silver electroplated on tin, semi-precious stones / 12 1/4″ tall / Cincinnati Art Museum, OH

Maria Longworth Storer on Google Arts & Culture: https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/m02x3n1g

Further reading:
https://thekingsfortune.com/maria-longworth-nichols-storer
https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2018/03/14/the-woman-behind-artful-american-ceramics/
https://miamiuniversityartmuseum.omeka.net/exhibits/show/the_rookwood_pottery_collectio/introduction

Born March 19~ Nancy Elizabeth Prophet

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Nancy Elizabeth Prophet (March 19, 1890-December 13, 1960) was an American sculptor noted in particular for her work in Paris during the 1920s and 1930s.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Elizabeth_Prophet

Untitled Bust by Nancy Elizabeth Prophet
c.1922-1926 / Photograph of a piece, likely a portrait of her husband

Rhode Island College: Nancy Elizabeth Prophet Collection:
https://www.jstor.org/site/rhode-island-college/nancy-elizabeth-prophet/

Further reading:
https://johnstonsunrise.net/stories/back-in-the-day-the-artistic-journey-of-nancy-elizabeth-prophet,146478
https://aaregistry.org/story/nancy-elizabeth-prophet-an-unknown-sculptor/
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:786291/