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March 22~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

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Lee Miller (1907-1977)
American Fashion and fine art photographer, photojournalist, Surrealist artist, writer, and model
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/features/lee-miller

Women in fire masks, Downshire Hill, Hampstead, London / 1941 / American Vogue magazine

Dora Maar (1907-1997)
French Surrealist artist and photographer, painter, and poet
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/dora-maar-15766/seven-things-know-dora-maar

https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/63552/le-simulateur

March 21~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

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Kay Sage (1898-1963), Painter and poet; one of the most prominent women associated with Surrealism in the US
https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/sage-kay-1898-1963

Tomorrow is Never / 1955 / Oil on canvas / 37 7/8”x53 7/8”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

María Izquierdo (1902-1955), Painter and writer best known for paintings inspired by Mexican folklore and motifs
http://clara.nmwa.org/index.php?g=entity_detail_print&entity_id=3933

Horses Actors / 1940 / Gouache on paper / 16”x22 1/2”

March 18~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

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Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist
https://beatrixpottersociety.org.uk/about-beatrix/

Flammulina Velutipes, or Winter Mushrooms / 1892 / Watercolor


Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871-1954)
American illustrator; first female staff member of Harper’s Weekly
https://americanillustration.org/project/elizabeth-shippen-green/

The Journey / Harper’s Monthly Magazine, December 1903 / Oil on canvas / 40”x28”

March 2~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

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Guan Daosheng [Kuan Tao-sheng] (1262–1319)
Chinese artist, poet, and the most famous female painter in Chinese history
https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/guan-daosheng-1262-1319

DETAIL: Bamboo Groves in Mist and Rain / 1308 (Yuan Dynasty) / Indian ink on paper / 9 1/8”x3′ 8 7/8″

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Catherine of Bologna (1413-1463)
Italian cloistered nun, artist, and patron saint of artists
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Bologna

Virgin and Child / c.1440-14??

March 1~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

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Illuminations in “Scivias” Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
German abbess, writer, composer, mystic, and perhaps artist; it is unclear how involved she was in the illustrations
https://www.wikiart.org/en/hildegard-of-bingen

Das Weltall (The Universe) / c.1165 / Manuscript illumination from “Scivias” by Hildegard of Bingen

 

 

 

 

 

Herrad von Landsberg (c.1130-1195)
Alsatian abbess, artist, author, poet, composer, and educator
https://www.wikiart.org/en/herrad-of-landsberg

Hell / c.1180 / Colored pen and ink drawing on paper, original no longer available

February 20~ African-American visual artists

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Faith Ringgold (Born 1930), African-American visual artist, author, illustrator, and social activist
https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/faith-ringgold

Tar Beach 2 / 1990 / Multicolored screenprint on silk, printed cotton, synthetic moire / 66”x67”

Sam Gilliam (Born 1933), Innovative African-American painter, part of the Washington Color School
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/sam-gilliam-1811

10/27/69 / 1969 / Synthetic polymer paint on canvas / 140”x185”x16″

February 15~ African-American visual artists

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Gordon Parks (1912-2006), African-American photographer, writer, composer and filmmaker
http://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/artist/biography

Department Store, Mobile, Alabama / 1956 / 20”x16” / Archival Pigment Print

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alarm / 1985 / Oil on linen / 52”x64”

Felrath Hines (1913-1993), African-American abstract painter and art conservator
https://www.felrathhines.com/bio/

 

February 14~ African-American visual artists

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Jackie Ormes (1911-1985), First African-American Female Syndicated Cartoonist
http://theweeklychallenger.com/jackie-ormes-the-first-professional-african-american-woman-cartoonist/

Torchy in Heartbeats / The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum

Romare Bearden (1911-1988), Prominent African-American artist and writer
https://beardenfoundation.org/romare-bearden/

Sunday After Sermon / 1969 / Collage on cardboard / 40”x50”

 

Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/17~

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What self-taught Czech painter and writer created his own style as a caricaturist for newspapers and later as an illustrator?

What artist used the classical technique of egg tempera to create satirical images of American life, portraying gritty situations in urban settings?

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/12/17/december-17/

Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/28~

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Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, this inward-looking English poet, painter, and printmaker is now ranked among the most original visual artists of the Romantic era.

Although this Color Field painter worked steadily as an artist all his adult life, the work for which he is known was done in a span of five years beginning in the late 1950s.

Answers here~ https://schristywolfe.com/2015/11/28/november-28/