Women artists and sculptors graphics collection, 1836-1988.

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Women artists and sculptors graphics collection, 1836-1988.

This portion of the collection contains newspaper and magazine articles about women artists and sculptors, and some engraved portraits of them and reproductions of their work. The artists include Louise Abbema, Marie Bashkirtseff, Cecelia Beaux, Rosa Bonheur, Gladys Brannigan, Mary Cassatt, E.B. Drummond, Harriet Hosmer, Angelica Kaufmann, Katherine McCormick, Beatrice Meyer, Miss Morish, Georgia O'Keeffe, Violet Oakley, Osiride, Vinnie Ream, Ethel Reed, Elizabeth Reynolds, Niki de Sainte-Phalle, Marietta Tintoretto, Louise-Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, Martha Walter, and Mary Ann Willson.

70 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7410866

Penn State Harrisburg Library

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There are 24 Entities related to this resource.

Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue, 1830-1908

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Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (October 9, 1830 – February 21, 1908) was a neoclassical sculptor, considered the most distinguished female sculptor in America during the 19th century. She is known as the first female professional sculptor. Among other technical innovations, she pioneered a process for turning limestone into marble. Hosmer once lived in an expatriate colony in Rome, befriending many prominent writers and artists. Harriet Hosmer was born on October 9, 1830 at Watertown, Massachusetts, ...

O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986

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Georgia O’Keeffe is one of the most significant artists of the 20th century, renowned for her contribution to modern art.Born on November 15, 1887, the second of seven children, Georgia Totto O’Keeffe grew up on a farm near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. By the time she graduated from high school in 1905, O’Keeffe had determined to make her way as an artist. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York, where she learned the techniques of traditional painting. Th...

McCormick, Katharine Dexter, 1876-1967

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Katharine Dexter McCormick (August 27, 1875 – December 28, 1967) was a U.S. suffragist, philanthropist and, after her husband's death, heir to a substantial part of the McCormick family fortune. She funded most of the research necessary to develop the first birth control pill. Katharine Dexter was born on August 27, 1875, in Dexter, Michigan, in her grandparents' mansion, Gordon Hall, and grew up in Chicago where her father, Wirt Dexter, was a prominent lawyer. Following the early death of he...

Brannigan, Gladys.

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Kaufmann, Angelica

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Vigée-Lebrun, Louise-Elisabeth, 1755-1842.

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French artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to Mme. Beaujouan, [1829 May 6]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584926 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Louis Aimé Martin, [1829] May 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584918 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris?], to an unidentified "Monseigneur", [no year] Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584922 From the description of ...

Abbema, Louise

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Beaux, Cecelia, 1855-1942.

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Tintoretto, Marietta, approximately 1554-approximately 1590

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Ream, Vinnie, 1847-1914

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Sculptor; Washington, D.C. Myers was a Congressman. From the description of Letters to Leonard Myers, 1872-1875. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515436 American sculptor and composer. From the description of Letter : to unidentified recipient, [18--?] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22773764 Sculptor of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the U.S. Capitol rotunda. From the description of Vinnie Ream letter : Washington, D.C., to Chas. A. Clarke...

Marshall, Alice K.

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Drummond, E. B.

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Baskhirtseff, Marie, 1860-1884.

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Willson, Mary Ann.

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Bonheur, Rosa, 1822-1899

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Bonheur is a French artist particularly known for her drawings of animals. From the description of ALsS 1884-1894 / R. Bonheur. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 27007685 Artist. From the description of Pass of Rosa Bonheur, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452697 French painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Nice, to Monsieur Tďesco, 1888 Nov. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270526203 ...

Meyer, Beatrice.

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Cassatt, Mary, 1844-1926

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Mary Cassatt (b. Mary Stevenson Cassatt, May 22, 1844, Allegheny City, Pennsylvania-d. June 14, 1926, Paris, France) was an American Impressionist painter and printmaker....

Oakley, Violet, 1874-1961

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Muralist and illustrator, of Pennsylvania; 1896, student of Howard Pyle; d. 1961. From the description of Violet Oakley papers, 1897-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70975899 Violet Oakley died on 25 February 1961. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1935-1950. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122584716 Muralist, painter; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Violet Oakley autograph and photogra...

Sainte-Phalle, Niki de, 1930-

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Morish, Miss.

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Walter, Martha

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Osiride.

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Reynolds, Elizabeth

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Reed, Ethel

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American illustraor. From the description of Proof illustration [manuscript], 1895. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647830950 ...