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Ms. Cordova has taught sculpture at Penland and has been featured in various clay magazines. She's even had a few things at local pottery shows. I LOVE her work.
This piece was displayed in a corner at the Asheville Art Museum when we visited last month (or maybe the month before.)
Here's an article from the Asheville Laurel.
I've been very fortunate to visit several galleries featuring her work.
On July 27, 1939 Congress awarded artist Howard Chandler Christy a contract to create a large painting in commemoration of the signing of the United States Constitution. The painting was first proposed in 1937, during the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the signing, but Congress had refused to appropriate the $35,000 necessary to commission it, as many members felt that such an expense was inappropriate during an economic depression. The proposal failed again the following year, but was finally approved in 1939, with a reduced price of $30,000.
It's the birth anniversary of the painter Edward Hopper, born in Nyack, New York (1882). By the time he was 12, he was already six feet tall. He was skinny, gangly, made fun of by his classmates, painfully shy, and spent much of his time alone drawing.
After he finished art school, he took a trip to Paris and spent almost all of his time there alone, reading or painting. In Paris, he realized that he had fallen in love with light. He said the light in Paris was unlike anything he'd ever seen before. He tried to re-create it in his paintings.
He came back to New York and was employed as an illustrator at an ad agency, which he loathed. In his spare time, he drove around and painted train stations and gas stations and corner saloons.
Hopper had only sold one painting by the time he was 40 years old, but his first major exhibition — in 1933 at the Museum of Modern Art — made him famous. His pieces in that show had titles like Houses by the Railroad, Manhattan Bridge Loop, Room in Brooklyn, Roofs of Washington Square, Cold Storage Plant, Lonely House, and Girl on Bridge. Though his work was more realistic and less experimental than most other painters at the time, he painted his scenes in a way that made them seem especially lonely and eerie.
Edward Hopper said: "Maybe I am slightly inhuman ... All I ever wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house."
Writer's Almanac 2014
Summer Evening by Edward Hopper
It's the birthday of the artist best known for a painting of his mother: James Abbott McNeill Whistler, born in Lowell, Massachusetts (1834). His most famous painting was titled Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (1871), but it's more commonly known as "Whistler's Mother." It's a portrait of Anna Matilda McNeill Whistler in a black dress, seated in profile against a gray wall. When Whistler's scheduled model didn't show up for a sitting, he decided to paint his mother instead.
"And in the end, I think we don't need to do anything to be loved.
Clyde Butcher's clouds are art.
Nature has always had a profound ability to heal me, and the water, in particular, has been my sanctuary. My time in the Everglades helped me heal in ways I never imagined, and now, in Venice, I've found the same comfort in the gentle flow of the Myakka River.To see more of my images from Myakka and be inspired just as I have been: https://bit.ly/3S6Ytsw
He also has a web site clydebutcher.com
Beyond photography, Butcher is an active environmentalist. He has been instrumental in raising awareness about the importance of preserving natural habitats, particularly the Florida Everglades. Through his galleries, exhibitions, and public speaking engagements, he advocates for conservation and educates the public on environmental issues.
Maurice Sendak was born on June 10, 1928, in Brooklyn, New York, to Polish-Jewish immigrant parents. His childhood was shaped by the struggles of the Great Depression and the stories of relatives lost during the Holocaust. As a sickly child, he spent much of his time indoors, developing a love for drawing and storytelling. Inspired by Disney films and comic books, he decided early on to pursue a career as an illustrator.
Ottilie W. Roederstein (German/Swiss, 1859-1937)
Selbstbildnis mit Roter Mütze Self Portrait with Red Cap
Tempera on wood
36 x 44 cm
Kunstmuseum Basel
Ottilie Wilhelmine Roederstein was a German-Swiss painter. She was the long-time companion of Elisabeth Winterhalter, one of the first female doctors in Germany.
She was first attracted to painting when the now-forgotten Swiss painter Eduard Pfyffer came to their home to do family portraits. This interest grew with visits to local museums. For a woman, training as a painter would have gone against contemporary social conventions. In 1876, she was allowed to study with Pfyffer, so she would be close to home.
Her talent for portrait painting soon became obvious and she quickly outgrew Pfyffer's studio. Her opportunity came when her sister Johanna married a businessman from Berlin. Johanna and her husband agreed to let her live with them there, and she found a place as a student in a special women's class given by Karl Gussow. In 1882, she had her first exhibition with an art dealer in Zürich and it was well received. That same year, she followed a friend to Paris, where she found a position in the studios of Carolus-Duran and Jean-Jacques Henner. By 1887, she was able to support herself with sales and commissions and no longer had to depend on her parents. She was a participant in the Salon and won a Silver Medal at the Exposition Universelle. She exhibited her work at the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.
After 1890, she moved to Frankfurt to be with her lover, Elisabeth Winterhalter; although she travelled widely (including a trip to Africa in 1913). She never lost track of her Swiss roots, however, and became an Honorary Citizen of Zürich in 1902. Five years later, she and Elisabeth settled in Hofheim am Taunus (a suburb of Frankfurt). Amongst her models was Gwen John who was intrigued that Roederstein wore a shirt, jacket and a fob watch. Roederstein's painting of her as "The Letter" was exhibited at the salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1908. That same year Roederstein and her partner helped to create the Schillerschule Frankfurt's first school for girls. After the war she did a number of portraits of women widowed by the war. She continued to exhibit regularly until 1931.
Roederstein died on 26 November 1937 in Hofheim am Taunus.
Source: Facebook page of Maryellen Brown for Pride Month (June)
June is Pride Month, where we celebrate the lives of many LGBTQ+ people.
Let's look at some sculpture: