Her Histories Stories

Louise Bourgeois (1911 - 2010)

Louise Bourgeois (1911 - 2010)

Louise was a French-American artist. She grew up in France, studied in Paris and then eventually lived, worked and died in New York. Known primarily for her sculpture and installations,...
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Lilla Cabot Perry (1848 - 1933)

Lilla Cabot Perry (1848 - 1933)

Lilla was an American poet and Impressionist painter. She travelled to Europe and lived in Paris and Japan, which greatly influenced her artistic development. After marrying a Harvard professor, she...
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Laura Herford (1831 - 1870)

Laura Herford (1831 - 1870)

Laura was a British artist who despite her relatively short life and career, managed to have a lasting impact.  She studied under Eliza Fox, a successful portraitist, who taught female...
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Lyubov Popova (1889 - 1924)

Lyubov Popova (1889 - 1924)

Lyubov (or Liubov) was a Russian avant-garde painter, designer, teacher and art theorist who despite her fortunate life, died tragically at 35 from scarlet fever. She was born into a...
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Margit Anna (1913 - 1991)

Margit Anna (1913 - 1991)

Margit was a Hungarian Jewish artist who moved to Budapest around age 17, studied under János Vaszary, and attended the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts. She married a fellow artist,...
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Maria Helena Viera da Silva (1908 - 1992)

Maria Helena Viera da Silva (1908 - 1992)

Maria was born in Lisbon but travelled globally due to her Fathers diplomatic status. She studied sculpture in Paris and then focused on painting beginning to exhibit in Paris in...
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Marie Bracquemond (1840 - 1916)

Marie Bracquemond (1840 - 1916)

Marie was a French Impressionist artist, who had age 17, already had a painting accepted by the Paris Salon exhibition. She worked on commissions and copies of the old Masters...
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Vanessa Bell (1879 - 1961)

Vanessa Bell (1879 - 1961)

Vanessa was a painter, interior designer, Bloomsbury group founding member, the elder sister of Virginia Woolf and designed almost all of her sister’s book covers.
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Unica Zürn (1916 - 1970)

Unica Zürn (1916 - 1970)

Unica was a German writer, poet and surrealist visual artist who spent most of her artistic career in Paris and whose life came to a tragic end by suicide.
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Theresa Bernstein (1890 - 2002)

Theresa Bernstein (1890 - 2002)

Theresa was a Jewish-Polish realist painter who immigrated to the US as a child. She received a scholarship to study at the Moore College of Art and Design and was...
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Suzanne Valadon (1865 - 1938)

Suzanne Valadon (1865 - 1938)

Suzanne was a French painter and the first female painter admitted to the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.
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Susan Isabel Dacre (1844 - 1933)

Susan Isabel Dacre (1844 - 1933)

Susan was an English artist amidst the Victorian age and active in the suffragette movement.
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