Flora Scales
She painted mainly small, almost abstract landscapes, portraits and flower studies. Humble, unambitious and seemingly self-sufficent, she nevertheless had considerable influence on New Zealand painting.
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Louise Henderson
Painter whose long and prodigious career left a huge and influential body of work, which is represented in all major public and many private collections in New Zealand.
Kate Greenaway
English artist whose drawings are distinctive for their individual charm and quaint humor.
Thelma Wood
While in Paris, Wood’s artistic medium changed from sculpture to silverpoint, in which sketches are drawn with a silver-pointed stylus. Wood’s work consists largely of erotically suggestive flowers and animals. Her sketches have been described as “fluid” and “sensual” by biographers noting, for instance, her representation of frequently fetishized objects like women’s shoes
Djuna Barnes
She acted and wrote plays for Provincetown Theater in Massachusetts; she also became a highly paid journalist. In 1921, she was sent to Paris by McCall’s Magazine to study and write about the expatriate movement. She became friends with famous writers and artists including Mina Loy. She frequently visited Natalie Barney’s salon, to read and discuss literature. It was the environment at Barney’s salon that inspired Barnes to write Ladies Almanack (American Women).
Elsa Schiaparelli
Schiaparelli’s designs were strikingly original and, in response to the 1930s ideal of the New Woman, rejected traditional feminine silhouettes and styles. With functionality and comfort in mind, she designed dresses that covered the knee and convertible pieces to be worn multiple ways.
Frances Simpson Stevens
In her early 20s, Frances Simpson Stevens was the lone American at the center of the Futurist movement. Today, however, only one of her paintings has been preserved and few people know her name.
Gabrièle Buffet-Picabia
Gabrielle Buffet-Picabia might be the most quoted witness of the Dada movement, yet she is one of the least studied. Her name is most often found in the footnotes of books, next to citations for her detailed comments and stories on the charismatic male leaders of the Dada movement.
Hermine David
Often diminished to a footnote in the life of her husband, the painter Jules Pascin, Hermine David was an artist in her own right who gained recognition in the early twentieth century. She worked in a variety of media and styles, including watercolor, pastel, charcoal, drypoint, and lithography.
Kathleen Fraser
American poet, writer, and visual artist