"three colors of the American flag behind the cow skull. Although she said she made it as a joke on the concept of the ""Great American Painting,"" the picture has become a quintessential icon of the American West. Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue is a painting by American artist Georgia O'Keeffe. The painting depicts a cow skull centered in front of what appears to be a cloth background. In the center of the background is a vertical black stripe. On either side of that are two vertical stripes of white laced with blue."
"settled in the English countryside and wrote over 20 more novels. Many of her books' backgrounds reflect her travels in Europe. Latow died of cancer on February 4, 2003, in Oxford, England. Roberta Latow Muriel Roberta Latow (September 27, 1931 – February 4, 2003) was an American art expert, gallery owner, interior designer, and erotic author. She has been credited with giving Andy Warhol the original idea to paint ""Campbell's Soup Cans"" and the ""200 One-Dollar Bills"" silkscreens, and her written works reflect her travels throughout Europe. Her later erotic fiction also reflected her knowledge and experience in the worlds"
"Rose O'Neill Rose Cecil O'Neill (June 25, 1874 – April 6, 1944) was an American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer. She rose to fame for her creation of the popular comic strip characters, Kewpies, in 1909, and was also the first published female cartoonist in the United States. The daughter of a book salesman and a homemaker, O'Neill was raised in rural Nebraska. She exhibited interest in the arts at an early age, and sought a career as an illustrator in New York City at age fifteen. Her Kewpie cartoons, which made their debut in a 1909 issue of ""Ladies'"
"Katharine Carl Katharine Augusta Carl (February 12, 1865 – December 7, 1938) (sometimes spelled ""Katherine Carl"") was an American portrait painter and author. She made paintings of notable and royal people in the United States, Europe and Asia. She spent nine months in China in 1903 painting a portrait of the Empress Dowager Cixi for the St. Louis Exposition. On her return to America, she published a book about her experience, titled ""With the Empress Dowager"". Katharine Augusta Carl was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on February 12, 1865, the daughter of Francis Augustus Carl, Ph.D., LL.D. and Mary Breadon"
"sons and two daughters. Jessup's 1967 painting ""Rainy Night, Downtown"" is in the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Other works are in private collections. Georgia Mills Jessup Georgia Mills Jessup (March 19, 1926 – December 24, 2016) was an African-American painter, sculptor, ceramicist, muralist, and collage artist. Jessup, a native of Washington, D.C., was of African-American, Native American, and European descent. Her father, Joseph Mills, was a member of the Pamunkey tribe; her mother was Margaret Hall Mills. The thirteenth of eighteen children, she was one of twenty-nine members of her family who followed an"
"Roberta Latow Muriel Roberta Latow (September 27, 1931 – February 4, 2003) was an American art expert, gallery owner, interior designer, and erotic author. She has been credited with giving Andy Warhol the original idea to paint ""Campbell's Soup Cans"" and the ""200 One-Dollar Bills"" silkscreens, and her written works reflect her travels throughout Europe. Her later erotic fiction also reflected her knowledge and experience in the worlds of art. Latow was born September 27, 1931 in Springfield, Massachusetts. She had an early interest in art and moved to New York City to study interior design at Parsons School of"
"family cemetery at Bonniebrook Homestead, next to her mother and several family members. Bonniebrook Homestead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. Rose O'Neill Rose Cecil O'Neill (June 25, 1874 – April 6, 1944) was an American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer. She rose to fame for her creation of the popular comic strip characters, Kewpies, in 1909, and was also the first published female cartoonist in the United States. The daughter of a book salesman and a homemaker, O'Neill was raised in rural Nebraska. She exhibited interest in the arts at an early age, and"
"Ella Ferris Pell Ella Ferris Pell (January 18, 1846 – 1922) was an American painter, sculptor, and illustrator. According to ""Who Was Who in America"", Pell was born in St. Louis. Claiborne Pell believed that she was a great-niece of his great-great-grandfather, William Ferris Pell, and she was also related to the Folger family. She studied at the Design School for Women at Cooper Union under William Rimmer, graduating in 1870 and creating a sculpture of ""Puck"" which won praise from the ""New York Evening Post"". An 1872 mention in the ""Daily Evening Transcript"" indicates that she was summering in"
"in the city. In her later years she lived on East Seventy Eight Street in New York City. Carl died December 7, 1938 of burns at Lenox Hill Hospital she received when taking a bath at her apartment. Katharine Carl Katharine Augusta Carl (February 12, 1865 – December 7, 1938) (sometimes spelled ""Katherine Carl"") was an American portrait painter and author. She made paintings of notable and royal people in the United States, Europe and Asia. She spent nine months in China in 1903 painting a portrait of the Empress Dowager Cixi for the St. Louis Exposition. On her return"
"Laura Coombs Hills Laura Coombs Hills (1859–1952) was an American artist and illustrator who specialized in watercolor and pastel still life paintings, especially of flowers, and miniature portrait paintings on ivory. She became the first miniature painter elected to the Society of American Artists, and she was a founder of the American Society of Miniature Painters. She also worked as a designer and illustrated children's books for authors such as Kate Douglas Wiggin and Anna M. Pratt. Laura Coombs Hills was born September 7, 1859, in Newburyport, Massachusetts, the third of five children of Mary Gerrish Hills and Philip Knapp"
"of her family and portraits of Revolutionary heroes painted by her grandfather."" Mary Jane Peale Mary Jane Peale (born New York City, February 16, 1827 - died Pottsville, Pennsylvania, November 22, 1902) was an American painter. She was the child of Rubens and Eliza Burd Patterson Peale, the only daughter among seven children, and was the granddaughter of Charles Willson Peale. She was among the last members of the Peale family to paint professionally, studying with her uncle Rembrandt and with Thomas Sully in Philadelphia, and was enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She produced mainly portraits and"
"Louise Crow Louise Crow (September 14, 1891 – July 26, 1968) was an American painter best known for her portraits of Pueblo Indians. She worked in oils and watercolors, and with a wide variety of subjects including landscapes, Northwest scenes of rugged mountains, seascapes, and portraits of such historical figures as Ezra Meeker, a pioneer who traveled the Oregon Trail. Her technique was crisp and clean and feels contemporary despite her working nearly one hundred years ago. Much of her work, which has been a challenge to locate, concentrated on California and Southwest themes. Institutions that own her include the"
"You can draw a mule, dog, cat, or a human person, I'm going to draw it different. 'Cause you always see things different."" "" Nellie Mae Rowe Nellie Mae Rowe (July 4, 1900 – October 18, 1982) was an African-American self-taught artist from Fayette County, Georgia. Although she is best known today for her colorful works on paper, Rowe worked across mediums, creating drawings, collages, altered photographs, hand-sewn dolls, home installations and sculptural environments. She was said to have an ""instinctive understanding of the relation between color and form."" Her work focuses on race, gender, domesticity, African-American folklore, and spiritual"
"Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist, director and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and advertising that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture. Some of his best known works include the silkscreen paintings ""Campbell's Soup Cans"" (1962) and ""Marilyn Diptych"" (1962), the experimental film ""Chelsea Girls"" (1966), and the multimedia events known as the ""Exploding Plastic Inevitable"""
"at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. In 1915 she exhibited a group of paintings alongside pieces by Alice Schille, Adelaide Deming and Emma Lampert Cooper. Phelps' work was described as having European tendencies, and was well-regarded by critics. Phelps died in New York City in 1944. A pair of portraits by Phelps are held by the Rhode Island School of Design. Her portrait of Charlotte Buell Coman is in the collection of the National Academy. Helen Watson Phelps Helen Watson Phelps (1864–1944) was an American painter. A native of Attleboro, Massachusetts, Phelps is known to have received some training"
"Powell signed nearly all of his works with this mark showing an ace of diamonds playing card and ""Powell"". Ace Powell Asa Lynn ""Ace"" Powell (April 3, 1912 – January 25, 1978) was an American painter, sculptor, and etcher of genre scenes and imagery relating to indians, cowboys, horses, and wildlife. His artwork was influenced by that of fellow Montana artist Charles M. Russell. Powell's lifetime body of work consists of between 12,000 and 15,000 artworks. Although he preferred working with oil paints, he also produced a large number of watercolor paintings and drawings, as well as a number of"
"Mary Jane Peale Mary Jane Peale (born New York City, February 16, 1827 - died Pottsville, Pennsylvania, November 22, 1902) was an American painter. She was the child of Rubens and Eliza Burd Patterson Peale, the only daughter among seven children, and was the granddaughter of Charles Willson Peale. She was among the last members of the Peale family to paint professionally, studying with her uncle Rembrandt and with Thomas Sully in Philadelphia, and was enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She produced mainly portraits and still lifes, many of which featured flowers.Today her work may be seen"
"Georgia Mills Jessup Georgia Mills Jessup (March 19, 1926 – December 24, 2016) was an African-American painter, sculptor, ceramicist, muralist, and collage artist. Jessup, a native of Washington, D.C., was of African-American, Native American, and European descent. Her father, Joseph Mills, was a member of the Pamunkey tribe; her mother was Margaret Hall Mills. The thirteenth of eighteen children, she was one of twenty-nine members of her family who followed an artistic profession. After an early display of artistic talent she was apprenticed to Herman L. Walker; two of her paintings were shown at the 1939 World's Fair. Jessup was"
"in November 1941. It was speculated that years of using etching acids on zinc plates in poorly ventilated studios had damaged her lungs. Others have noted that her paternal grandmother and grand aunt both succumbed to the disease. Following a flood in the family dwelling, few of her original artworks survive. Cornelia Barns Cornelia Baxter Barns (1888–1941) was an American feminist, socialist, and political cartoonist. Cornelia Barns was born on September 25, 1888 in Flushing, New York, the oldest of three children born to Charles Edward Barns and Mabel Balston Barns. Charles Barns initially entered law school, but then explored"
"Elizabeth Fearne Bonsall Elizabeth Fearne Bonsall (September 12, 1861 – September 25, 1956) was an American painter and illustrator. She illustrated ""The Book of Cats"" (1903), ""The Book of Dogs"", ""The Pied Piper of Hamelin"" (1927), and other books. She created illustrations for Henry Christopher McCook's ""American Spiders and their Spinningwork"". McCook credits her for making most of the illustrations for the volume. Bonsall also created illustrations for magazines. She won several awards for her works between 1885 and 1897. Bonsall was a student of Howard Pyle and Thomas Eakins and member of The Plastic Club in the United States."
"prominent feminists. This figure now stands in Washington Park. Other work includes: She displayed work at her alma mater, Art Institute of Chicago, as well as the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design. Some of her works were sold by Tiffany & Co. Cooper resided in Denver, Colorado, as well as Illinois and Iowa. In 1905 she married Nathan M. Hubbard and moved to Des Moines, Iowa. They had three daughters. She died on March 4, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, at age 62. Alice Cooper (sculptor) Alice Cooper (April 8, 1875 – March 4, 1937)"
"Alice Cooper (sculptor) Alice Cooper (April 8, 1875 – March 4, 1937) was an American sculptor. Cooper was born in Glenwood, Iowa and was raised in Denver, Colorado. She studied under Preston Powers (son of the sculptor Hiram Powers) then at the Art Institute of Chicago with Lorado Taft and the Art Students League of New York through about 1901. Cooper is best known for her bronze figure of Sacajawea (""Sacajawea and Jean-Baptiste"") originally produced as the centerpiece for the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oregon, 1905, unveiled in a ceremony attended by Susan B. Anthony and other"
"Daisy Blanche King Daisy Blanche King (1875–1947) was an American painter and sculptor. King was born in Washington, D.C., and had most of her schooling in that city at the Corcoran School of Art, from which she received a medal; her instructors included Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, Ulric Stonewall Jackson Dunbar, and Henry J. Ellicott. She also studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston with Bela Pratt. From this stage of her career she left an account of an attempted visit she paid with her father in 1893 to Winslow Homer at his studio in Prout's Neck,"
"Anna Claypoole Peale Anna Claypoole Peale (March 6, 1791 – December 25, 1878) was an American painter who specialized in portrait miniatures on ivory and still lifes. Anna Claypoole Peale was born on March 6, 1791, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to James Peale (1749–1831) and Mary Chambers Claypoole Peale (1753–1829). Anna was the fourth of six children, and the third daughter. Her siblings were: Jane Ramsay (1785–1834), Maria (1787–1866), James Jr. (1789–1876), Margaretta Angelica (1795–1882), Sarah Miriam (Sally) (1800–1885) and Eleanor. Anna was the only child to carry the Claypoole name, and used it throughout her career. From a young age"
"to become a full-scale painter. Susan Brown was cast as Nancy Cooper, whom Russell soon wed. Charles Marion Russell Charles Marion Russell (March 19, 1864 – October 24, 1926), also known as C. M. Russell, Charlie Russell, and ""Kid"" Russell, was an American artist of the Old American West. Russell created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Indians, and landscapes set in the Western United States and in Alberta, Canada, in addition to bronze sculptures. Known as 'the cowboy artist', Russell was also a storyteller and author. The C. M. Russell Museum Complex located in Great Falls, Montana, houses more"
"worked closely with Palmer on the art exhibits and the murals. Apparently, it was Palmer who chose the theme of ""Primitive Woman"" and ""Modern Woman"" for the two murals and Hallowell and Palmer's first choice for both murals was Elizabeth Jane Gardner (1837–1922), an experienced academic painter and the paramour of William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905). However, the time to paint the two huge murals (12' x 54') was short and the artist did not feel that she had the energy to complete the project. She was the head of Board of Lady Managers at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Hallowell"
"his ""Circe and the Sirens"" (1925). In this the Honourable Edith Chaplin (1878–1959), Marchioness of Londonderry, and her three youngest daughters are pictured in a garden setting grouped about a large pet goat. Three women painters also produced portraits using the convention of the sitter in character. The earliest was Beatrice Offor (1864–1920), whose sitter's part in her 1911 painting of Circe is suggested by the vine-leaf crown in her long dark hair, the snake-twined goblet she carries and the snake bracelet on her left arm. Mary Cecil Allen was of Australian origin but was living in the United States"
"the Museum of Fort Ticonderoga along with drawings, diaries, and other memorabilia. Another painting is in the Columbus Museum of Art. As of 1990 none of her sculpture, including an 1872 depiction of ""Cordelia with Lear"" and a heroic statue of ""Andromeda"", was known to have survived. Pell's ""Salome"" of 1890, which was shown at the Salon, was included in the inaugural exhibition of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, ""American Women Artists 1830–1930"", in 1987. Ella Ferris Pell Ella Ferris Pell (January 18, 1846 – 1922) was an American painter, sculptor, and illustrator. According to ""Who Was"
"1963 painting by the American artist Andy Warhol, currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was Warhol's first commissioned work. The work consists of a grid of four rows of nine columns depicting Scull in 36 different poses. The artwork is jointly owned by the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Scull died from a stroke, followed by a heart attack. Ethel Scull Ethel Redner Scull (1921–2001) was an American art collector, best known for the collection of Pop and Minimal Art that she assembled with her then husband, Robert Scull."
"in 1924, also in Florence. Amanda Brewster Sewell Lydia Amanda Brewster Sewell (February 24, 1859 - November 15, 1926) was a 19th-century American painter of portraits and genre scenes. Lydia Amanda Brewster studied art in the United States and in Paris before marrying her husband, fellow artist Robert Van Vorst Sewell. She was one of only four women to exhibit a significant number of paintings at The World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 and won a bronze medal for her mural ""Arcadia"". She continued to win medals at expositions and was the first woman to win a major prize at the"
"female painters or sculptors who exhibited more than three works of art, including: A New England Fisherman (1892); On the Banks of the Oise (1889); Portrait Bust of an Italian Child (ca. 1887); and Young Orpheus (ca. 1890). Additionally, she won a bronze medal at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson (January 29, 1871 – October 29, 1932), also known as Tho. A. R. Kitson and Theo Alice Ruggles, was an American sculptor. Kitson was born in Brookline, Massachusetts to Cyrus W. and Anna H. Ruggles. As a young child she displayed"
"Amanda Brewster Sewell Lydia Amanda Brewster Sewell (February 24, 1859 - November 15, 1926) was a 19th-century American painter of portraits and genre scenes. Lydia Amanda Brewster studied art in the United States and in Paris before marrying her husband, fellow artist Robert Van Vorst Sewell. She was one of only four women to exhibit a significant number of paintings at The World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 and won a bronze medal for her mural ""Arcadia"". She continued to win medals at expositions and was the first woman to win a major prize at the National Academy of Design, where"
"Wickliffe Covington Wickliffe Cooper Covington (July 2, 1867 – December 1, 1938) was a 19th-century and early-20th-century American woman painter. She was the daughter of Robert Wickliffe Cooper and Sarah Steele (Venable) Cooper, but she never knew her father; he died a few weeks before she was born. Her father had been a Union Army cavalry officer during the Civil War. She studied at Sayre Female Institute, the New England Conservatory of Music and the Art Students League of New York. She also studied art with Ella Sophonisba Hergesheimer — with whom she would remain a close friend — James"