Sheila Isham
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Born | Sheila Burton Eaton (1927-12-19)December 19, 1927 New York City, U.S. |
Died | April 9, 2024(2024-04-09) (aged 96) New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | Bryn Mawr College, Academy of Arts, Berlin |
Spouse | Heyward Isham |
Children | 3, including Chris Isham |
Website | www |
Sheila Burton Eaton Isham (December 19, 1927 – April 9, 2024) was an American printmaker, painter and book artist.[1]
Biography
Sheila Burton Eaton was born in New York City on December 19, 1927.[2][3][4] She was raised in Cedarhurst and later attended the college preparatory school, Garrison Forest School.[5][4]
Isham attended Bryn Mawr College, where she met her future husband Heyward Isham who was attending college at Yale University.[4] After graduating from Byrn Mawr, the couple married.[4] Isham studied at Akademie der Künste in West Berlin (now Academy of Arts, Berlin), between 1950 and 1954.[3]
In 2004, the State Russian Museum presented a 50-year retrospective of her work.[6] Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[7] Guild Hall in East Hampton, New York,[8] and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[9]
Isham died from pneumonia in Manhattan, on April 9, 2024, at the age of 96.[2]
References
- ^ "Sheila Eaton Isham". mAwRTyrS, Bryn Mawr College. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ a b Smith, Harrison (April 12, 2024). "Sheila Isham, artist whose work spanned continents, dies at 96". Washington Post. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
- ^ a b "Ontdek schilder, lithograaf, etser Sheila Isham". rkd.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Miss Sheila Eaton Engaged to Marry; Senior at Bryn Mawr Fiancee of Heyward Isham, Son of Noted Book Collector". Times Machine. The New York Times. April 3, 1950. p. 31. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ Delatiner, Barbara (May 29, 1988). "A Painter Finds Far-Flung Influences". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ "Sheila Isham - St Michael's Castle - Русский музей". en.rusmuseum.ru.
- ^ "Sheila Isham". Smithsonian American Art Museum.
- ^ "Sheila Isham". Guild Hall.
- ^ "Sheila Isham". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
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