Beatrice Laving Cuming (1903–1974) was an American illustrator known for her work with the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Beatrice Cuming | |
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| Born | 1903 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | 1974 (aged 70–71) Uncasville, Connecticut |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painting, Printmaking, Educator |
Biography
editCuming was born in 1903 in Brooklyn, New York.[1] She studied at the Pratt Institute and spent several summers in Boothbay Harbor, Maine studying with Henry B. Snell. Cuming spent the years 1924 through 1926 in Europe and Africa. In Paris she studied at the Académie Colarossi, the Académie de la Grande Chaumière as well as with André Lhote and at the Académie Moderne. She returned to the United states for a few years, studying at the Art Students League of New York. In the 1930s Cuming traveled to Tunisia with Dahris Butterworth Martin.[2]
In 1934 Cuming moved to New London, Connecticut. She worked for two Works Progress Administration programs, the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project. Cuming went on to teach art in the New London public schools, the Lyman Allyn Museum, and her own studio in New London.[2][3] She died in 1974 in Uncasville, Connecticut.[1]
Cuming was the recipient of six MacDowell fellowships (1934, 1938, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1952).[4] Her work was included in the 1942 exhibition Art in War at the Museum of Modern Art.[5] In 1990 the Lyman Allyn Art Museum held a retrospective of her work.[6] Her work is in the collection of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum,[7] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[8] and the National Gallery of Art.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b "Beatrice Cuming". AskArt. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Cuming, Beatrice". Connecticut State Library. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Cuming, Beatrice Laving". Creative Places. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Beatrice Cuming - Artist". MacDowell. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Beatrice Cuming". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ Zimmer, William (4 March 1990). "ART; New London's Quirky Individualist Left a Record of the City's Geometry". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "Beatrice Cuming". Lyman Allyn Art Museum. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Clinic 1920–34". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Beatrice Lavis Cuming". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
External links
edit- images of Cumin's work at Mutual Art
Media related to Beatrice Cuming at Wikimedia Commons
