Anne Elizabeth Rector
Anne Elizabeth Rector | |
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| Born | June 26, 1899 |
| Died | February 17, 1970 |
| Education | Art Students League of New York |
| Spouse | Edmund Duffy |
| Parent | Enoch J. Rector |
Anne Elizabeth Rector (June 26, 1899 – February 17, 1970) was an American artist.
Rector was the daughter of Enoch J. Rector and she attended the Art Students League of New York studying under John French Sloan.[1] Ann also studied landscape painting under Andrew Dasburg.[2] She married Edmund Duffy and they moved to New York City in 1948, when her husband began work for the Saturday Evening Post.[3] She later headed Rector Studios that manufactured glass top tables. Her daughter married Ivan Chermayeff, the son of Serge Ivan Chermayeff.[1]
Rector's childhood diaries were published in 2004. They had been found many years after Rector's death and described her life for the year of 1912.[4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Mrs. Edmund Duffy Is Dead; Cartoonist's Widow Was 70". The New York Times. February 18, 1970. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
Mrs. Anne Duffy, an artist and widow of Edmund Duffy, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for The Baltimore Sun, died Sunday in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was 70 years old.
- ^ Bacon, Peggy (1975). Peggy Bacon, Personalities and Places: Exhibition at the National Collection.
Peggy Bacon and Anne Rector (Duffy) studied landscape painting with Andrew Dasburg, ...
- ^ "Edmund Duffy, Cartoonist Dies. Won Three Pulitzer Prizes White With Baltimore Sun". The New York Times. September 13, 1962. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
Edmund Duffy, who won three Pulitzer Prizes while an editorial cartoonist on The Baltimore Sun, died early today at his home, 253 East Sixty first Street, after a long illness. He was 63 years old.
- ^ Rector, Anne Elizabeth (2004). Anne Elizabeth's Diary: A Young Artist's True Story. ISBN 0-316-07204-4.
- ^ "Anne Elizabeth's Diary", Kirkus Reviews, June 1st, 2004.
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