Anne Elizabeth Rector
Appearance
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.
- ^ Bacon, Peggy (1975). Peggy Bacon, Personalities and Places: Exhibition at the National Collection.
- ^ "Edmund Duffy, Cartoonist Dies. Won Three Pulitzer Prizes White With Baltimore Sun". The New York Times. September 13, 1962. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
- ^ 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.