biografía de Kate T. CORY (1861-1958)

Lugar de nacimiento: Waukegan, IL.

Lugar de defunción: Prescott, AZ

Direcciones: Prescott, AZ

Profesión: Painter, photographer, designer, sculptor, writer

Estudios: CUASch., 1879; ASL, with Cox, Weir.

Exposiciones: Armory Show, 1913 (Arizona Desert"); frequently, 1912-58, in Prescott and Phoenix; S.Indp.A."

Asociaciones: NAWPS; Society Independent Artists

Obra: Smithsonian Inst., mural, Prescott Public Mus.; Univ. Arizona; Tuzigoot Mus., Clarkdale, AZ

Comentarios: At the suggestion of Louis Akin, she moved to Oraibi in 1905 and began to paint the Hopi people, then to the pueblos at Walpi. In 1912, she moved to Prescott. She also painted landscapes including the Grand Canyon and Boulder Dam. During WWI she was one of the pioneers in camouflage.

Fuentes: WW47; Peggy and Harold Samuels, 109; Trenton, ed. Independent Spirits, 131-33 (w/repros.); Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists.