Sheila Isham Explained

Sheila Isham
Birth Date:	19 December 1927
Birth Place:	New York City, U.S.
Death Place:	New York City, U.S.
Alma Mater:	Bryn Mawr College, Academy of Arts, Berlin
Birth Name:	Sheila Burton Eaton
Children:	3, including Chris Isham

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]} She was raised in Cedarhurst and later attended the college preparatory school, Garrison Forest School.^[4]

Isham attended Bryn Mawr College, where she met her future husband Heyward Isham who was attending college at Yale University. After graduating from Byrn Mawr, the couple married. Isham studied at Akademie der Künste in West Berlin (now Academy of Arts, Berlin), between 1950 and 1954.

In 2004, the State Russian Museum presented a 50-year retrospective of her work.^[5] Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,^[6] Guild Hall in East Hampton, New York,^[7] and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.^[8]

Isham died from pneumonia in Manhattan, on April 9, 2024, at the age of 96.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sheila Eaton Isham. August 31, 2021. mAwRTyrS, Bryn Mawr College.
2. Web site: Ontdek schilder, lithograaf, etser Sheila Isham. August 31, 2021. rkd.nl. nl.
3. Web site: April 3, 1950. Miss Sheila Eaton Engaged to Marry; Senior at Bryn Mawr Fiancee of Heyward Isham, Son of Noted Book Collector. limited. August 31, 2021. Times Machine. The New York Times. 31. en.
4. News: Delatiner. Barbara. May 29, 1988. A Painter Finds Far-Flung Influences. en-US. The New York Times. August 31, 2021. 0362-4331.
5. Web site: Sheila Isham - St Michael's Castle - Русский музей . en.rusmuseum.ru.
6. Web site: Sheila Isham. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
7. Web site: Sheila Isham. Guild Hall.
8. Web site: Sheila Isham. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). en.
9. News: Sheila Isham, artist whose work spanned continents, dies at 96 . April 12, 2024. Smith. Harrison. Washington Post. April 12, 2024.