Worden Day Explained

Worden Day
Birth Date:June 11, 1912
Birth Place:Columbus, Ohio
Death Place:Montclair, New Jersey
Nationality:American
Field:Printmaking
Awards:Guggenheim Fellow,

Worden Day (1912–1986) was an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor. Day was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in both 1952 and 1961.[1]

Life

Day was born in Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1934. After moving to New York she studied at the Art Students League of New York and the New School of Social Research, and worked at Atelier 17 in 1943. She also ran a print shop for reading books for the New York City Board of Education.

She taught at the University of Wyoming, from 1949 to 1952,[2] graduated from New York University with a M.A. in 1966, and returned to the Art Students League as an instructor from 1966 through 1970.[3]

Day was a MacDowell fellow throughout her life in 1940, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1963, and 1981.[4]

Day died January 27, 1986, of cancer.[5]

The Smithsonian Archives of American Art holds 4.5 linear feet of archival materials from Day's life, of which, a small selection is available online.[6] [7] Day's work is held by both the National Gallery of Art,[8] the Museum of Modern Art,[9] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[10] the Whitney Museum of American Art,[11] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fellows - Worden Day . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191015171334/https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/worden-day/ . 15 October 2019 . 13 August 2017 . John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
  2. Web site: Worden Day (1916-1986) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200224222156/http://www.susantellergallery.com/cgi/STG_art.pl?artist=day . 24 February 2020 . 7 October 2016 . Susan Teller Gallery .
  3. Web site: Worden Day Biography . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220520235024/https://www.annexgalleries.com/artists/biography/532/Day/Worden . 20 May 2022 . 7 October 2016 . Annex Galleries Fine Prints .
  4. Web site: Worden Day - Artist . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221105212749/https://www.macdowell.org/artists/worden-day . 5 November 2022 . 5 November 2022 . MacDowell . en.
  5. News: Worden Day. 18 February 2017. The New York Times. 3 February 1986.
  6. Web site: Worden Day papers, circa 1935-1992 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220526183331/https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/worden-day-papers-9297 . 26 May 2022 . 5 November 2022 . Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution . en.
  7. Weyl . Christina . 2019-09-01 . Missing Archives: Worden Day and Women Modernists . Archives of American Art Journal . 58 . 2 . 24–45 . 10.1086/706832 . 213670699 . 0003-9853 . subscription.
  8. Web site: Worden Day . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191015171422/https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.3884.html . 15 October 2019 . 5 November 2022 . National Gallery of Art.
  9. Web site: Worden Day . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210418020653/https://www.moma.org/artists/1419 . 18 April 2021 . 5 November 2022 . . en.
  10. Web site: Broken Moon Suit - 1982 - Worden Day . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200720180112/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/484467 . 20 July 2020 . 5 November 2022 . Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  11. Web site: Worden Day . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201030155839/https://whitney.org/artists/333 . 30 October 2020 . 5 November 2022 . Whitney Museum of American Art . en.
  12. Web site: Wörden Day . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211107053245/https://americanart.si.edu/artist/worden-day-1157 . 7 November 2021 . 5 November 2022 . Smithsonian American Art Museum . en-US.

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