Anne Elizabeth Rector
| Anne Elizabeth Rector | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1899 |
| Died |
February 17, 1970 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Education | Art Students League of New York |
| Spouse(s) | Edmund Duffy |
| Parent(s) | Enoch J. Rector |
Anne Elizabeth Rector (1899 – February 17, 1970) was an American artist.
She 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]
Her 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
- 1 2 "Mrs. Edmund Duffy Is Dead; Cartoonist's Widow Was 70.". New York Times. February 18, 1970. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
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. 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.". New York Times. September 13, 1962. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
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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