Born On This Day 26th MAY
Laura Wheeler Waring (1887-1948) https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/laura-wheeler-waring/ Laura Wheeler Waring (May 26, 1887 – February 3, 1948) was an American artist and educator, most renowned for her realistic portraits, landscapes, still-life,[1] and well-known African American portraitures she made during the Harlem Renaissance. She was one of the few African American artists in France, a turning point of her career and profession where she attained widespread attention, exhibited in Paris, won awards, and spent the next 30 years teaching art at Cheyney University in Pennsylvania. Via W
Mamie Smith (née Robinson; May 26, 1891 – August or September 16, 1946) was an American singer. As a vaudeville singer, she performed in multiple styles, including jazz and blues. In 1920, she entered blues history as the first African-American artist to make vocal blues recordings. Willie "The Lion" Smith (no relation) described the background of these recordings in his autobiography Music on My Mind (1964). Via W
Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2023/05/26/dorothealange/ Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration. Born: May 26, 1895, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States Died: October 11, 1965, San Francisco, California, United States Lange’s photographs influenced the development of documentary photography and humanized the consequences of the Great Depression. W
Margit Sielska-Reich (1900-1980) https://polishwomenartists.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/margit-sielska-reich/ Margit Sielska-Reich (Ukrainian: Марія Сельська, romanized: Mariia Selska; #bornonthisday 26 May 1900 – 3 February 1980) was a Polish-Ukrainian painter who worked in Lviv. Via Wikipedia 🇵🇱 Margit Sielska-Reich (ukr. Марія Іванівна Сельська, ur. 26 maja 1900 w Kołomyi, zm. 3 lutego 1980 we Lwowie) – lwowska malarka polsko-ukraińska. W PL
Gwendolyn Knight (1913-2005) https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2026/05/26/gwendolyn-knight/ Gwendolyn Clarine Knight (May 26, 1913 – Feb 18, 2005) was an American artist who was born in Bridgetown, Barbados, in the West Indies. Gwendolyn Knight painted throughout her life but did not start seriously exhibiting her work until the 1970s. via W
Independence Day is an annual public holiday in Georgia observed on 26 May | Women Artists of the Republic of Georgia https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2024/05/26/georgian-women-artists/
Jane Kaufman (1938-2021) https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2026/05/26/jane-kaufman/ Jane Kaufman (May 26, 1938- June 2, 2021) was an American artist who was affiliated with the Pattern and Decoration movement. She was also a member of the art group Guerrilla Girls.
Tina Girouard (1946 – 2020) https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/tina-girouard/ Cynthia Marie “Tina” Girouard (May 26, 1946 – April 21, 2020) was an American video & performance artist. She studied art at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, graduating with a BFA in 1968. When she moved to New York City, Tina Girouard befriended other Louisiana-born artists, including Lynda Benglis. Is best known for her work and involvement in the SoHo art scene of the 1960s & early 1970s.
Sally Ride (1951-2012) https://herstorypalianshow.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/sally-ride/ Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman to fly in space. via W
Polish Mather's Day https://sztukakobietpalianshow.wordpress.com/2026/05/26/matki-polki-artystki-sztukakobiet/
