American painter and educator (died 2008)

Grace Hartigan

Grace Hartigan was an American abstract expressionist painter and a significant member of the vibrant New York School of the 1950s and 1960s. Her circle of friends, who frequently inspired one another in their artistic endeavors, included Jackson Pollock, Larry Rivers, Helen Frankenthaler, Willem and Elaine de Kooning and Frank O'Hara. Her paintings are held by numerous major institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. As director of the Maryland Institute College of Art's Hoffberger School of Painting, she influenced numerous young artists.

Born

1922

March 28

Died

2008

Era

1920s

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1922 Born
2008 Died

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193 After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didius Julianus.
364 Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
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The world in 1922

When Grace arrived

april 1 In newly formed Northern Ireland, six Catholics are murdered in the Arnon Street killings, one week after six others were killed in the McMahon killings.
april 15 U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.
april 16 The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
april 20 The Soviet government creates the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the Georgian SSR.

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Alexander Grothendieck 1928–2014 German-French mathematician and theorist (died 2014) Angelos Sikelianos 1884–1951 Greek poet and playwright (born 1884) Consalvo Sanesi 1911–1998 Italian racing driver (born 1911) Fra Bartolomeo 1472–1517 Italian painter (died 1517) Mario Vargas Llosa 1936–2025 Peruvian novelist and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1936) Melchior Ndadaye 1953– Burundian banker and politician, 4th President of Burundi (died 1993) Nasser Hussain 1968– Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster Nathan Cayless 1978– Australian-New Zealand rugby league player and coach Terence MacSwiney 1879–1920 Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork (died 1920)

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Alvin Dark 1922–2014 American baseball player and manager (died 2014) Barbara Bel Geddes 1922–2005 American actress (born 1922) Bill Johnston 1922– Australian cricketer and businessman (died 2007) Cecil H. Underwood 1922–2008 American educator and politician, 25th Governor of West Virginia (born 1922) Charles Mingus 1922–1979 American bassist, composer, and bandleader (died 1979) Christiaan Barnard 1922–2001 South African surgeon and academic (died 2001) Denholm Elliott 1922–1992 English-Spanish actor (died 1992) Enrico Berlinguer 1922–1984 Italian politician (born 1922) Erich Hartmann 1922–1993 German colonel and pilot (died 1993)

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