Sheila Isham
Born
Sheila Burton Eaton

1927 (age 96–97)[1]
New York, U.S.[2]
Alma materBryn Mawr College,
Academy of Arts, Berlin
SpouseHeyward Isham
Children3, including Chris Isham
Websitewww.sheilaisham.org

Sheila Eaton Isham (born 1927)[2] is an American printmaker, painter and book artist.[3]

Biography

Sheila Eaton Isham was born as Sheila Burton Eaton in New York City, New York.[4] She was raised in Cedarhurst and later attended the college preparatory school, Garrison Forest School.[5][4]

Isham attended Bryn Mawr College, where she met her future husband Heyward Isham who was attending college at Yale University.[4] After graduating from Byrn Mawr, the couple married.[4] Isham studied at Akademie der Künste in West Berlin (now Academy of Arts, Berlin), between 1950 and 1954.[2]

In 2004, the State Russian Museum presented a 50-year retrospective of her work.[6] Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[1] Guild Hall in East Hampton, New York,[7] and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sheila Isham". Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ontdek schilder, lithograaf, etser Sheila Isham". rkd.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  3. ↑ "Sheila Eaton Isham". mAwRTyrS, Bryn Mawr College. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Miss Sheila Eaton Engaged to Marry; Senior at Bryn Mawr Fiancee of Heyward Isham, Son of Noted Book Collector". Times Machine. The New York Times. April 3, 1950. p. 31. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  5. ↑ Delatiner, Barbara (1988-05-29). "A Painter Finds Far-Flung Influences". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  6. ↑ "Sheila Isham - St Michael's Castle - Русский музей". en.rusmuseum.ru.
  7. ↑ "Sheila Isham". Guild Hall.
  8. ↑ "Sheila Isham". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
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