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Natalia Goncharova
b. 1881, Ladyzhino, Russia; d. 1962, ParisNatalia (Nataliya, Natalya) Goncharova was a Russian painter, sculptor, and designer. After studying at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, with a focus on sculpture, Goncharova began painting... Read more
Eileen Gray
b. 1879, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland; d. 1976, ParisEileen Gray was an architect and furniture designer who carved out an independent approach within the parameters of the International Style. After training at the Slade School of Art in... Read more
Sophia Haydn
b. 1868, Santiago, Chile; d. 1953, Winthrop, MassachusettsSophia Hayden was the first woman accepted to the architecture program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she graduated with honors in 1890. A few years later, she... Read more
Julia Morgan
b. 1872, San Francisco; d. 1957, San FranciscoJulia Morgan trained in the architectural office of Bernard Maybeck after receiving an engineering degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1894. She became the first woman to... Read more
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