© Jeanne Ebstel

Jeanne (Friedberg) Ebstel was born on March 31, 1905 in London, England. Her family moved shortly thereafter to the United States and settled in New York City. She worked for years as a legal secretary, at one point helping with a case that was ultimately presented to the United States Supreme Court. She took up the visual arts in the late 1930s while recuperating from an illness. She met John Ebstel, a painter and photographer in 1946, and they were married after a year of courtship in 1947. They moved to the cooperative apartments on the Lower East side in 1949. Both Jeanne and John were actively involved in the artistic, cultural and political life of New York City. She studied at the ASL (Art student League) of New York - a well known art school). In addition to sketches and paintings, she also occasionally took photographs. After a prolonged illness of more than a decade Jeanne Ebstel died on January 27, 2000.

Pauline Boty (1938 – 1966) Untitled (Paris, Dreaming Woman And Rose), 1961, Stained Glass https://paulineboty.org/

Nora Heysen, Self Portrait, 1934, oil on canvas, 43.1 cm x 36.3 cm, National Portrait Gallery Canberra

The Life and Death of Marina Abramović at Manchester international festival in 2011. Created by Marina Abramović and Robert Wilson, it starred Abramović and Willem Dafoe, with a soundtrack by Antony Hegarty. Photograph: Lucie Jansch/AP

For Mire Lee, Rising Art Star, It All Comes Down to Guts The Korean artist’s ingenious machine sculptures, coming to the New Museum, show things that “you don’t actually want to see,” a leading curator says. https://archive.md/9473H#selection-403.0-407.150

Sarah Bernhardt (French: [saʁa bɛʁnɑʁt]; née Henriette-Rosine Bernard; 22 or 23 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who appeared in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including La Dame Aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas, fils ; Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo , Fédora and La Tosca by Victorien Sardou , and L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand . She also played male roles, including Shakespeare's Hamlet . Rostand called her "the queen of the pose and the princess of the gesture", while Hugo praised her "golden voice". She made several theatre tours around the world and was one of the first prominent actresses to make sound recordings and act in films.

Izumo no Okuni | 出雲 阿国 (1578 - 1613)

Okuni Kabuki-zu Byōbu, a six-panel canvas from the 17th century, is the oldest known painting featuring Izumo no Okuni (pictured onstage, third panel from left). Izumo no Okuni 出雲 阿国born c. 1578; died c. 1613was a Japanese entertainer and shrine maiden who is believed to have invented the theatrical art form of kabuki. Okuni, dressed as a samurai She is thought to have begun performing her new…

Misia Sert, 1872-1950, (born Maria Zofia Olga Zenajda Godebska; 30 March 1872 – 15 October 1950) was known primarily as a patron of contemporary artists and musicians during the decades she hosted salons in her homes in Paris. Born in Tsarskoye Selo, 13 miles outside Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire and of Belgian, French and Polish descent, she became a professional pianist and gave her first public concert in 1892. She was a patron and friend of numerous artists, for whom she regularly posed, appearing on magazine covers and posters. Her salons were frequented by contemporary writers and musicians played their newest works. via Wikipedia

Dorrit Black, Dutch Houses, ca. 1929, color linocut, 27.0 x 20.5 cm, Private collection

Stella Bowen: Provençal Conver­sation, Cagnes-sur-Mer, 1936