LC control no. | n 79026773 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Schapiro, Miriam, 1923-2015 |
Variant(s) | Schapiro, Mimi, 1923-2015 |
Associated country | United States |
Located | Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) |
Birth date | 1923-11-15 |
Death date | 2015-06-20 |
Place of birth | Toronto (Ont.) |
Place of death | Hampton Bays (N.Y.) |
Field of activity | Feminism in art |
Affiliation | California Institute of the Arts University of California, San Diego |
Profession or occupation | Artists Art teachers College teachers |
Found in | Garver, T. H. Paul Brach ... 1969. Miriam Schapiro, 2004: t.p. (Miriam Schapiro) p. 5 (b. 1923 in Toronto, Canada) Information from 678 converted Dec. 18, 2014 (teaches at Univ. of California, San Diego) New York times WWW site, viewed June 25, 2015 (in obituary published June 24: Miriam Schapiro; known as Mimi; b. Nov. 15, 1923, Toronto; grew up in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn; d. Saturday [June 20, 2015], Hampton Bays, N.Y., aged 91; pioneering feminist artist who, with Judy Chicago, created the landmark installation "Womanhouse" in Los Angeles in the early 1970s and later in that decade helped found the Pattern and Decoration movement) |