Sheila Isham

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

Sheila Isham
Born
Sheila Burton Eaton

1927 (age 95–96)[1]
New York, U.S.[2]
Alma materBryn Mawr College,
Academy of Arts, Berlin
SpouseHeyward Isham
Children3, including Chris Isham
Websitewww.sheilaisham.org

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. "Sheila Isham". Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  2. "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. "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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