Worden Day

Worden Day
Worden Day in her studio, ca. 1959
Born	(1912-06-11)June 11, 1912 Columbus, Ohio
Died	January 27, 1986(1986-01-27) (aged 73) Montclair, New Jersey
Nationality	American
Known for	Printmaking
Awards	Guggenheim Fellow (1952), (1961)

Worden Day (1912–1986) was an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor. Day was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in both 1952 and 1961.^[1]

Life

Day was born in Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1934.^[2] After moving to New York she studied at the Art Students League of New York and the New School of Social Research, and worked at Atelier 17 in 1943. She also ran a print shop for reading books for the New York City Board of Education.

She taught at the University of Wyoming, from 1949 to 1952,^[3] graduated from New York University with a M.A. in 1966, and returned to the Art Students League as an instructor from 1966 through 1970.^[4]

Day was a MacDowell fellow throughout her life in 1940, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1963, and 1981.^[2]

Day died January 27, 1986, of cancer.^[5]

The Smithsonian Archives of American Art holds 4.5 linear feet of archival materials from Day's life, of which, a small selection is available online.^[6][7] Day's work is held by the National Gallery of Art,^[8] the Museum of Modern Art,^[9] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,^[10] the Whitney Museum of American Art,^[11] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.^[12]

References

1. "Fellows - Worden Day". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
2. "Worden Day - Artist". MacDowell. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
3. "Worden Day (1916-1986)". Susan Teller Gallery. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
4. "Worden Day Biography". Annex Galleries Fine Prints. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
5. "Worden Day". The New York Times. 3 February 1986. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
6. "Worden Day papers, circa 1935-1992". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
7. Weyl, Christina (2019-09-01). "Missing Archives: Worden Day and Women Modernists". Archives of American Art Journal. 58 (2): 24–45. doi:10.1086/706832. ISSN 0003-9853. S2CID 213670699.
8. "Worden Day". National Gallery of Art. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
9. "Worden Day". The Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
10. "Broken Moon Suit - 1982 - Worden Day". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
11. "Worden Day". Whitney Museum of American Art. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
12. "Wörden Day". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2022.

External links

• Worden Day (1912 - 1986) AskArt.com
• Photo of Worden Day on ranch in Wyoming, ca. 1951 Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
• Worden Day collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art