Lydia May Ames

Lydia May Ames (1863 - Oktoba 1, 1946) yar wasan kwaikwayo Ba'amurkiya ce daga Cleveland, Ohio. Ta ƙware a kan ƙanana-ƙananan zanen mai, kuma tana cikin ƴan wasan fasaha na farko na Cleveland ban da kasancewarta 'ƴar wasan kwaikwayo ta farko.

 Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haifi Ames a Cleveland a cikin shekara ta 1863, a cikin wajen da yake a lokacin Newburgh, ga mai ba da sabis na rayuwa mai suna Ashley Ames.  Tana da ’yar’uwa ɗaya, wadda ta zama ma’aikaciyar ɗakin karatu a Cleveland. Aikinta na zane ya fara tun kusan shekara ta 1885. A shekara ta 1900 ta sauke karatu daga Cleveland School of Art tare da zane-zanen hoto a matsayin abinda tafi ƙwarewa akai. Bayan kammala karatun ta, ta ci gaba da koyarwa a can har tsawon shekaru 27. Ta ci gaba da karatun zane-zane a Makarantar Zane ta Rhode Island. Bayan ta yi ritaya daga koyarwa, ta buɗe nata studio art kuma ta ci gaba da ba da darussa. Aikinta na ƙarshe ya faru kusan a cikin 1940. Ba ta taɓa yin aure ba, ta mutu a Cleveland a ranar 1 ga Oktoba, shekara ta 1946. 

 Salo 
An santa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƴan wasan mata na farko daga Cleveland, Ames' ta sami karɓuwa a ƙasar Amurka saboda ƙwaƙƙwaran zanen mai na shimfidar wurare.  Waɗannan shimfidar wurare an yi su ne a matsayin ƙanana, samfurin ƙasa da girman katin waya. Banda ƙananan kayan mai ta kuma yi fenti. Yawancin lokacin aikinta ta yi amfani da shi a Cleveland, ko da yake ta yi balaguro don yin zane-zane zuwa New England da Bahar Rum.

A wasu lokuta  Ames an dauke ta  a matsayin "mai zane ta farko na Cleveland". Batun da ta fi so shine Garfield Park a Cleveland, wanda ke kusa da gidanta a kan Miles Avenue.

A wani lokacin ɗaya a cikin aikin Ames, ita kaɗai ce mace memba a Ƙungiyar Fasaha ta New York.

Koyarwarta ta mayar da hankali kan ilmin jikin mutum da tarihin fasaha da ci gaba, wanda a ƙarshe ta zama ƙwararriyar masaniya. 

 Manyan nune-nune 

 Louis M. Sealand Gallery, Cleveland, 1900 
 Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru, New York, 1917 
 Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru, New York, 1921 
 Lindner Store, Cleveland, Agusta 1925 

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