Edith Varian Cockcroft

Edith Varian Cockcroft (Fabrairu 6, 1881 - Oktoba 19, 1962) ta kasance mai zane, mai zane, mai ƙirƙira da kuma mai yin yumbu, wadda aka haifa a Brooklyn, wadda ta yi baje kolin a wurare da suka haɗa da Paris Salon, Kwalejin Zane da Fasaha ta Ƙasa ta Chicago . An san ta da hotunan tsirara da aka yi wa ado da zane mai haske da kuma zane-zanen shimfidar wuri, waɗanda galibi ke nuna gabar tekun Turai. Ta yi rijista kuma ta nuna siliki da karammiski, ta samar da kayan cin abinci na yumbu da kuma tsara kayan sawa da kayan wasan kwaikwayo.  An yaba wa ayyukanta na zane-zane saboda "ƙarfin hali na zane mai kyau da kuma amfani da launi ba tare da tsoro ba"  da kuma "halayensu da ƙarfinsu."  Daga cikin abokan cinikin tufafinta akwai masu wasan kwaikwayo Irene Castle  da Jeanette MacDonald  Edith yawanci suna sanya hannu kan zane-zane da yumbu "E. Varian Cockcroft" ko "Cockcroft," kuma an ruwaito a cikin 1920 cewa ayyukanta "suna da ƙarfin hali na namiji wanda galibi ana tsammanin ta zama namiji."  Ta kasance memba na Société Nationale des Beaux Arts  da kuma Ƙungiyar Ƙasa ta Mata Masu Zane da Zane,  kuma ta kasance memba ta kafa Ƙungiyar Mata Masu Zane ta New York. 

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Iyayenta Robert Cockcroft (1847-1924) da Agnes E. Cockcroft (née Chase) (1846-1941), waɗanda ke zaune a titin 202 Rodney a Brooklyn, sun kasance ɓangare na iyali mai wadata waɗanda suka fito daga farkon mazaunan Dutch da Huguenot a New York.  Edith ta yi horo na ɗan lokaci tare da William Merritt Chase  kuma ta fara baje kolin tun tana da shekaru 21.  A farkon aikinta, wani lokacin tana kiran kanta Edyth ko Edythe. A farkon shekarun 1900, iyayenta sun ƙaura zuwa gidan ƙauye na shekarun 1890 a 703 Franklin Turnpike a Allendale, New Jersey  Zuwa 1910, Edith ta yi tafiye-tafiye da zane a Faransa da Ingila tare da masu fasaha, ciki har da Andrew Dasburg, Florence Lucius (matar mai sassaka Jo Davidson nan gaba) da W. Elmer Schofield da Murielle Schofield. Ba da daɗewa ba Edith ta nuna zane-zanenta da ke nuna Paris (Jardin du Luxembourg, cocin Saint-Sulpice), Brittany (Concarneau, Pont-Aven) da Cornwall (St. Ives, Newquay). A halin yanzu tana da gidaje a Manhattan (adireshinta na tsawon shekaru sun haɗa da 507 Madison Avenue, 21 MacDougal Alley da 2231 Broadway—tare da makarantar fasaha da aka kafa ta Chase wanda Frank Alvah Parsons daga baya ke gudanarwa). Ta yi aure a kusan 1914 da Charles Weyand (1867-1937), dillalin jinginar gida a Allendale.

Tun daga shekarar 1917, ma'auratan sun gudanar da Cockcroft Studios, wani taron bita na tufafi da kayan haɗi a Manhattan da ke lamba 17 East 39th Street wanda ke samar da kusan dala 50,000 a kowace shekara a matsayin kuɗin sarauta. Ta kafa shi ne saboda buƙatar kuɗi; Kasuwancin gini na Charles ya gaza a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya. [1] Wanda aka fi sani da Cockcroft Studio da Cockcroft Silk Co., yana ba da kayayyaki na musamman da ake kira "rigar mutum" da kuma riguna, riguna, riguna na dare, jakunkuna, huluna da labule, a cikin "yadi masu haske", musamman tare da batik a kan siliki da velvet. [2] Kamfanin fina-finan Prizma ya yi wani ɗan gajeren fim mai launi, "Gowns Venus Would Envy," game da dabarun batik ɗinta. [3] A cikin shekarun 1920, ita da Charles sun yi lasisin buga riguna da riguna a ƙarƙashin Patent 1,374,970A [4] da 1,590,335A. [5] [6]

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Category:Mutuwan 1962