Martha Mood

Martha Mood (21 ga Yuni, 1908 - 15 ga Yuli, 1972) wata 'yar Amurka ce mai zane wadda aka san ta da aikin dinki da yadi, kuma ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin masu zane na farko da suka ɗaga wannan sana'a zuwa matsayin fasaha mai kyau a Amurka. An kuma san ta da aikinta a fannin tukwane da kuma daukar hoto. 

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An haifi Mood a Oakland, California, ga iyayenta 'yan gudun hijira 'yan Jamus waɗanda ke da gidan burodi. Ta yi yarinta da kuma farkon girma a yankin Bay. Tana da shekaru bakwai, iyalinta sun ƙaura zuwa San Rafael, CA, inda ta halarci makarantar cocin Roman Katolika ta St. Rafael da Makarantar Sakandare ta Kwalejin Dominican.  Ta yi rajista a Jami'ar California, Berkeley a 1926, inda ta yi karatu a fannoni daban-daban na fasaha, da kuma gine-gine, kiɗa da harsuna, ta kammala karatunta a 1931. A 1929 Mood ta ɗauki hutun shekara guda daga UC Berkeley don halartar Kwalejin Fasaha da Sana'o'i ta California da ke Oakland don yin karatun ilmin jikin ɗan adam, alkalami da tawada, da kuma zane-zane a waje. 

Bayan kammala karatun jami'a, Martha Mood ta shiga aikin zane, sassaka, samar da kayan wasa, da kuma daukar hoto. Ta auri John Homsy, mijinta na farko, daga 1931-1946. 'Yan Homsys suna da 'ya'ya mata biyu, Ann Homsy Woodward (malami kuma mai gyaran yumbu) da Susan Homsy Bragstad (mai zane). A shekarar 1940, iyalan sun ƙaura daga California zuwa Hawaii, inda Martha ke aiki a matsayin mai ɗaukar hoto. [1]

Martha ta auri Beaumont Mood, mijinta na biyu, daga 1947 zuwa 1966. 'Yan Moods sun zauna a Dallas, Texas, tsawon shekaru 5. A lokacin da take yawon daukar hoto a Texas, Martha da Beaumont sun yi hatsarin mota mai tsanani. Martha ta kusa rasa ranta kuma ta bukaci tiyata da dama a cikin shekaru biyu masu zuwa don gyara raunin fuska mai tsanani. A shekarar 1952, 'yan Moods suka koma San Antonio, Texas . Martha Mood ta koyar da fasaha a makarantun gwamnati na San Antonio da kuma Cibiyar Fasaha ta San Antonio . Bayan kammala karatunta a fannin zane-zane, ta samar da sassaka da kayan gine-gine. Mood ta fara gwaji da dinki, wanda aka fi sani da appliqué tapestry, a farkon shekarun 1950. A shekarar 1959, tana da shekaru 51, dinki ya bunkasa ya zama babban hanyar fasaha ta Mood.  Ta kasance mai fasaha da ta lashe kyautar wacce aka nada ta a matsayin Mai Fasaha ta Shekara a shekarar 1967 ta San Antonio Art League. 

Martha ta auri Edgar Lehmann, mijinta na uku, daga shekarar 1968 har zuwa rasuwarta. Ta mutu sakamakon cutar kansa a gidanta da ke Helotes, Texas a shekarar 1972. 

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