Natalie Smith Henry

**Natalie Smith Henry** (Janairu 4, 1907 - Fabrairu 20, 1992) 'yar wasan kwaikwayo ce ta Amurka wacce ta yi aiki mafi yawa a Birnin Chicago . An fi saninta da murals na ofishin gidan waya na Lokacin Mawuyacin hali wanda Ma'aikatar Baitulmalin Amurka ta ba da izini.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
Natalie Smith Henry ita ce ta farko cikin yara biyar da Natalie Smith da Samuel Ewell Henry suka haifa, wani magatakarda da kuma alƙalin Hot Spring County. Sha'awar Henry a cikin fasaha ta fara ne tun tana 'yar shekara goma sha biyu bayan mutuwar mahaifiyarta. Kodayake sha'awarta ta fara ne a matsayin hanyar kirkira don yin amfani da baƙin cikinta, a lokacin da take da shekaru goma sha biyar Henry ta fara karatun zane-zane a makarantun sakonni na duniya na Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Bayan kammala karatunta daga makarantar sakandare ta Malvern a 1925, Henry ta halarci Kwalejin Galloway kafin ta koma Illinois a 1928 don halartar babbar Makarantar Cibiyar Fasaha ta Chicago . A shekara ta 1937, bayan ya dauki darussan lokaci-lokaci na shekaru da yawa, Henry a ƙarshe ya sami digiri na shekaru huɗu daga Makarantar Fasaha ta Hubert Ropp . Henry ta biya kuɗin karatun ta ta makaranta ta hanyar aiki a matsayin mai kula da rikodin Ropp kuma tana aiki na ɗan lokaci a matsayin mai buga takardu a ɗakin karatu na Ryerson daga 1931 zuwa 1942. 

## Ayyuka

Henry ta fara nuna aikinta a matakin kasa a shekarar 1935, lokacin da ta nuna *Picnic* a baje kolin shekara-shekara na masu zane-zane na Chicago da Vicinity . A shekara mai zuwa, an nuna Man with Shells tare da aikin sanannun masu zane-zane na Turai da Amurka Wassily Kandinsky, Edward Hopper, da Wood.

Baya ga aikinta na ɗan lokaci a matsayin mai zane, Henry ta kuma ba da gudummawa ga Shirin Fasaha na Tarayya na Gudanar da Ayyuka ta hanyar samar da murals ga abokan ciniki masu zaman kansu. A cikin 1939 Sashen Painting da Sculpture na Ma'aikatar Baitulmalin Amurka ya ba ta umurni ta da ta zana mural don Springdale, Ofishin Jakadancin Arkansas. Wannan mural, mai taken Local Industries, ya sami karbuwa sosai daga waɗanda ke fama da tasirin Babban Mawuyacin hali.

A shekara ta 1944, Henry ya shiga kungiyar Chicago Society of Artists kuma a kowace shekara ya gabatar da aiki a can har zuwa 1987. A duk lokacin da ta yi aiki, an nuna aikinta a cikin hotuna a ko'ina cikin Chicago, gami da Cibiyar Fasaha ta Chicago, Cibiyar Fasahar Chicago, Salon na Mata na Chicago, da The Renaissance Society.

Duk da nasarar da ta samu a fasaha, Henry marar aure har yanzu yana fama da kudi. Bayan shekaru da yawa na mukamai na sakatare na ɗan lokaci, Henry ya yi aiki a Ofishin Gudanar da Farashi-Rent Division daga 1942 zuwa 1943. Bayan ta yi aiki a fannin fasaha na kasuwanci daga 1943 zuwa 1948, Henry ta zama manajan Cibiyar Fasaha ta Shagon Makarantar Chicago, matsayin da ta rike har zuwa 1972. A lokacin da take manajan, Henry ta kuma sami kuɗi ta hanyar tsara katako da yin katunan gaisuwa ga Chicago Society of Artists . 

Shekaru da yawa Henry ya raba ɗaki tare da Rowena Fry a ginin Lambert Tree Studios, kuma Henry ya nuna ta a cikin watercolor Rowena Washing Her Hair wani lokaci a cikin shekarun 1930.

## Mutuwa da gado
Henry ta koma garinsu na Malvern, Arkansas a 1985 kuma ta kasance a can har zuwa mutuwarta a 1992.  Fry ya zo ya zauna tare da ita a shekarar 1989, ya mutu a shekara mai zuwa. A halin yanzu, ana gudanar da ayyukanta a Gidan Tarihin Amurka na Smithsonian a Washington, DC da Gidan Tarihi na Shiloh a Springdale, Arkansas . 

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