Nancy Graves

Nancy Graves was an American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and sometime filmmaker known for her focus on natural phenomena like camels or maps of the Moon. Her works are included in many public collections, including those of the National Gallery of Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Gallery of Australia (Canberra), the Des Moines Art Center, Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), and the Museum of Fine Arts. When Graves was just 29, she was given a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. At the time she was the youngest artist, and fifth woman to achieve this honor.

23 December 1939

Born on the same birth day (23 December): Abraham Chebii • Arthur Gilligan • Christian Potenza • Dan Bigras • Emperor Zhenzong • Frederic Forrest • Hiro Fujiwara • Jess Harnell • John Marin • János Murkovics • Manuel Rivera-Ortiz • Merle Barwis • William Armstrong (Virginia politician)

Born in the same month (December 1939): Akong Rinpoche • Bob James (musician) • Francis Fox • Ghulam Ahmad Bilour • Michael Moorcock • Red Berenson • Willye White