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): Alexander I of Russia • Dino Risi • Emperor Zhenzong • Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham • Jean-François Champollion • Jess Harnell • Johnny Kidd (singer) • Madam C. J. Walker • Onofre Marimón
Born in the same month (December 1939): Barry Cunliffe • Bob James (musician) • December 8 • Gordon Miller (athlete) • Harry Reid • James Booker • Kim Weston • Lee Trevino • Stephen W. Bosworth • Wafic Saïd