Anne Elizabeth Rector
American painter
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Anne Elizabeth Rector (June 26, 1899 – February 17, 1970) was an American artist.
Anne Elizabeth Rector | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 26, 1899 |
| Died | February 17, 1970 (aged 70) |
| Education | Art Students League of New York |
| Spouse | Edmund Duffy |
| Parent | Enoch J. Rector |
Rector was the daughter of Enoch J. Rector and she attended the Art Students League of New York studying under John French Sloan.[1] Ann also studied landscape painting under Andrew Dasburg.[2] She married Edmund Duffy and they moved to New York City in 1948, when her husband began work for the Saturday Evening Post.[3] She later headed Rector Studios that manufactured glass top tables. Her daughter Sara Anne Duffy[4] was the first wife of designer Ivan Chermayeff, the son of Serge Ivan Chermayeff.[1]
Rector's childhood diaries were published in 2004. They had been found many years after Rector's death and described her life for the year of 1912.[5][6]