Cornelia Barns
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Cornelia Barns was an artist
and political cartoonist. She studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and subsequently moved to New York City
.
It is likely that she studied with Robert Henri
, and was associated with his circle of artists who would later come to be known as the Ashcan School
of American Art. For three years, she served on the editorial board of the New York-based socialist magazine the Masses, publishing political cartoons mostly on the topic of women's suffrage. She also published cartoons in the suffrage magazines Suffragist and Woman Voter, and for Margaret Sanger
's publication the Birth Control Review.
She moved to Oakland, California
in the mid 1910s with her husband, and lived there until her death in 1941. Few of her unpublished artworks survive.
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and political cartoonist. She studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and subsequently moved to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
It is likely that she studied with Robert Henri
Robert Henri
Robert Henri was an American painter and teacher. He was a leading figure of the Ashcan School in art.- Early life :...
, and was associated with his circle of artists who would later come to be known as the Ashcan School
Ashcan School
The Ashcan School, also called the Ash Can School, is defined as a realist artistic movement that came into prominence in the United States during the early twentieth century, best known for works portraying scenes of daily life in New York's poorer neighborhoods. The movement grew out of a group...
of American Art. For three years, she served on the editorial board of the New York-based socialist magazine the Masses, publishing political cartoons mostly on the topic of women's suffrage. She also published cartoons in the suffrage magazines Suffragist and Woman Voter, and for Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger
Margaret Higgins Sanger was an American sex educator, nurse, and birth control activist. Sanger coined the term birth control, opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, and established Planned Parenthood...
's publication the Birth Control Review.
She moved to Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
in the mid 1910s with her husband, and lived there until her death in 1941. Few of her unpublished artworks survive.