Kyra Markham

Painting, Visual Artist

1891 – 1967

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Who was Kyra Markham?

Kyra Markham was an actress, figurative painter and printmaker. Markham was briefly married to the architect Lloyd Wright, and five years later, married David Stoner Gaither. She worked for the Federal Arts Project, creating works of social realism that documented American life in the 1930s. During World War II, her art was focused on the propaganda effort against the Nazis.

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Born
1891
Chicago
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • Art Students League of New York
Died
1967
Port-au-Prince

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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