Sheila Isham

American printmaker (1927–2024)

Sheila Isham
Born	Sheila Burton Eaton (1927-12-19)December 19, 1927 New York City, U.S.
Died	April 9, 2024(2024-04-09) (aged 96) New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	Bryn Mawr College, Academy of Arts, Berlin
Spouse	Heyward Isham
Children	3, including Chris Isham
Website	www.sheilaisham.org

Sheila Burton Eaton Isham (December 19, 1927 – April 9, 2024) was an American printmaker, painter and book artist.^[1]

Biography

Sheila Burton Eaton was born in New York City on December 19, 1927.^[2]^[3]^[4] She was raised in Cedarhurst and later attended the college preparatory school, Garrison Forest School.^[5]^[4]

Isham attended Bryn Mawr College, where she met her future husband Heyward Isham who was attending college at Yale University.^[4] After graduating from Byrn Mawr, the couple married.^[4] Isham studied at Akademie der Künste in West Berlin (now Academy of Arts, Berlin), between 1950 and 1954.^[3]

In 2004, the State Russian Museum presented a 50-year retrospective of her work.^[6] Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,^[7] Guild Hall in East Hampton, New York,^[8] the Museum of Modern Art, New York,^[9]the National Gallery of Art, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Walker Art Center, the Yale University Art Gallery, the Princeton University Art Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and many others.

Isham died from pneumonia in Manhattan, on April 9, 2024, at the age of 96.^[2]

References

^ "Sheila Eaton Isham". mAwRTyrS, Bryn Mawr College. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Smith, Harrison (April 12, 2024). "Sheila Isham, artist whose work spanned continents, dies at 96". Washington Post. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Ontdek schilder, lithograaf, etser Sheila Isham". rkd.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved August 31, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Miss Sheila Eaton Engaged to Marry; Senior at Bryn Mawr Fiancee of Heyward Isham, Son of Noted Book Collector". Times Machine. The New York Times. April 3, 1950. p. 31. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
^ Delatiner, Barbara (May 29, 1988). "A Painter Finds Far-Flung Influences". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
^ "Sheila Isham - St Michael's Castle - Русский музей". en.rusmuseum.ru.
^ "Sheila Isham". Smithsonian American Art Museum.
^ "Sheila Isham". Guild Hall.
^ "Sheila Isham". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).