Edward St. John Gorey was an American writer, Tony Award-winning costume designer, and artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for books by other writers. His characteristic pen-and-ink drawings often depict vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings.
Gorey setting up mannequins in Henri Bendel's window, 1978
Gorey in the kitchen of his home at Yarmouth, Cape Cod, 1999
Edward Gorey House, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts (2006)
Cover of The Willowdale Handcar (1962)
Joan Mitchell was an American artist who worked primarily in painting and printmaking, and also used pastel and made other works on paper. She was an active participant in the New York School of artists in the 1950s. A native of Chicago, she is associated with the American abstract expressionist movement, even though she lived in France for much of her career.
Mitchell in 1983
Joan Mitchell, ca. 1942, Francis W. Parker School yearbook
Untitled (1960) sold at auction for $11.9 million in 2014, a then record for a work by a female artist.