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39: 22:(September 27, 1936 – April 1, 1999) was an artist, art historian, art critic and photojournalist who taught art history and studio art at California State University, Long Beach and the University of California Irvine. She painted numerous murals in Los Angeles, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua and Germany and was the co-author of 71:
She was the co-founder of the artist collective Artmakers Inc., an artists' group in New York City that helped neighborhoods to create murals reflecting their own experience.
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has remained at the heart of debate about the political implications of post-war American art.
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Eva Cockcroft was born Eva Sperling in Vienna, Austria. Her parents were Otto and
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She studied English at Cornell University and art history at Rutgers University.
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Towards a Peoples Art: The Contemporary Mural Movement
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Towards a Peoples Art: The Contemporary Mural Movement
168:"Restoring a Harlem Mural Inspired by a Masterpiece" 74:She died from breast cancer on April 1, 1999. 8: 226:"New Yorkers Honored For Improving the City" 224:Heller Anderson, Susan (February 19, 1988). 60:Some of her most prominent murals include 301:Austrian emigrants to the United States 82: 143:Pollock and After: The Critical Debate 7: 266:20th-century American women painters 16:Artist, art historian and art critic 321:20th-century American women writers 193:"'It's Not Just Some Cheesy Mural'" 42:Cockcroft's mural in Berlin (2008) 14: 166:Reicher, Mike (October 9, 2009). 326:20th-century American essayists 90:Oliver, Myrna (April 9, 1999). 271:20th-century American painters 1: 342: 261:American women art critics 141:Frascina, Francis (2000). 316:Rutgers University alumni 311:Cornell University alumni 306:Deaths from breast cancer 286:Photographers from Vienna 276:Journalists from Vienna 116:Cockcroft, Eva (1977). 43: 64:in Harlem (1986) and 41: 281:Painters from Vienna 256:American art critics 120:. New York: Dutton. 296:Writers from Vienna 230:The New York Times 172:The New York Times 44: 197:Los Angeles Times 96:Los Angeles Times 50:who studied with 333: 241: 240: 238: 236: 221: 215: 214: 207: 201: 200: 199:. April 6, 1996. 189: 183: 182: 180: 178: 163: 157: 156: 138: 132: 131: 113: 107: 106: 104: 102: 87: 341: 340: 336: 335: 334: 332: 331: 330: 291:Women muralists 246: 245: 244: 234: 232: 223: 222: 218: 211:"ARTMAKERS INC" 209: 208: 204: 191: 190: 186: 176: 174: 165: 164: 160: 153: 140: 139: 135: 128: 115: 114: 110: 100: 98: 89: 88: 84: 80: 62:La Grande Jatte 48:Melita Sperling 36: 17: 12: 11: 5: 339: 337: 329: 328: 323: 318: 313: 308: 303: 298: 293: 288: 283: 278: 273: 268: 263: 258: 248: 247: 243: 242: 216: 202: 184: 158: 151: 133: 126: 108: 81: 79: 76: 35: 32: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 338: 327: 324: 322: 319: 317: 314: 312: 309: 307: 304: 302: 299: 297: 294: 292: 289: 287: 284: 282: 279: 277: 274: 272: 269: 267: 264: 262: 259: 257: 254: 253: 251: 231: 227: 220: 217: 212: 206: 203: 198: 194: 188: 185: 173: 169: 162: 159: 154: 152:9780415228671 148: 144: 137: 134: 129: 127:9780525221654 123: 119: 112: 109: 97: 93: 86: 83: 77: 75: 72: 69: 67: 63: 58: 55: 53: 49: 40: 33: 31: 29: 25: 21: 20:Eva Cockcroft 235:December 10, 233:. Retrieved 229: 219: 205: 196: 187: 175:. Retrieved 171: 161: 142: 136: 117: 111: 99:. Retrieved 95: 85: 73: 70: 66:Earth Memory 65: 61: 59: 56: 45: 23: 19: 18: 177:December 9, 101:December 9, 250:Categories 78:References 52:Anna Freud 34:Biography 68:(1996). 28:Artforum 149:  124:  237:2023 179:2023 147:ISBN 122:ISBN 103:2023 252:: 228:. 195:. 170:. 94:. 239:. 213:. 181:. 155:. 130:. 105:.

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Artforum

Melita Sperling
Anna Freud
"Eva Cockcroft; Venice Muralist Who Used Art to Explore Social Themes"
ISBN
9780525221654
ISBN
9780415228671
"Restoring a Harlem Mural Inspired by a Masterpiece"
"'It's Not Just Some Cheesy Mural'"
"ARTMAKERS INC"
"New Yorkers Honored For Improving the City"
Categories
American art critics
American women art critics
20th-century American women painters
20th-century American painters
Journalists from Vienna
Painters from Vienna
Photographers from Vienna
Women muralists
Writers from Vienna
Austrian emigrants to the United States
Deaths from breast cancer
Cornell University alumni
Rutgers University alumni
20th-century American women writers
20th-century American essayists

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