Martyl Langsdorf
Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf | |
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Born | Martyl Suzanne Schweig March 16, 1917 St. Louis, Missouri |
Died | March 26, 2013 Schaumburg, Illinois | (aged 96)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Washington University in St. Louis |
Occupation | Artist |
Known for | Created the Doomsday Clock image |
Spouse(s) | Alexander Langsdorf, Jr. |
Children | Alexandra, Suzanne |
Website | martyl |
Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf (March 16, 1917 – March 26, 2013) was an American artist who created the Doomsday Clock image for the June 1947 cover of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.[1]
Life and career
Schweig Langsdorf was born in
Alexander Langsdorf, Jr. who worked on the Manhattan Project
. They had two daughters, Alexandra and Suzanne.
Alexander helped found the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, and completed in 1940.[5]
In 1956 Martyl and Alexander purchased The Schweikher House in Schaumburg, Illinois.[6] Designed by Paul Schweikher and built in 1938,[7] Schweig Langsdorf lived and worked there until her death. The house and studio are on the National Register of Historic Places.[8]
Schweig Langsdorf died of complications of a
lung infection in Schaumburg, Illinois.[9]
Her work is in the collection of the
Whitney Museum of American Art.[14] Her paper are in the collection of the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.[15]
References
- New York Times
- ^ "Martyl Schweig Langsdorf". Missouri Remembers. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
- ISBN 978-0976242406.
- ^ "Doomsday Clock FAQ". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
- ^ "Post Office - Russell Kansas". livingnewdeal.org. Living New Deal. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
- ^ "The Langsdorfs". The Schweikher House. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
- ^ "House". The Schweikher House. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
- ^ "Schweikher, Paul, House and Studio". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
- ^ Kates, Joan Giangrasse (April 9, 2013). Martyl Langsdorf: 1917-2013: Artist who designed Doomsday Clock. Chicago Tribune
- ^ "Suzanne Martyl Langsdorf". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
- ^ "Martyl". Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
- ^ "The Tempest". Saint Louis Art Museum. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
- ^ "Martyl". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
- ^ "Martyl Schweig Langsdorf". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
- ^ "Martyl Langsdorf papers, 1918-1977". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved September 14, 2022.