Prints purchased by STISD are housed at Biblioteca Las Americas for circulation throughout the district. Staff may view them on BLA's web site then contact the Med Tech librarian as with other interlibrary loan requests.
American artists to celebrate in August include Andy Warhol (whose birthday is August 6), Mary Cassatt, Currier & Ives, Georgia O'Keefe, William Johnson, Thomas Eakins, Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth, Frederic Remington, M. L. Mastai, August Macke, Diego Velazquez, Arshile Gorky, Jean Dubuffet, Jean Honore Fragonard, Norman Rockwell, Philip Evergood, Charles Alston, and Winslow Homer.
| Andy Warhol | August 6, 1928 | American pop artist |
| Thomas Bewick | August 12, 1753 | English artist/wood engraver |
| George Herriman | August 22, 1880 | Cartoonist (Krazy Kat) |
| Mort Walker | September 3, 1923 | Cartoonist (Beetle Bailey) |
| Grandma Moses | September 7, 1860 | American painter born Anna Mary Robertson |
| Jacob Lawrence | September 7, 1917 | Award winning African American artist |
Artists with October Birthdays
| Frederic S. Remington | October 4, 1861 | Artist and sculptor of the Old West |
| James David Brooks | October 18, 1906 | Muralist and abstract expressionist |
| Giovanni Antonio Canaletto | October 18, 1697 | Italian painter |
| Pablo Picasso | October 25, 1881 | Painter, sculptor, engraver |
| Roy Lichtenstein | October 27, 1923 | Pop artist |
| Alfred Sisley | October 30, 1839 | French impressionist painter |
Artists with November Birthdays
| William Hogarth | November 10, 1697 | English painter and engraver |
| Auguste Rodin | November 12, 1840 | French sculptor |
| Claude Monet | November 14, 1840 | French Impressionist |
| Georgia O'Keefe | November 15, 1887 | Desert landscape painter |
| Chester Gould | November 20, 1900 | Cartoonist (Dick Tracy) |
| Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | November 24, 1864 | French painter and designer of posters |
| Charles Schulz | November 26, 1922 | Cartoonist (Peanuts) |
| Charles H. Alston | November 28, 1907 | African-American painter and sculptor |
Artists with December Birthdays
| Georges Pierre Seurat | December 2, 1859 | French Neo-impressionist painter |
| Gilbert Charles Stuart | December 3, 1755 | American portrait painter |
| Diego Rivera | December 8, 1886 | Mexican muralist |
| Juan Lovera | December 26, 1778 | Venezuelan "Artist of Independence" |
| Henri Matisse | December 31, 1869 | French painter and designer of textiles and stained glass windows |
Artists with January Birthdays
| Charles Addams | January 7, 1912 | Cartoonist who created The Addams Family |
| Elisabetta Sirani | January 8, 1638 | Renaissance artist who established a painting school for women |
| John Singer Sargent | January 12, 1856 | Portrait artist of the late Victorian and Edwardian ages |
| Berthe Morisot | January 14, 1841 | French Impresssionist |
| William Rush | died January 17, 1833 | First American-born sculptor |
| Paul Cézanne | January 19, 1839 | Post-Impressionist painter |
| Harold Lincoln Gray | January 20, 1894 | Cartoonist who created Little Orphan Annie |
| Édouard Manet | January 23, 1832 | French painter |
Artists with February Birthdays
| Norman Rockwell | February 3, 1894 | American artist and illustrator known for his "homey" magazine cover art |
| Giovanni Battista Piazzetta | February 13, 1682 | 18th century Venetian painter |
| Grant Wood | February 13, 1892 | American artist known for powerful realism and satirical paintings of the American scene |
| Louis Comfort Tiffany | February 18, 1848 | American artist who created decorative iridescent "favrile" glass |
| Winslow Homer | February 24, 1836 | American artist known for realistic Civil War reportage and rugged outdoor scenes of hunting and fishing |
| Pierre Auguste Renoir | February 25, 1841 | French Impressionist painter |
| Honore Daumier | February 26, 1808 | French painter and caricaturist known for his satirical and comic lithographs |
Artists with March Birthdays
March is YOUTH ART MONTH
| Oskar Kokoschka | March 1, 1886 | Avante-garde |
| Augustus Saint-Gaudens | March 1, 1848 | Sculptor |
| Will Eisner | March 6, 1917 | Graphic artist |
| Michelangelo | March 6, 1475 | Renaissance painter and sculptor |
| Anna Claypoole Peale | March 6, 1791 | American painter of miniatures |
| Rosa Bonheur | March 16, 1822 | French painter and sculptor |
| William H. Johnson | March 18, 1901 | African-American artist |
| Charles M. Russell | March 19, 1864 | Western artist |
| Albert Pinkham Ryder | March 19, 1847 | American artist whose works depict his love of the sea |
| William Morris | March 24, 1834 | English poet, artist, and social reformer |
| Nathaniel Currier | March 27, 1813 | Lithographer with James Merritt Ives |
| Francisco Goya | March 30, 1746 | Painter and etcher |
| Vincent Van Gogh | March 30, 1853 | Dutch post-Impressionist |
Artists with April Birthdays
| Frederic Auguste Bartholdi | April 2, 1834 | French sculptor of "Liberty Enlightening the World" |
| Charles White | April 2, 1918 | African-American artist who began his career as a muralist |
| Raphael (Raffaello Santi (Sanzio)) | April 6, 1483 (probably) | Italian painter and architect |
| Thomas Benton Hart | April 15, 1889 | American artist whose style was Regionalism |
| Charles Willson Peale | April 15, 1741 | American portrait painter |
| Daniel Chester French | April 20, 1850 | American sculptor |
| John James Audubon | April 26, 1785 | American artist |
| Samuel Morse | April 27, 1791 | American portraitist and inventor |
| Ellis Wilson | April 30, 1899 | African-American artist |
Artists with May Birthdays
| Leonardo da Vinci | Exact date of birth in 1452 unknown; died May 2, 1519 | Italian artist, scientist and inventor |
| Salvador Dali | May 11, 1904 | Spanish Surrealist |
| Thomas Gainsborough | May 14, 1727 | English landscape and portrait artist |
| Jasper Johns | May 15, 1930 | American contemporary artist |
| Henri Rousseau | May 20, 1844 | French "primitive" painter |
| Albrecht Dürer | May 21, 1471 | German Renaissance artist and engraver |
| Maria Innocentia Hummel | May 21, 1909 | Franz Goebel's figurines are three-dimensional translations of her drawings |
| Mary Cassatt | May 22, 1844 | American Impressionist |
| Emanuel Leutze | May 24, 1816 | German immigrant best known for his scenes featuring General George Washington |
Artists with June Birthdays
| Paul Gaugin | June 7, 1848 | French painter who used broad, flat tones and bold colors |