Glaspell, Susan b. 1882 d. 1948 Writer, Author of Trifles, Pulitzer Prize Winning Writer in 1931.She was an American playwright. She and her husband George Cram Cook were cofounders of the Provincetown Players and a prominent playwright for them. This influential theatrical organization, formed in 1915, produced Eugene O'Neill's first plays. It became the Playwrights Theater, which produced Broadway plays during the twenties. She gained recognition with 2 excellent 1 act plays. In "Trifles" (1916), 2 farmers' wives accompany...[Read More] (Bio by: Genet) Snow Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Hofmann, Hans b. March 21, 1880 d. February 17, 1966 German-born Artist. Hofmann developed an interest in mathematics, science, music and art at a very early age. Hofmann was both an intuitive painter and a man with a profound understanding of modernism. His ideas on art developed initially during his years in Paris. From 1904 to 1914, he knew Matisse, Picasso, Braque, and Delaunay. He frequented the Café du Dôme, where artists congregated to discuss not only ideas about art, but new theories of the universe, from Einstein's theory of relativity...[Read More] (Bio by: MC) Snow Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
b. 1882 d. 1948