Anne Elizabeth Rector

Anne Elizabeth Rector
BornJune 26, 1899
DiedFebruary 17, 1970
EducationArt Students League of New York
SpouseEdmund Duffy
ParentEnoch J. Rector

Anne Elizabeth Rector (June 26, 1899 – February 17, 1970) was an American artist.

Rector was the daughter of Enoch J. Rector and she attended the Art Students League of New York studying under John French Sloan.[1] Ann also studied landscape painting under Andrew Dasburg.[2] She married Edmund Duffy and they moved to New York City in 1948, when her husband began work for the Saturday Evening Post.[3] She later headed Rector Studios that manufactured glass top tables. Her daughter Sara Anne Duffy[4] was the first wife of designer Ivan Chermayeff, the son of Serge Ivan Chermayeff.[1]

Rector's childhood diaries were published in 2004. They had been found many years after Rector's death and described her life for the year of 1912.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mrs. Edmund Duffy Is Dead; Cartoonist's Widow Was 70". The New York Times. February 18, 1970. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
  2. ^ Bacon, Peggy (1975). Peggy Bacon, Personalities and Places: Exhibition at the National Collection.
  3. ^ "Edmund Duffy, Cartoonist Dies. Won Three Pulitzer Prizes White With Baltimore Sun". The New York Times. September 13, 1962. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
  4. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths CHERMAYEFF, SARA ANNE DUFFY". query.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2025-06-10.
  5. ^ Rector, Anne Elizabeth (2004). Anne Elizabeth's Diary: A Young Artist's True Story. ISBN 0-316-07204-4.
  6. ^ "Anne Elizabeth's Diary", Kirkus Reviews, June 1st, 2004.