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Mina Loy

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Mina Loy Famous memorial

Birth
Hampstead, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England
Death
25 Sep 1966 (aged 83)
Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA
Burial
Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA Add to Map
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Poet, Painter. She was born Mina Gertrude Lowy in London, England. After her marriage, she moved to Paris and later Italy. In France, she became acquainted with leading modernists and was elected a member of the Salon d'Autumne for 1906. In Italy, she joined the Futurist Movement. In 1916, she moved to New York. There, she married to artist Arthur Cravan (Fabian Avenarius Lloyd). But in November 1918, he disappeared, having ventured out to sea in a sailing boat from Salina Cruz, Mexico, and was never seen again. Among her books "Anglo-Mongrels and the Rose," "Love Songs or Songs to Joannes," "Lunar Baedeker" and "Psycho-Democracy." She died in Aspen, Colorado.
Poet, Painter. She was born Mina Gertrude Lowy in London, England. After her marriage, she moved to Paris and later Italy. In France, she became acquainted with leading modernists and was elected a member of the Salon d'Autumne for 1906. In Italy, she joined the Futurist Movement. In 1916, she moved to New York. There, she married to artist Arthur Cravan (Fabian Avenarius Lloyd). But in November 1918, he disappeared, having ventured out to sea in a sailing boat from Salina Cruz, Mexico, and was never seen again. Among her books "Anglo-Mongrels and the Rose," "Love Songs or Songs to Joannes," "Lunar Baedeker" and "Psycho-Democracy." She died in Aspen, Colorado.

Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni



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  • Originally Created by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni
  • Added: Apr 15, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13962812/mina-loy: accessed ), memorial page for Mina Loy (27 Dec 1882–25 Sep 1966), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13962812, citing Aspen Grove Cemetery, Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.