Tawney

¹ American  

[taw-nee, tey-] / ˈtɔ ni, ˈteɪ- /

noun

1. Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.

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tawney ² American  

[taw-nee] / ˈtɔ ni /

adjective

tawnier, tawniest

1. tawny.

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Tawney British  

/ ˈtɔːnɪ /

noun

1. R ( ichard ) H ( enry ). 1880–1962, British economic historian, born in India. His chief works are The Acquisitive Society (1920), Religion and the Rise of Capitalism (1926), and Equality (1931)

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Example Sentences

The exhibition features fine abstract examples that similarly play off the grid as form and content, including by postwar artists as different from one another as Harmony Hammond, Yayoi Kusama, Agnes Martin, Lenore Tawney, Rosemarie Trockel and Jack Whitten.

From Los Angeles Times

If you enjoyed this essay and recipe, consider ordering and reading the rest of Raj Tawney's "Colorful Palate: A Flavorful Journey through a Mixed American Experience."

From Salon

Across the United States, exhibitions focusing on artists’ relationships with each other — such as Henri Matisse and André Derain, and Toshiko Takaezu and Lenore Tawney — and to their subjects — like that of Il Guercino or John Singer Sargent — offer new avenues for audiences to explore their work and contemporary impact.

From New York Times

The youngest of the artists who thrived there, she drew influences from its established members, in particular Ms. Martin, a celebrated painter who blended the hues of nature with Abstract Expressionism, and Lenore Tawney, a fiber artist known for her monumental sculptural weaving.

From New York Times

Made predominantly by generations of women working in abstraction, from the mid-20th-century artists Joan Mitchell and Lenore Tawney to the young contemporary painters Firelei Báez and Jadé Fadojutimi, the collection isn’t obviously about gender.

From New York Times