Mina Loy


 
 

Mina Loy (December 27, 1882 - September 25, 1966) was an artist, poet, Futurist, actor, Christian Scientist, designer of lamps and bohemian extraordinaire. She was one of the last of the first generation modernists to achieve posthumous recognition. Her poetry was admired by T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, and William Carlos Williams.

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Loy was born Mina Gertrude Lowy in London, England. On leaving school, she studied painting, first in Munich for two years and then in London, where one of her teachers was Augustus John. She moved to Paris, France with Stephen Haweis who studied with her at the Acad?mie Colarossi. The couple married in 1903, at which point Mina changed her name to Loy.


 

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Myrna Loy & Williams Powell Collection (DVD)
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Myrna Loy - Screen Book Magazine Cover 1930's
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Myrna Loy - RomanticMovieStoriesMagazineCover1930's
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Parnell Clark Gable Myrna Loy 1937
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Topaze John Barrymore Myrna Loy 1933
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Libeled Lady William Powell Myrna Loy Jean Harlow Spencer Tracy 1936
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Connecticut Yankee  Will Rogers  Myrna Loy  1931
Connecticut Yankee Will Rogers Myrna Loy 1931
Double Wedding  William Powell  Myrna Loy  1937
Double Wedding William Powell Myrna Loy 1937

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Introduction
Early life
Loy and Arthur Cravan
Back to Europe
Later life and work
References
 


 

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