Mina Loy - 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 Académie Colarossi. The couple married in 1903. She first used the name Loy in 1904, when she exhibited six watercolor paintings at the Salon dAutomne in Paris.Loy soon became a regular in the artistic community at Gertrude Steins salon, where she met many of the leading avant garde artists and writers of the day. She and Stein were to remain lifelong friends.In 1907, Loy and Haweis moved to Florence, Italy where they lived or less separate lives, becoming estranged. Loy mixe Loy was born Mina Gertrude Lowy in London, England. On ...