Artist Julie Green in front of their “Fashion Plate” series, which was exhibited at the 2020 Armory Show. (Theo Downes-Le Guin/Upfor Gallery) ...

Julie Green, a longtime editor at The Times who was known for her sense of humor and her generosity, died last month in Chicago. She was 77.

Julie Green painted hamburgers. And apple pie, beef-and-cheese enchiladas, bologna sandwiches, a medium-rare Chateaubriand, a bag of Jolly Ranchers, a single apple, a pack of Pall-Malls.

Julie Green, an artist known for painting the last meals of death row inmates on hundreds of plates over several decades, died earlier this month. Green was 60.

Julie Green gained acclaim for painting the last suppers of death row inmates. The focus now: the first meals of freedom for the wrongfully convicted.

Julie Green, the artist who commemorated death row inmates’ last meal requests on 1,000 blue and white plates, died in October.

Julie Green has painted the meal in cobalt blue on a seven-inch dessert plate, white with a blue border: An arc of pizza with 13 pepperoni; a lattice-topped pie with a scalloped edge, an icy glass ...

I want the press to know this.” Credit: Julie Green “The Last Supper” has received criticism for painting an unduly sympathetic portrait of death-row inmates.

Julie Green’s history includes being a nurse, specifically at the VA. In 2016, Green retired from healthcare but still had a passion for helping others and learning about their past.