About Jane Wilson

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    Following is The New York Times obituary of Jane Wilson.

    Jane Wilson, Artist of the Ethereal, Dies at 90

    By Bruce Weber, January 19, 2015

    Jane Wilson, a painter whose best-known works were landscapes that occupied a niche nestled between representation and abstraction, died on Jan. 13 in Manhattan. She was 90.

    The cause was heart failure, Bridget Moore, the president of the DC Moore Gallery in Manhattan, where Ms. Wilson's work has been shown since 1999, said in an email.

    Ms. Wilson, who grew up on an Iowa farm and moved to New York City in 1949, led a long and varied career as a painter. Her work, which might be generally characterized as an amalgam of expressionism and realism, included behind-the...

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