Painter-sculptor June Leaf was born in 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, where she studied at the New Bauhaus, Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois, 1947-1948. She received her B.A. degree in Art... Read full biography
Painter-sculptor June Leaf was born in 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, where she studied at the New Bauhaus, Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois, 1947-1948. She received her B.A. degree in Art Education from Roosevelt University, Chicago, in 1954, and an M.A. in Art Education from the Institute of... Read full biography
Painter-sculptor June Leaf was born in 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, where she studied at the New Bauhaus, Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois, 1947-1948. She received her B.A. degree in Art Education from Roosevelt University, Chicago, in 1954, and an M.A. in Art Education from the Institute of Design. She also studied in Paris, France. She has lived for the past thirty years in New York City and Mabou, Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada, with her husband, photographer Robert Frank... Read full biography
Painter-sculptor June Leaf was born in 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, where she studied at the New Bauhaus, Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois, 1947-1948. She received her B.A. degree in Art Education from Roosevelt University, Chicago, in 1954, and an M.A. in Art Education from the Institute of Design. She also studied in Paris, France. She has lived for the past thirty years in New York City and Mabou, Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada, with her husband, photographer Robert Frank (they sometimes collaborate, with Leaf painting and drawing on his photographs). She has several times been a visiting artist at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Leaf's wood and welded sculptures such as Centaur Woman and Figure on a Hoist,... Read full biography
Painter-sculptor June Leaf was born in 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, where she studied at the New Bauhaus, Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois, 1947-1948. She received her B.A. degree in Art Education from Roosevelt University, Chicago, in 1954, and an M.A. in Art Education from the Institute of Design. She also studied in Paris, France. She has lived for the past thirty years in New York City and Mabou, Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada, with her husband, photographer Robert Frank (they sometimes collaborate, with Leaf painting and drawing on his photographs). She has several times been a visiting artist at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Leaf's wood and welded sculptures such as Centaur Woman and Figure on a Hoist, some with movable parts, may suggest childhood toys but comment, like her paintings, on feminist* iss... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (19)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Art Enterprises: Selections from the Collection
2000
Skold, Stacey (compiler)
195 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Selections from Permanent Collection
1984
Chicago, Museum Contemporary
164 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
Chicago, The City and Its Artists 1945-1978 (Exhibition catalog)
1978
Kirkpatrick, D/Charles Lewis
215 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Women Artists in America II
1975
Collins, Jim L.
430 pages
Art on the Edge Creators and Situations
1975
Rosenberg, Harold
303 pages
The New Humanism Art in a Time of Change
1974
Schwartz, Barry
192 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1973
1973
Jaques Cattell Press
927 pages
Fantastic Images Chicago Art since 1945
1972
Schulze, Franz
223 pages (color)
Human Concern/Personal Torment The Grotesque in American Art (Exhibition catalog)