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1901 Union City, Michigan - 1986. Known for: Mod figure and portrait painting, feminist themes.
A painter, Macena Barton was born in Union City, Michigan. She graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago* in 1924 and held one-woman shows there as well as at Knoedler Galleries and Findley... Read full biography
A painter, Macena Barton was born in Union City, Michigan. She graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago* in 1924 and held one-woman shows there as well as at Knoedler Galleries and Findley Galleries in Chicago. At the Institute, she was much influenced by the teaching of Leon Kroll, who in turn... Read full biography
A painter, Macena Barton was born in Union City, Michigan. She graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago* in 1924 and held one-woman shows there as well as at Knoedler Galleries and Findley Galleries in Chicago. At the Institute, she was much influenced by the teaching of Leon Kroll, who in turn was influenced by Social Realism*. He encouraged her to develop her own style and to use her imagination, advice that she took to heart. Inspired by Kroll and also challenged by critic C.J. Bulliet in... Read full biography
A painter, Macena Barton was born in Union City, Michigan. She graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago* in 1924 and held one-woman shows there as well as at Knoedler Galleries and Findley Galleries in Chicago. At the Institute, she was much influenced by the teaching of Leon Kroll, who in turn was influenced by Social Realism*. He encouraged her to develop her own style and to use her imagination, advice that she took to heart. Inspired by Kroll and also challenged by critic C.J. Bulliet in a book before they had met personally, she was responding to his remark that no woman had ever painted a first-rate nude. Barton was a committed feminist, sure that women could perform equally as well as men in art and other areas. She incorporated... Read full biography
A painter, Macena Barton was born in Union City, Michigan. She graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago* in 1924 and held one-woman shows there as well as at Knoedler Galleries and Findley Galleries in Chicago. At the Institute, she was much influenced by the teaching of Leon Kroll, who in turn was influenced by Social Realism*. He encouraged her to develop her own style and to use her imagination, advice that she took to heart. Inspired by Kroll and also challenged by critic C.J. Bulliet in a book before they had met personally, she was responding to his remark that no woman had ever painted a first-rate nude. Barton was a committed feminist, sure that women could perform equally as well as men in art and other areas. She incorporated a variety of styles into her work including Realism* and Abstraction*, and artists on both sides of that fence tried to... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesChicago Modern 1893-1945: Pursuit of the New
2004
(Exhibition catalog)Kennedy, Elizabeth (Editor)176 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesRecord of the Carnegie Institute International Exhibition, 1896-1996
1998
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesThe Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)1,117 pagesThe Old Guard and Avant-Garde Modernism in Chicago 1910-1940
1990Prince, Sue Ann304 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)707 pagesRole and Impact: The Chicago Society of Artists
1979Yochim, Louise Dunn297 pagesWomen Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present
1973Collins, Jim L.426 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1959 American Biographies
1959Gilbert, Dorothy (Editor)718 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1947
1947Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor)685 pagesCatalogue: Annual Exhibition John H. Vanderpoel Art Association (By Contributors to the Collection)
1940
(Exhibition catalog)Klug, William L (Introductory Essay)64 pagesHalf a Century of American Art The Art Institute of Chicago
1939
(Exhibition catalog)Art Institute of Chicago110 pagesSecond National Exhibition of American Art Summer 1937
1937
(Exhibition catalog)Breckinridge, Mrs. H. (essay)32 pagesFirst National Exhibition of American Art
1936
(Exhibition catalog)Breckinridge, Mrs. (essay)32 pagesMallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge1,130 pagesArt Masterpieces of the 1933 World's Fair The Art Institute of Chicago
1933Bulliet, C J170 pages