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1907 Grand Rapids, Michigan - 1985 Rockport, Maine. Known for: Abstraction, modernist views, collage.
Born Ruby Sonke on March 17, 1907, Denny Winters had the nickname of Denny from birth. Her parents were James Henry Sonke and Eva Taylor Sonke. She graduated from Grand Rapids Central High School in... Read full biography
Born Ruby Sonke on March 17, 1907, Denny Winters had the nickname of Denny from birth. Her parents were James Henry Sonke and Eva Taylor Sonke. She graduated from Grand Rapids Central High School in 1925. From 1928 through the mid 1930's, she lived in Chicago. Her first art show was in 1928 at the... Read full biography
Born Ruby Sonke on March 17, 1907, Denny Winters had the nickname of Denny from birth. Her parents were James Henry Sonke and Eva Taylor Sonke. She graduated from Grand Rapids Central High School in 1925. From 1928 through the mid 1930's, she lived in Chicago. Her first art show was in 1928 at the Raymond Katz Little Gallery. She married an artist, John Winters, who was a student with her at the Art Institute of Chicago, and they remained married about one year. In 1932 she opened her first... Read full biography
Born Ruby Sonke on March 17, 1907, Denny Winters had the nickname of Denny from birth. Her parents were James Henry Sonke and Eva Taylor Sonke. She graduated from Grand Rapids Central High School in 1925. From 1928 through the mid 1930's, she lived in Chicago. Her first art show was in 1928 at the Raymond Katz Little Gallery. She married an artist, John Winters, who was a student with her at the Art Institute of Chicago, and they remained married about one year. In 1932 she opened her first studio in Chicago and graduated from The Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. In the mid 1930s, she moved to Mexico for a year and studied the works of Mexican painter Diego Rivera. Then she moved to California and lived there for seven years. In 1938 she... Read full biography
Born Ruby Sonke on March 17, 1907, Denny Winters had the nickname of Denny from birth. Her parents were James Henry Sonke and Eva Taylor Sonke. She graduated from Grand Rapids Central High School in 1925. From 1928 through the mid 1930's, she lived in Chicago. Her first art show was in 1928 at the Raymond Katz Little Gallery. She married an artist, John Winters, who was a student with her at the Art Institute of Chicago, and they remained married about one year. In 1932 she opened her first studio in Chicago and graduated from The Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. In the mid 1930s, she moved to Mexico for a year and studied the works of Mexican painter Diego Rivera. Then she moved to California and lived there for seven years. In 1938 she opened her second studio in Los Angeles, and at this time she also designe... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Subject
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •California Before 1940
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •Woodstock, New York
Art Association
- •Woodstock Art Association, New York
Art Teacher
- •Diego Rivera
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Chicago Academy/School of Fine Arts, Student
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •U.S. Embassy, Art in Embassies Program, Foundation
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Frank Rehn Gallery, New York City
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Block Prints 7th Annual, Wichita Art Association
- •Woodstock NY Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts