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Born 1932 Verdun, Canada. Known for: Geometric abstraction, collage, sculpture.
Fascinated by both art and science, especially astronomy and astrophysics, Dorothea Rockburne believes that art and science originate from a single source and are informed by the same reality. In her... Read full biography
Fascinated by both art and science, especially astronomy and astrophysics, Dorothea Rockburne believes that art and science originate from a single source and are informed by the same reality. In her paintings, many which look like swirling astrological subjects, she expresses her sense of harmony,... Read full biography
Fascinated by both art and science, especially astronomy and astrophysics, Dorothea Rockburne believes that art and science originate from a single source and are informed by the same reality. In her paintings, many which look like swirling astrological subjects, she expresses her sense of harmony, correspondences and patterns that she regards as ultimate beauty with metaphysical significance. Some of her work is also described as minimalist and geometric because she has folded canvas into... Read full biography
Fascinated by both art and science, especially astronomy and astrophysics, Dorothea Rockburne believes that art and science originate from a single source and are informed by the same reality. In her paintings, many which look like swirling astrological subjects, she expresses her sense of harmony, correspondences and patterns that she regards as ultimate beauty with metaphysical significance. Some of her work is also described as minimalist and geometric because she has folded canvas into parallelograms and triangles with variations of surface texture. In the 1970s and 1980s, Rockburne relied upon the Fibonacci series, a set theory of mathematics of chance as taught by the French mathematician Henri Poincare. She was also inspired by the... Read full biography
Fascinated by both art and science, especially astronomy and astrophysics, Dorothea Rockburne believes that art and science originate from a single source and are informed by the same reality. In her paintings, many which look like swirling astrological subjects, she expresses her sense of harmony, correspondences and patterns that she regards as ultimate beauty with metaphysical significance. Some of her work is also described as minimalist and geometric because she has folded canvas into parallelograms and triangles with variations of surface texture. In the 1970s and 1980s, Rockburne relied upon the Fibonacci series, a set theory of mathematics of chance as taught by the French mathematician Henri Poincare. She was also inspired by the early Italian painters Giotto and Ambrogio Lorenzetti. A Canadian, she attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Montreal throughout her child... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Geometric Abstraction, Linear, Grids, Hard Edge
- •Minimalism, Minimalist
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art School
- •Black Mountain College, North Carolina, Student
- •Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Student
- •School of Visual Arts, New York, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
- •John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •U.S. Embassy, Art in Embassies Program, Foundation
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Museum of Non Objective Painting
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art