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1930 Fair Lawn, New Jersey - 1994. Known for: Still life, portrait, educator.
Born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Helen Van Wyk became a resident of Rockport, Massachusetts in 1968 and was a painter of portraits and still lifes as well as a highly active person in the community... Read full biography
Born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Helen Van Wyk became a resident of Rockport, Massachusetts in 1968 and was a painter of portraits and still lifes as well as a highly active person in the community including the Rockport Art Association. She wrote seven books taught and demonstrated around the... Read full biography
Born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Helen Van Wyk became a resident of Rockport, Massachusetts in 1968 and was a painter of portraits and still lifes as well as a highly active person in the community including the Rockport Art Association. She wrote seven books taught and demonstrated around the country. She became most known for her PBS television series on painting, "Welcome to my Studio" in. the 1990s. The Woburn Guild of Artists was fortunate to have Van Wyk agree. to do a demonstration for... Read full biography
Born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Helen Van Wyk became a resident of Rockport, Massachusetts in 1968 and was a painter of portraits and still lifes as well as a highly active person in the community including the Rockport Art Association. She wrote seven books taught and demonstrated around the country. She became most known for her PBS television series on painting, "Welcome to my Studio" in. the 1990s. The Woburn Guild of Artists was fortunate to have Van Wyk agree. to do a demonstration for their organization, but shortly afterwards she began treatment for cancer. Exhibits: Academic Artists, Springfield, MA, 53&57; Audubon Artists, New. York, 54, 55 & 63; National Academy of Design, New York, 54, 55 & 64;. Silvermine Guild Artists, Conn,... Read full biography
Born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Helen Van Wyk became a resident of Rockport, Massachusetts in 1968 and was a painter of portraits and still lifes as well as a highly active person in the community including the Rockport Art Association. She wrote seven books taught and demonstrated around the country. She became most known for her PBS television series on painting, "Welcome to my Studio" in. the 1990s. The Woburn Guild of Artists was fortunate to have Van Wyk agree. to do a demonstration for their organization, but shortly afterwards she began treatment for cancer. Exhibits: Academic Artists, Springfield, MA, 53&57; Audubon Artists, New. York, 54, 55 & 63; National Academy of Design, New York, 54, 55 & 64;. Silvermine Guild Artists, Conn, 59. Awards: John C. Pierson Prize, Ogunquit Art Ctr, ME, 49; First Prize for Still Life, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe At Club,... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Oil Paint
Art Subject
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Cape Ann, Massachusetts: Gloucester, Rockport, North Shore
- •Rockport, Massachusetts
Art Association
- •Rockport Art Association-
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Catharine Lorillard Art Club Medal
- •Emily Lowe Memorial Award, National Academy of Design
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Still Life Specialty
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Grand Central Art Galleries, New York City
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Audubon Society of Artists
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Rockport Art Association
- •Silvermine Artists Guild