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1948 Gary, Indiana - 2001. Known for: Naive modernist imagery, graphics.
Born in Gary, Indiana, and living in Chicago, Hollis Sigler adopted a "faux" naive style of painting as a mocking reaction against a culture that she perceived treats women like children. She also... Read full biography
Born in Gary, Indiana, and living in Chicago, Hollis Sigler adopted a "faux" naive style of painting as a mocking reaction against a culture that she perceived treats women like children. She also found this style one that most people can relate to, and staying at this level, she created works that... Read full biography
Born in Gary, Indiana, and living in Chicago, Hollis Sigler adopted a "faux" naive style of painting as a mocking reaction against a culture that she perceived treats women like children. She also found this style one that most people can relate to, and staying at this level, she created works that are purposefully awkward. Many of her paintings have written banners and decorative, painted frames and depict intimate interiors or suburban back yards. Often there is a shadowy figure whom she... Read full biography
Born in Gary, Indiana, and living in Chicago, Hollis Sigler adopted a "faux" naive style of painting as a mocking reaction against a culture that she perceived treats women like children. She also found this style one that most people can relate to, and staying at this level, she created works that are purposefully awkward. Many of her paintings have written banners and decorative, painted frames and depict intimate interiors or suburban back yards. Often there is a shadowy figure whom she calls "the lady," who is a symbol for real people. From 1975, Sigler has created psychologically complex narrative paintings, drawings, and prints that relate to her own personal experiences. Her themes are women's lives including love, family, coping... Read full biography
Born in Gary, Indiana, and living in Chicago, Hollis Sigler adopted a "faux" naive style of painting as a mocking reaction against a culture that she perceived treats women like children. She also found this style one that most people can relate to, and staying at this level, she created works that are purposefully awkward. Many of her paintings have written banners and decorative, painted frames and depict intimate interiors or suburban back yards. Often there is a shadowy figure whom she calls "the lady," who is a symbol for real people. From 1975, Sigler has created psychologically complex narrative paintings, drawings, and prints that relate to her own personal experiences. Her themes are women's lives including love, family, coping with loss and diseases, and the inevitability of death. In 1985, these themes were especially meaningful to her because she was dia... Read full biography
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Keywords (16)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Folk Art, Naive, Primitive
- •Naive, Childlike, Intuitive
- •Sophisticated Naive, Primitive
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
Art School
- •Moore College of Art and Design for Women, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Chicago Union League Club
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Printmaking Specialty