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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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Keywords (23)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Abstract Figurative, Human Figure
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Female Face and Figure
- •Feminist Themes, Women's Equality, Feminism
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Social Realism
Art Association
- •Chicago Society of Artists
Art Teacher
- •Leon Kroll
Art School
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Nude Figure Specialty
- •Tree Studio Building Artist, Chicago
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Knoedler Gallery, New York City
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Chicago Society of Artists-
- •National Institute of Arts and Letters
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition