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1926 Cleveland, Ohio - 2009 Manhattan, New York. Known for: Female symbolism, modernist caligraphy, collage.
A non-traditional, revolutionary artist, Nancy Spero focuses her art work on challenging questions about women as artists and women as women. This subject seemed especially poignant in her paintings... Read full biography
A non-traditional, revolutionary artist, Nancy Spero focuses her art work on challenging questions about women as artists and women as women. This subject seemed especially poignant in her paintings in a December 2005 gallery exhibition, Cri du Coeur, in Chelsea, because it closely followed the... Read full biography
A non-traditional, revolutionary artist, Nancy Spero focuses her art work on challenging questions about women as artists and women as women. This subject seemed especially poignant in her paintings in a December 2005 gallery exhibition, Cri du Coeur, in Chelsea, because it closely followed the death of her long-time husband, Leon Golub. The exhibition showcased her "ability to combine hand-painted color with silk-screened images. The color starts out light and shifts to increasingly toxic... Read full biography
A non-traditional, revolutionary artist, Nancy Spero focuses her art work on challenging questions about women as artists and women as women. This subject seemed especially poignant in her paintings in a December 2005 gallery exhibition, Cri du Coeur, in Chelsea, because it closely followed the death of her long-time husband, Leon Golub. The exhibition showcased her "ability to combine hand-painted color with silk-screened images. The color starts out light and shifts to increasingly toxic tones of red, brown, blue and black, shadowing, overtaking and obliterating the figures while also evoking earth, blood, smoke and sorrow." (Smith). She trained at the Art Institute of Chicago and began in the 1960s as a figurative abstract artist with a... Read full biography
A non-traditional, revolutionary artist, Nancy Spero focuses her art work on challenging questions about women as artists and women as women. This subject seemed especially poignant in her paintings in a December 2005 gallery exhibition, Cri du Coeur, in Chelsea, because it closely followed the death of her long-time husband, Leon Golub. The exhibition showcased her "ability to combine hand-painted color with silk-screened images. The color starts out light and shifts to increasingly toxic tones of red, brown, blue and black, shadowing, overtaking and obliterating the figures while also evoking earth, blood, smoke and sorrow." (Smith). She trained at the Art Institute of Chicago and began in the 1960s as a figurative abstract artist with a political bent. She worked on paper rather than canvas as a symbol of rebelling against th... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Installation Art
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Chicago Imagist (Rebellion Against Norms of Art, Society)
Art Subject
- •Female Face and Figure
- •Feminist Themes, Women's Equality, Feminism
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
Art Association
- •The Monster Roster-Imagist
Art Teacher
- •Andre Lhote
Art School
- •Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, Student
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •First National Bank of Chicago Collection
Added Description
- •A.I.R. Gallery, New York Women's Co-op
- •Married to an Artist
- •Printmaking Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York