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Shirley Pettibone
Shirley Pettibone (1936 – 2011) was an American painter known for painting, and cloth sculpture. Pettibone was born in Bakersfield, California in 1936. She attended Principia College and the Otis Art Institute. She was married to fellow artist Richard Pettibone. The marriage ended in divorce. She died on February 23, 2011 in Los Angeles. Pettibone's work was included in the 1971 exhibition ''Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists'' held at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and the 2022 exhibition ''52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone'' also at the Aldrich. Her work is in the collection of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and the Delaware Art Museum The Delaware Art Museum is an art museum located on the Kentmere Parkway in Wilmington, Delaware, which holds a collection of more than 12,000 objects. The museum was founded in 1912 as the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts in honor of the arti ..., References {{DEFAULTSORT:Pettibone, Shirley 1936 births 2011 de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principia College
Principia College is a private liberal arts college in Elsah, Illinois. It was founded in 1912 by Mary Kimball Morgan with the purpose of "serving the Cause of Christian Science." Morgan wrote in her book, Education at the Principia that, "Although the College is not affiliated with the Christian Science Church, the practice of Christian Science is the cornerstone of campus life." The college's student body included students from 26 faith backgrounds and no longer requires its students or their parents to be students of Christian Science or Christian Science Church members. Principia sits on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River between Alton and Grafton in the Metro East region of Southern Illinois, thirty miles north of St. Louis. A portion of the school's campus is a designated National Historic Landmark District, for its many buildings and design by architect Bernard Maybeck. History Although Principia College was born out of The Principia, founded by Mary Kimball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otis College Of Art And Design
Otis College of Art and Design is a private art and design school in Los Angeles, California, United States. Established in 1918, it was the city's first independent professional school of art. The main campus is located in the former IBM Aerospace headquarters at 9045 Lincoln Boulevard in Westchester, Los Angeles. The school's programs, accredited by the WSCUC and National Association of Schools of Art and Design, include BFA and MFA degrees. History Otis, long considered one of the major art institutions in California, began in 1918, when ''Los Angeles Times'' founder Harrison Gray Otis bequeathed his Westlake, Los Angeles, property to start the first public, independent professional school of art in Southern California. However, Otis would not live to see the college's grand opening as he died the previous year in 1917. The current Otis College main campus (since spring 1997) is located in the Westchester area of Los Angeles, close to the Los Angeles International Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Pettibone
Richard Pettibone (b.January 5, 1938, Alhambra, California – d. August 19, 2024, Cobleskill, New York) was an American artist. He was known for duplicating in miniature noted contemporary artworks. He copied paintings, including those by Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, and Roy Lichtenstein and sculptures including Warhol's Brillo boxes and Duchamp's readymades. The FLAG Art Foundation describes Pettibone's style as Appropriation Art. Pettibone attended the Otis Art Institute. His first wife was fellow artist Shirley Pettibone. That marriage ended in divorce. Several of his miniature reproductions are in the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston The Museum of Fine Arts (often abbreviated as MFA Boston or MFA) is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the 20th-largest art museum in the world, measured by public gallery area. It contains 8,161 paintings and more than 450,000 work ..., the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists
''Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists'' was an art exhibition held at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum from April 18 - June 13, 1971. It was the first show curated by Lucy R. Lippard. Lippard only included artists who had never had a solo exhibition. It featured 26 emerging New York based women artists. In the preface to the catalog for the show Lippard stated: Artists The 26 artist in the show were * Cecile Abish * Alice Aycock *Cynthia Carlson *Sue Ann Childress * Glorianna Davenport *Susan Hall *Mary Heilmann * Audrey Hemenway * Laurace James * Mablen Jones *Carol Kinne * Christine Kozlov * Sylvia Mangold * Brenda Miller * Mary Miss * Dona Nelson * Louise Parks * Shirley Pettibone * Howardena Pindell *Adrian Piper *Reeva Potoff Reeva Potoff (born 1941) is an American visual artist based in New York City. Critics observe that her work takes a Feminist art movement, feminist approach that explores the observable world in order to emphasize themes such as impermanenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is located in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The Aldrich has no permanent collection and is the only museum in Connecticut that is dedicated solely to the exhibition of contemporary art. The museum presents the first solo museum exhibitions by emerging artists, significant exhibitions of established and mid-career artists whose work is under recognized, thematic group exhibitions exploring topics in contemporary art and society, and newly commissioned work. History The Aldrich was founded in 1964 by Larry Aldrich (1906–2001) with the purpose of being one of the first truly contemporary art museums in the United States. Using money he raised from selling his own art collection (which included works by Picasso, Miró, Chagall, Paul Klee, and others), Mr. Aldrich bought an 18th-century former church and general store known as "Old Hundred" and converted it into the Larry Aldrich Museum. The museum was originally located in the historic "Old Hundred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delaware Art Museum
The Delaware Art Museum is an art museum located on the Kentmere Parkway in Wilmington, Delaware, which holds a collection of more than 12,000 objects. The museum was founded in 1912 as the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts in honor of the artist Howard Pyle. The collection focuses on American art and illustration from the 19th to the 21st century, and on the English Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood movement of the mid-19th century. The museum building was expanded and renovated in 2005 and includes a Sculpture Park, the Helen Farr Sloan Library and Archives, studio art classes, a children's learning area, as well as a cafe and museum store. History The museum was founded in 1912 after Howard Pyle's death as the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts (WSFA), with over 100 paintings, drawings, and prints purchased from Pyle's widow Anne. Pyle was the best-known American illustrator of his day; he died unexpectedly in 1911 while on a trip to Italy. Pyle left behind many students and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 Births
Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funeral of George V, State funeral of George V of the United Kingdom. After a procession through London, he is buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. * February 4 – Radium E (bismuth-210) becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. * February 6 – The 1936 Winter Olympics, IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. * February 10–February 19, 19 – Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Amba Aradam – Italian forces gain a decisive tactical victory, effectively neutralizing the army of the Ethiopian Empire. * February 16 – 1936 Spanish general election: The left-wing Popular Front (Spain), Popular Front coalition takes a majority. * February 26 – February 26 Incident (二・二六事件, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
