Macena Barton
Macena Alberta Barton(August 7, 1901 – 1986) was anAmericanpainter.
Barton was a native ofUnion City,Michigan.[1]She studied at theSchool of the Art Institute of Chicagofrom 1921 to 1925 while supporting herself as a bank clerk and proofreader. Among her instructors there wasLeon Kroll,who encouraged her to study the work of thePost-Impressionists;[2]other teachers includedJohn W. Norton,Wellington Reynolds,andAllen Philbrick.[3]She quickly won notice for her strong, striking surrealist paintings, and would go on to participate in exhibitions around Chicago throughout her career.[2]In 1927 she received the August Peabody Award from theUniversity of Chicago,and she won first prizes from the Chicago Galleries Association from 1945 to 1956. Barton was a Fellow of theInternational Institute of Arts and Letters,and belonged to both theArts Club of Chicagoand theChicago Society of Artistsduring her career.[4]
Barton was a committed feminist who once challenged art criticClarence Joseph Bulliet's assertion, in print, that no woman had ever painted a nude of the highest caliber,[5]and she has been claimed as the first American woman artist to paint a nude self-portrait.[2]She later became a lover of the married Bulliet, with whom she frequently appeared in public.[4]Her 1938 oil-on-canvasLoavesis owned by theIllinois State Museum.[6]Woman Sewing,an oil dating between 1935 and 1942, was commissioned by theWorks Progress Administrationand is currently in the collection of the art gallery atWestern Illinois University.[7]A collection of her papers is in theArchives of American Artat theSmithsonian Institution.[8]
Exhibitions
[edit]- 1926: Art Institute of Chicago[9]
- 1927: Art Institute of Chicago[9]
- 1928: Art Institute of Chicago[9]
- 1929: Art Institute of Chicago[9]
- 1930: Art Institute of Chicago[9]
- 1931: Art Institute of Chicago[9]
- 1931: M. Knoedler & Company, Inc. Chicago[10]
- 1932: Art Institute of Chicago[9]
- 1933: Art Institute of Chicago[9]
- 1934: Art Institute of Chicago[9]
- 1936: Art Institute of Chicago[9]
- 1938: Art Institute of Chicago[9]
- 1939: Art Institute of Chicago[9]
- 1940: Art Institute of Chicago[9]
- 1941: Art Institute of Chicago[9]
- 1942: Art Institute of Chicago[9]
- 1943: Art Institute of Chicago[9]
- 1944: Art Institute of Chicago[9]
- 1949: Art Institute of Chicago[9]
References
[edit]- ^"Macena Barton | Illinois Women Artist".Iwa.bradley.edu. 2015-10-17.Retrieved2017-02-27.
- ^abc"Macena Barton – M. Christine Schwartz Collection".Schwartzcollection.com. 1935-05-13.Retrieved2017-02-27.
- ^"Chicago Art History,Chicago Artists,Illinois Historical Art Project".Illinoisart.org.Retrieved2017-02-27.
- ^ab"HJB".Hjbltd.com.Retrieved2017-02-27.
- ^"Macena Barton – Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Macena Barton".Askart.com.Retrieved2017-02-27.
- ^"WPA Art Collection – Illinois State Museum".Museum.state.il.us.Retrieved2017-02-27.
- ^"Collection – University Art Gallery – Western Illinois University".Wiu.edu.Retrieved2017-02-27.
- ^"Macena Barton papers, 1839–1985, 1914–1985 | Archives of American Art".Aaa.si.edu. 2017-02-08.Retrieved2017-02-27.
- ^abcdefghijklmnopqrFalk, Peter H; Bien, Andrea Ansell; Art Institute of Chicago (1990).The annual exhibition record of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1888-1950.Madison, CT: Sound View Press.ISBN9780932087119.OCLC1039382677.
- ^"Catalog of paintings by Macena Barton".libmma.contentdm.oclc.org.Retrieved2019-03-09.
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