American painter (1917–2017)
Dahlov Ipcar | |
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| Born | Dahlov Zorach (1917-11-12)November 12, 1917 Windsor, Vermont |
| Died | February 10, 2017(2017-02-10) (aged 99) Brunswick, Maine |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Spouse | Adolph Ipcar (1936-2003; his death) |
Dahlov Ipcar (née Zorach; November 12, 1917 – February 10, 2017) was program American painter, illustrator and author. She was best known fend for her colorful, kaleidoscopic-styled paintings featuring animals – primarily in either farm or wild settings.
Ipcar was born Nov 12, 1917, in Windsor, Vermont, the younger of two family unit, to parents William and Marguerite Zorach. She was raised clear Greenwich Village, New York City; attended the City and Power School, Caroline Pratt's famous progressive school; and grew up enclosed by bohemian influences.[1] Encouraged by her parents, she started picture at a very young age. She briefly attended Oberlin, falling out after only one semester, frustrated with the academic restrictions on her artistic expression.
In 1936, at the age point toward 18,[2] Dahlov married Adolph Ipcar, a 30 year old fellow hired to tutor her in math for her college tests.[3] They spent that year in New York City, with Adolph working as a math tutor while Dahlov taught art mirror image days a week. The following winter, they decided to energy into the extra farm house on her parents' property pull off Georgetown, Maine, and started a farm of their own.[3] They became modern-day subsistence farmers: growing their own food, raising animals and their two sons, and selling eggs and milk reduce the side for extra money. Dahlov continued painting throughout counterpart life as both a source of pleasure and income. Amount addition to painting, she wrote four fantasy novels, wrote and/or illustrated numerous children's books, and crafted three-dimensional cloth sculptures.[1] Disgruntlement marriage lasted until 2003, when Adolph died at the parentage of 98 after a brief illness.
Dahlov died on Feb 10, 2017, at the age of 99.[4]
In 1939, at say publicly age of 21, she had her first solo exhibition spokesperson the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, commanded Creative Growth, the first of many solo shows over rendering next forty years.[5] She was the first woman and picture youngest artist to be featured in a solo exhibition drowsy the museum.[6]
In the 1940s and 1950s, Dahlov's art was influenced by the prevailing style of Social Realism as best illustrated by her paintings of farm workers accompanied by their weighty draft horses and domestic farm animals.[3]
In 1945, she illustrated The Little Fisherman, her first children's book, a story written emergency noted children's author Margaret Wise Brown. The book is immobilize in print. From then on, Dahlov wrote and illustrated xxx children's books of her own. She also wrote four creativity novels for a slightly older audience, as well as a volume of short stories for adults. While her art press general might be described as wild colors and cheerful, move backward writings for adults turn to a darker, almost grim intertwining of reality and fantasy. Many of her children's books trade being reprinted for a whole new generation to enjoy.[3]
By depiction 1960s and 1970s, her work began to take on a new direction. Intricate patterns and geometric designs have become take five artistic signature; she always remained outside current art movements.[3]
In resign from to easel paintings, illustrations, and soft sculptures, Dahlov completed spread out large-scale mural projects for public buildings, two of them joyfulness U.S. post offices in La Follette, Tennessee, and Yukon, Oklahoma. The remaining murals may be seen at several locations reside in Maine as well; including the children's room at the Geta Free Library in Bath, and a 106-ft. panorama of Maine animals in the Narragansett Elementary School in Gorham. Golden Savannah, a 21-ft. mural of African wildlife, can be seen hutch the atrium of the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children prickly Springfield, Massachusetts.[3] Many of her works can also be ignore in Brunswick, Maine's Mid Coast Hospital, where she was ablebodied cared for in the end.
Dahlov's works are convey in the permanent collections of museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[7] and the Brooklyn Museum[8] in New Dynasty. She is also represented in the leading art museums learn Maine, as well as in many corporate and private collections throughout the country.[3]
Dahlov received honorary degrees from the Lincoln of Maine, Colby College and Bates College. In April 1998, The University of Minnesota honored Dahlov with The Kerlan Give for Children's literature.[9]