Carol Haerer

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Carol Haerer
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Carol Haerer in 1974
BornJanuary 23, 1933 [1]
DiedJuly 20, 2002(2002-07-20) (aged 69)
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Nebraska, Lincoln; Sorbonne, Paris; University of California, Berkeley
Known forLyrical abstraction, Minimalism
StyleAbstract painting
SpousePhillip Wofford
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship

Carol Haerer (1933-2002) was an American artist known for abstract painting in the vein of Minimalism and Lyrical abstraction.

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Career

Haerer is best known for her White Painting series of works. [2] Her work was included in the Lyrical Abstraction exhibition at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut. [3] In 1990, the Rothko Foundation at Artists Space sponsored a three-person exhibition of Ed Clark, Carol Haerer and Ted Kanshare, which was reviewed by Arts Magazine. [4] [5] Her large-scale paintings were often stretched on supports with rounded corners, creating a sense of objecthood with luminous surface quality. [6]

Education

Haerer graduated from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln in 1954, and went on receive a Fulbright Fellowship to attend the Sorbonne in Paris for two years. She then attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she received a Masters of Fine Arts. [7]

Awards and honors

Haerer received a Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Art in 1988. [8]

Collections

Her work is included in the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, [9] the Brooklyn Museum, [10] the Sheldon Museum of Art, [2] the Spencer Museum of Art, [11] the Museum of Nebraska Art, [12] the Hood Museum, [13] the Zimmerli Art Museum, [14] and other collections. [15] [16]

References

  1. ↑ "Carol Haerer". Biographies of Notable People. My Heritage. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 Siedell, Daniel; Eldredge, Charles (1998). Carol Haerer: The White Paintings. Lincoln: Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Lyrical Abstraction: Exhibition, April 5 through June 7, 1970. Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art and the University of Michigan. 1970. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  4. ↑ Art Digest Company (1990). "Reviews". Arts Magazine. 64. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. ↑ Artists Space. "Ed Clark, Carol Haerer, Ted Kurahara". Artists Space Exhibitions. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  6. ↑ Fitzsimmons, James (1974). "Review: Carol Haerer". Art International. 18. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Star Alumna: Carol Haerer". Kappa Kappa Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega. Lincoln, NE. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Carol Haerer, Guggenheim Fellow". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Carol Haerer". Collections. Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  10. ↑ "Untitled, Carol Haerer". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  11. ↑ "Carol Haerer, The White Paintings" . Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  12. ↑ "Carol Haerer: MONA collection artwork". Museum of Nebraska Art. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  13. ↑ "Carol Haerer, Untitled". The Hood Museum. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  14. ↑ "Sky Holder". Zimmerli Art Museum. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  15. ↑ "Deaths: Haerer, Carol". The New York Times. July 31, 2002. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  16. ↑ Geske, Norman A.; Janovy, Karen O. (1988). The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN   9780803221338 . Retrieved 13 July 2017.