Isabel Case Borgatta

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Isabel Case Borgatta
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Born
Isabel Marie Case

(1921-11-21)November 21, 1921
Madison, Wisconsin
DiedApril 10, 2017(2017-04-10) (aged 95)
New York, New York
Alma mater Smith College
Yale University
Known forSculpture
SpouseRobert Borgatta
Website isabelcaseborgatta.com

Isabel Case Borgatta (November 21, 1921 - April 4, 2017) was an American sculptor.

Life

Borgatta née Case was born on November 21, 1921, in Madison, Wisconsin. [1] She attended Smith College and Yale University. [2] She also studied with Jose de Creeft. [3] She married fellow artist Robert Borgatta [4] with whom she had three children. [1]

Case was the recipient of MacDowell fellowships in 1968, 1973 and 1974. [5] she was a founding member of the organization Women in the Arts [6] and a contributor to Women Artists News , a 1970s feminist newsletter. [7]

She died on April 10, 2017, at the Westbeth Artists Community in New York City. [6] Her work is in the collection of the William Benton Museum of Art [1] and the Krannert Art Museum, [8] and The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Isabel Case Borgatta". Benton Art Collection. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Isabel Case Borgatta". West Village Originals. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Isabel Case Borgatta papers, 1939-1978". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "ROBERT BORGATTA WEDS ISABEL CASE; Painter Marries Yale School of Fine Arts Alumna Her Sisters Are Attendants". New York Times. 25 April 1948. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "Isabel Borgatta - Artist". MacDowell. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Isabel Case Borgatta '44BFA | Obituaries". Yale Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  7. ↑ Weisbord, Mimi; Haber, Ira Joel; McGee, Barbara; Seigel, Judy; Marxer, Donna; Jurinek, Jerilyn; Borgatta, Isabel Case; Stevens, May (1977). "Women Artists Newsletter: Women Artists Newsletter". Open JSTOR Collection. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Naiad". Krannert Art Museum - Women Artists. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Isabel Case Borgatta". Tang Teaching Museum. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
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