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Alice Shaddle
American sculptor and art teacher (1928–2017) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alice Shaddle Baum (1928 – 2017) was an American sculptor, collage artist, and founding member of the Artemisia Gallery in Chicago.
Biography
Shaddle was born on December 21, 1928, in Hinsdale, Illinois.[1] She attended Oberlin College for a short while before transferring to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she received her BFA in 1954 and her MFA in 1972.[2][3]
In 1954, Shaddle married artist and curator Don Baum, with whom she had two children.[1] The couple lived in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, where they purchased the George Blossom House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, in 1956.[4] Shaddle and Baum separated in 1970.[5]
Shaddle taught at Hyde Park Art Center for over 50 years[2] (1956–2007) and was an instructor in printmaking and drawing at Roosevelt University, Chicago (1964–1967).[6] She also taught at Old Town Art Center (1978–1985) and the Triangle Art Center (1978–1979).[7]
Shaddle died on November 27, 2017.[1]
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Art
Shaddle worked in many media, creating sculpture, floor installations, paintings, prints, drawings, reliefs and cut paper mosaics, boxed objects, magazines, and collages.[8] Her work was exhibited was exhibited widely in Chicago and the vicinity, including at Hyde Park Art Center,[9] Artemisia Gallery,[8] the Art Institute of Chicago, Elmhurst University, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and Dell Gallery.[3] Shaddle was a founding member of the Artemisia Gallery[3] in 1973.[10] Her image is included in the iconic 1972 poster Some Living American Women Artists by Mary Beth Edelson.[11]
Her work is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[12] the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,[13] and the Illinois State Museum.[8]
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References
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