Carol Haerer

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

Carol Haerer
Carol Haerer in 1974
Born	January 23, 1933[1] Salina, Kansas, USA
Died	July 20, 2002(2002-07-20) (aged 69) Bennington, Vermont, USA
Nationality	American
Education	University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Sorbonne, Paris; University of California, Berkeley
Known for	Lyrical abstraction, Minimalism
Style	Abstract painting
Spouse	Phillip Wofford
Awards	Guggenheim Fellowship

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]