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Jacqueline (Jackie) KirkVintage Abstract Expressionist Figurative Oil Painting, Style of Edvard Munch1980
1980
$2,200
£1,699.88
€1,965.22
CA$3,108.76
A$3,486.68
CHF 1,825.92
MX$42,366.56
NOK 23,186.13
SEK 21,982.08
DKK 14,669.36
About the Item
Robert Azensky Fine Art is proud to offer this evocative figurative in Edvard Munch's German Expressionist style by Jackie Kirk (American, b. 1929- 2021), c. 1980. This painting is unique in artist's oeuvre in that she fully embraces a darker, grittier German expressionism style, which she studied, recognized in the works of Erich Heckel, Max Beckman, and Kathe Kollwitz. Oil paint on archival paper relaid on board. Condition: Excellent. Signed lower right corner. Unframed. Image size: 24"H x 18"W
Recognized museum artist Jackie Kirk is best known for her series, "The Face of AIDS," a one-woman show of 50 paintings (25 pairs) at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, CA, in 1991. The paintings, acrylic on rag board, are three by four feet framed in museum legat wood.
Jackie was born in 1929, and has shown in five major museums including archives in the Women's Museum in Washington DC and a One Woman show at the Duke Museum in North Carolina . She has spend a lifetime teaching, painting and drawing and passed away in Marin County in 2021 at the age of 91.
EDUCATION:
University of California at Davis, Minor in Social Science 1975
Dominican College, graduate work 1972
Sonoma State University, BA Art Major 1970; Teaching Credential 1971
University of Minnesota, AA 1949
College of the Pacific, 1948-1949
MUSEUM EXHIBITS
“The Face of AIDS,” one person show, California Palace of the Legion of Honor (Robert Flynn Johnson, Curator), San Francisco, CA - March 18 - June 19, 1991. Color catalogue.
“World AIDS Day,” two paintings selected as the only art for display, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA - December 3, 1990
“New Acquisitions,” Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, two paintings purchased for permanent collection and one painting donated by Dr. Roger Keyes, Curator - San Francisco, CA - 1991
“The Face of AIDS,” one person show, Duke University Museum of Art (Michael Mezzatesta, Curator), Durham, NC - 1996. Color catalogue
“The Arts in Healing,” The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH -1995. Color catalogue
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, archives from1961 to 1999, Witness: The Artist’s Vision in “The Face of AIDS,” in public library; video of “Witness,” - installed 1999
BOOKS
The Story of Bird (seeking a publisher), 1999
Witness: The Artist’s Vision in “The Face of AIDS", Pomegranate Artbooks, Oct 1996
GRANTS & AWARDS
Flow Fund Grant ($20,000) in support of The Face of AIDS Project - 1995
Individual Artist Grant from the Marin Arts Council - 1991
Purchase award from the San Francisco Art Commission of Juried Painting:“Flower Influenced Art Exhibit” - 1988
First place painting award, Ross Art Center Group Show - 1979
First place juried painting award and public painting award, San Leandro Art
Association, San Leandro, CA - 1961
- Creator:Jacqueline (Jackie) Kirk (1929)
- Creation Year:1980
- Dimensions:Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 1 in (2.54 cm)Depth: 18 in (45.72 cm)
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- Condition:Very good condition (see images). New UV-resistant, non-yellowing varnish applied.
- Gallery Location:Soquel, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: GP115*1stDibs: LU5422172493
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