Aimee Schweig

Aimee Gladstone Schweig (1892–1987) was an American artist known as one of the founders of the Ste. Genevieve Art Colony. Her paintings depict primarily local subjects from the Ste. Genevieve and other Missouri areas.

Aimee Schweig
self portrait
Born
Aimee Gladstone

(1892-01-30)January 30, 1892
St. Louis, Missouri
DiedFebruary 13, 1987(1987-02-13) (aged 95)
St. Louis, Missouri
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainter
MovementAmerican regionalism

Biography

Schweig was born on January 30, 1892, in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] She was married to the photographer Martin Schweig, Sr. She was the mother of the artist Martyl Schweig Langsdorf,[2] and the portrait photographer Martin Schweig, Jr.[3] She studied at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts at Washington University in St. Louis.[4] She continued her studies at the Provincetown Art Colony (Provincetown, Massachusetts)[4] In the early 1930s, during the Great Depression and after the closing of Provincetown art colony, Schweig along with Jessie Beard Rickly and Bernard E. Peters established the Ste. Genevieve Art Colony in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.[5]

Schweig taught art at the Mary Institute for over two decades.[1] She was a member of the National Association of Women Artists, the St. Louis Art Guild, and the Provincetown Art Association.[6] Her artwork was exhibited in numerous shows and she won a number of awards, including the 1945 City Art Museum Exhibition.[4] She was also featured in publications such as "An American Art Colony; The Art and Artists of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri."[4] She primarily used oil paints and her subjects varied from people to abstract art.

Schweig died on February 13, 1987, in St. Louis.[1]

References
  1. "Aimee Schweig". Missouri Remembers. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  2. "Martyl Schweig Langsdorf". Missouri Remembers. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  3. Duffy, Robert W. (27 March 2017). "Remembering Martin Schweig". St. Louis Magazine. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  4. Kerr, Scott (2015-02-19). "Aimee Schweig, "Abstract Number One" - McCaughen and Burr". Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  5. Kerr, Scott (2004). An American art colony : the art and artists of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, 1930-1940. St. Louis, Mo.: McCaughen & Burr Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0976242406.
  6. "Aimee Gladstone Schweig - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Aimee Gladstone Schweig". www.askart.com. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
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