Alice Shaddle

Alice Shaddle Baum (1928 – 2017) was an American sculptor, collage artist, and founding member of the Artemisia Gallery in Chicago.

Alice Shaddle Baum
Born
Alice Shaddle

(1928-12-21)December 21, 1928
Hinsdale, Illinois, US
DiedNovember 27, 2017(2017-11-27) (aged 88)
Known forpapier-mâché and collage

Biography

Shaddle was born on December 21, 1928, in Hinsdale, Illinois.[1] She attended Oberlin College, receiving her BFA in 1954 and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago receiving her MFA in 1972.[2][3] She married Don Baum with whom she had two children.[1]

Shaddle taught at the Hyde Park Art Center for over 50 years[2] (from 1955 to 2006) and was an instructor in printmaking and drawing at Roosevelt University, Chicago, from 1965 to 1967.[4] She was a founding member of the Artemisia Gallery[3] in 1973.[5] Her image is included in the iconic 1972 poster Some Living American Women Artists by Mary Beth Edelson.[6]

Her work is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum[7] and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.[8]

Shaddle died on November 27, 2017.[1]

References
  1. "Alice Shaddle Baum". Nelson Funeral Homes & Crematory. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. "Shaddle, Alice". Ryerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  3. "Alice Shaddle Baum: Fragments in a Fractured Space". Hyde Park Art Center. 4 November 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  4. Who's Who in American Art (35th ed.). New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who. 2014. p. 1241. ISBN 9780837963143.
  5. Gardner-Huggett, Joanna (2012). "Artemisia Challenges the Elders: How a Women Artists' Cooperative Created a Community for Feminism and Art Made by Women". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. 33 (2): 55–75. doi:10.5250/fronjwomestud.33.2.0055. ISSN 0160-9009. JSTOR 10.5250/fronjwomestud.33.2.0055. S2CID 142825769. Retrieved June 10, 2022 – via JSTOR.
  6. "Some Living American Women Artists/Last Supper". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  7. "Alice Shaddle". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  8. "Alice Shaddle". mcachicago.org. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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