Vita Petersen

Vita Petersen (1915–2011) was an Abstract expressionist painter. She is known for her association with the New York Studio School.[1]

Vita Petersen
Born
Vita von Simson

1915 (1915)
Berlin, Germany
DiedOctober 22, 2011(2011-10-22) (aged 95–96)
New York, New York
Known forPainter
MovementAbstract expressionism
SpouseGustav Petersen

Petersen née von Simson was born in Berlin, Germany in 1915.[2] She studied at the Berlin Academy and the Munich School of Fine Arts.[3]

She fled Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1938.[4]

Petersen settled in New York. She married fellow immigrant Gustav Peterson, with whom she had one child. She studied with Hans Hofmann. Petersen was friends with Mercedes Matter, founder of the New York Studio School.[5] Petersen was both a teacher and a trustee of the school.[4] In the 1960s she was the subject of a series of portraits by Walker Evans.[6]

She exhibited around New York City, including the Betty Parsons Gallery.[5] In 2012 she held her last show Vita Petersen – In Black and White: Her Last Works at the New York Studio School.[4]

Petersen died in New York City on October 22, 2011 at the age of 96.[1]

References
  1. "Vita Petersen (2011)". New York Times. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  2. Zeitz, Lisa (1 November 2011). "Vita Petersen, 1915-2011". ARTnews. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  3. "Vita Petersen - Biography". AskArt. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  4. "In Pursuit of Sensual Form: Vita Petersen (1915-2011)". artcritical. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  5. Marter, Joan M. (2016). Women of abstract expressionism. Denver New Haven: Denver Art Museum Yale University Press. p. 191. ISBN 9780300208429.
  6. "Walker Evans | [30 Portraits of Vita Petersen at Dinner Party]". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
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