Carol Haerer

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Carol Haerer
Carol Haerer in 1974
BornJan 23, 1933[1]
Salina, Kansas, USA
DiedJuly 20, 2002
Bennington, VT, USA
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Nebraska, Lincoln; Sorbonne, Paris; University of California, Berkeley
Known forLyrical abstraction, Minimalism
StyleAbstract painting
SpousePhillip Wofford
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship

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

Career[edit]

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 paintings were often stretched on supports with rounded corners, creating a sense of elegant objecthood as well as luminous surface quality.[6]

Education[edit]

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[edit]

Haerer received a Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Art in 1988.[8]

Collections[edit]

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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Carol Haerer". Biographies of Notable People. My Heritage. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b Siedell, Daniel; Eldredge, Charles (1998). Carol Haerer: The White Paintings. Lincoln: Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  3. ^ Lyrical Abstraction: Exhibition, April 5 through June 7, 1970. Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art and the University of Michigan. 1970. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  4. ^ Art Digest Company (1990). "Reviews". Arts Magazine. 64. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. ^ Artists Space. "Ed Clark, Carol Haerer, Ted Kurahara". Artists Space Exhibitions. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  6. ^ Fitzsimmons, James (1974). "Review: Carol Haerer". Art International. 18. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Star Alumna: Carol Haerer". Kappa Kappa Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega. Lincoln, NE. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Carol Haerer, Guggenheim Fellow". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Carol Haerer". Collections. Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Untitled, Carol Haerer". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Carol Haerer, The White Paintings". Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Carol Haerer: MONA collection artwork". Museum of Nebraska Art. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Carol Haerer, Untitled". The Hood Museum. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Sky Holder". Zimmerli Art Museum. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Deaths: Haerer, Carol". The New York Times. July 31, 2002. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  16. ^ Geske, Norman A.; Janovy, Karen O. (1988). The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803221338. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
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