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Pat de Groot
Born
Patricia Richardson

(1930-06-14)June 14, 1930
St John’s Wood, London, England
DiedJuly 26, 2018(2018-07-26) (aged 88)
Brewster, Massachusetts, U.S.
Other namesPatricia de Groot
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania
Occupation(s)Painter, illustrator, book designer
Years active1974–2018 (for painting)
SpouseNanno de Groot (m. 1958–1963; his death)

Pat de Groot (née Patricia Richardson; 1930–2018) was an English-born American painter and illustrator.[1][2] She lived in Provincetown, Massachusetts for many years, and was noted for her oil paintings and drawings of seascapes and birds.[3][4][5]

Early life and education[edit]

Pat de Groot was born as Patricia Richards on June 14, 1930, in St John’s Wood, London, England, to parents Evelyn "Evie" Straus Weil and Ernald W. A. Richardson.[1][6][7][8] She was the great granddaughter of Isidor Straus.[7] Her mother Evelyn Weil worked as an interior designer, with clients such as Truman Capote.[8][9] Her father Ernald W. A. Richardson came from high social class, and served in the Queen's Regiment.[6][10] Her parents divorced when she was a child, and in 1940 she moved to New York City, New York, United States.[1][6] In 1947, her mother Eve Weil married George Backer, the publisher of the New York Post.[1]

Richardson received a B.A. degree in 1953 in literature from the University of Pennsylvania.[6]

Career[edit]

After graduation from college, she worked with George Plimpton at The Paris Review in Paris; then moved to New York City to design book covers for the publishing company Farrar, Straus and Giroux.[6] She had also apprenticed under the book designer Marshall Lee at the H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Company in New York City.

In 1946, Richards started making visits to Provincetown, Massachusetts.[6] She met her future husband, painter Nanno de Groot in Provincetown in 1956, and they wed in 1958.[6][10] Together they built a house in Provincetown on the Harriet Adams’ land on Commercial Street, it was completed in 1962.[6][11] Months later in 1963, her husband Nanno de Groot died of lung cancer.[12]

Her parties in Provincetown in the 1960s and 1970s attracted celebrities, musicians, and artists.[1] Her long term lover was jazz drumer Elvin Jones.[1] De Groot also would rent out a room in her house in the summer to visiting creative people, such as John Waters, Philip Hoare, and painter Richard Baker.[6][13]

De Groot never had formal training in fine art, and started to seriously purse the field in 1974, at the age of 44.[14][15] In 2000, she had her first solo exhibition in New York City of small seascape oil paintings at the Pat Hearn Gallery.[14][16] In 2002, she was awarded the Anonymous Was A Woman Award;[17] and in 2007 she was awarded the Lee Krasner Award from Pollock-Krasner Foundation. She had a survey exhibition at the Provincetown Art Association in 2009.[18]

She died of a stroke on July 26, 2018, in Brewster, Massachusetts, U.S..[1][6] De Groot has an artist file at the Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Hoare, Philip (2018-07-31). "Pat de Groot obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  2. ^ Marquard, Bryan (July 29, 2018). "Pat de Groot, artist and mainstay of Provincetown's art scene, dies at 88". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  3. ^ Skoyles, John (October 19, 2003). "Expanding Horizons: Provincetown artist Pat de Groot first focused on birds, and she used a kayak as her studio. Later, she moved indoors to paint the larger world of sky and water". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  4. ^ Hoare, Philip (2019). "Pat de Groot 1930–2018". Provincetown Arts. 34: 149–150. ISSN 1053-5012.
  5. ^ Micchelli, Thomas (2014-07-12). "A Slice of Pie, a Painting of the Sea". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Dunlap, David W. (July 30, 2018). "Pat de Groot, Seascape Painter and Doyenne of the Dunes, Dies at 88". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  7. ^ a b "Evelyn Weil Weds Ernald Richardson; Granddaughter of Late Isidor Straus is Married in Christ Church, Greenwich, Conn. Pair to Live in London". The New York Times. 1929-08-25. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  8. ^ a b "Mrs. Backer Dies; Society Figure". The New York Times. July 27, 1971. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  9. ^ "Pat De Groot (1930–2018)". Artforum. July 30, 2018. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  10. ^ a b "Miss Richardson, U. of P. Alumna Bride of Painter". The New York Times. June 16, 1958. p. 20 – via Times Machine.
  11. ^ Wood, Ann (August 2, 2018). "Pat de Groot, one of the last bohemians, dies at 88". Wicked Local. Provincetown Banner. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  12. ^ "Nanno F. de Groot Dead; Painted Cape Cod Scenes". The New York Times. December 28, 1963. p. 23 – via Times Machine.
  13. ^ Wood, Ann (May 26, 2016). "Beyond the horizon". Wicked Local. Provincetown Banner. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  14. ^ a b Johnson, Ken (2000-04-21). "Art In Review; Pat de Groot". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  15. ^ "Tough Lady". Provincetown Arts. 3 (1): 28–31. Summer 1987. ISSN 1053-5012.
  16. ^ Yau, John (March 2001). "Drawing lessons from Pat De Groot". Art on Paper. 5 (4): 62–65. ISSN 1521-7922.
  17. ^ "Recipients to Date". Anonymous Was A Woman. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  18. ^ Samet, Jennifer (2013-09-07). "Beer with a Painter: Pat de Groot". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
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