Perle Fine
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Perle Fine was among the most prominent female artists associated with American Abstract Expressionism
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in New York City as well as in Provincetown, MA. In 1950 she was nominated by Willem de Kooning
and then admitted to the 8th Street “Artists’ Club”, located at 39 East 8th Street.
Perle Fine was chosen by her fellow artists to show in the Ninth Street Show held on May 21-June 10, 1951.
The show was located at 60 East 9th Street on the first floor and the basement of a building which was about to be demolished. According to Bruce Altshuler:
Perle Fine participated from 1951 to 1957 in the invitational New York Painting and Sculpture Annuals,,,, including the Ninth Street Show., She was among the 24 out of a total 256 New York School artists who was included in all the Annuals. These Annuals were important because the participants were chosen by the artists themselves.
In the 1950s Fine moved to the Springs
, section of East Hampton
on the eastern end of Long Island
where Jackson Pollock
, Lee Krasner
. Willem de Kooning
, Conrad Marca-Relli
and other members of the New York School
found permanent residence.
Perle Fine stated the following:
Perle Fine died of pneumonia on May 31, 1988, at the age of 83 in East Hampton, New York.
Abstract expressionism
Abstract expressionism was an American post–World War II art movement. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve worldwide influence and put New York City at the center of the western art world, a role formerly filled by Paris...
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Biography
Perle Fine was born in Boston, MA, in 1908. Her interest in art started at early age. In her early twenties she moved to New York City to study at the Art Students League with Kimon Nicolades. In the late 1930s she began to study with Hans HofmannHans Hofmann
Hans Hofmann was a German-born American abstract expressionist painter.-Biography:Hofmann was born in Weißenburg, Bavaria on March 21, 1880, the son of Theodor and Franziska Hofmann. When he was six he moved with his family to Munich...
in New York City as well as in Provincetown, MA. In 1950 she was nominated by Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning was a Dutch American abstract expressionist artist who was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands....
and then admitted to the 8th Street “Artists’ Club”, located at 39 East 8th Street.
Perle Fine was chosen by her fellow artists to show in the Ninth Street Show held on May 21-June 10, 1951.
The show was located at 60 East 9th Street on the first floor and the basement of a building which was about to be demolished. According to Bruce Altshuler:
- "The artists celebrated not only the appearance of the dealers, collectors and museum people on the 9th Street, and the consequent exposure of their work but they celebrated the creation and the strength of a living community of significant dimensions."
Perle Fine participated from 1951 to 1957 in the invitational New York Painting and Sculpture Annuals,,,, including the Ninth Street Show., She was among the 24 out of a total 256 New York School artists who was included in all the Annuals. These Annuals were important because the participants were chosen by the artists themselves.
In the 1950s Fine moved to the Springs
Springs, New York
Springs is a census-designated place roughly corresponding to the hamlet by the same name in the town of East Hampton in Suffolk County, New York on the South Fork of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the hamlet population was 4,950...
, section of East Hampton
East Hampton (village), New York
The Village of East Hampton is a village in Town of East Hampton, New York. It is located in Suffolk County, on the South Fork of eastern Long Island...
on the eastern end of Long Island
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
where Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
Paul Jackson Pollock , known as Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. During his lifetime, Pollock enjoyed considerable fame and notoriety. He was regarded as a mostly reclusive artist. He had a volatile personality, and...
, Lee Krasner
Lee Krasner
Lee Krasner was an influential abstract expressionist painter in the second half of the 20th century. On October 25, 1945, she married artist Jackson Pollock, who was also influential in the Abstract Expressionism movement....
. Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning was a Dutch American abstract expressionist artist who was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands....
, Conrad Marca-Relli
Conrad Marca-Relli
Conrad Marca-Relli was an American artist who belonged to the early generation of New York School Abstract Expressionist artists whose artistic innovation by the 1950s had been recognized across the Atlantic, including Paris...
and other members of the New York School
New York School
The New York School was an informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians active in the 1950s, 1960s in New York City...
found permanent residence.
Perle Fine stated the following:
- " I never thought of myself as a student or teacher, but as a painter. When I paint something I am very much aware of the future. If I feel something will not stand up 40 years from now, I am not interested in doing that kind of thing."
Perle Fine died of pneumonia on May 31, 1988, at the age of 83 in East Hampton, New York.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 1945: Marian Willard Gallery, NY;
- 1946-47: Nierendorf Gallery, NYC;
- 1947: M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, Ca;
- 1949, 1951-53: Betty Parsons Gallery, NY;
- 1955, 58: Tanager Gallery, NYC;
- 1961, 63, 64, 67: Graham Gallery, NY;
- 1972: Joan Washburn Gallery, NY;
- 1978: “Major Works: 1954-1978: A Selection of Drawings, Paintings, and Collages, ” Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY.
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 1945: The Art of This Century, Solomon R. Guggenheim MuseumSolomon R. Guggenheim MuseumThe Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a well-known museum located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. It is the permanent home to a renowned collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern, and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions...
, NYC; - 1950: “American Painting Today 1950,” The Metropolitan Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of ArtThe Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
, NYC; - 1951, 1953-57: Ninth Street Exhibition, the first and subsequent 5 “New York Painting and Sculpture Annual,” Stable GalleryStable GalleryThe Stable Gallery, originally located on West 58th Street in New York, was founded in 1953 by Eleanor Ward. The Stable Gallery hosted early solo New York exhibitions for artists including Robert Indiana and Andy Warhol.-History:...
, NY; - 1946, 47, 49, 51, 52, 54, 55, 58, 61, 72: Whitney Museum of American ArtWhitney Museum of American ArtThe Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
, Annuals and Biennials, NY; - 1958: “Nature in Abstraction; The Relation of Abstract Painting and Sculpture to Nature in Twentieth-Century American Art,” circ., Whitney Museum of American ArtWhitney Museum of American ArtThe Whitney Museum of American Art, often referred to simply as "the Whitney", is an art museum with a focus on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Located at 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street in New York City, the Whitney's permanent collection contains more than 18,000 works in a wide variety of...
, NYC; - 1961-62: “The Art of Assemblage,” circ., Museum of Modern ArtMuseum of Modern ArtThe Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
, NY; - 1963-64: “Hans Hofmann and His Students,” circ., Museum of Modern ArtMuseum of Modern ArtThe Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
, NYC; - 1967: “Selection 1967: Recent Acquisitions in Modern Art,” University Art Museum, University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
; - 1984: “The Return of Abstraction,” Ingber Gallery, NY;
- 1990: “East Hampton Avant-Garde; A Salute to the Signa Gallery,” Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY;
- 1994: "Reclaiming Artists of the New York School. Toward a More Inclusive View of the 1950s", Baruch CollegeBaruch CollegeBernard M. Baruch College, more commonly known as Baruch College, is a constituent college of the City University of New York, located in the Flatiron district of Manhattan, New York City. With an acceptance rate of just 23%, Baruch is among the most competitive and diverse colleges in the nation...
City UniversityCity University of New YorkThe City University of New York is the public university system of New York City, with its administrative offices in Yorkville in Manhattan. It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 23 institutions: 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E...
, New York City; "New York-Provincetown: A 50s Connection", Provincetown Art Association and MuseumProvincetown Art Association and MuseumThe Provincetown Art Association and Museum is located at 460 Commercial Street in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It is accredited by the American Association of Museums and is the most attended art museum on Cape Cod. The museum's permanent collection includes over 2,500 objects, a number which...
, Provincetown, MassachusettsProvincetown, MassachusettsProvincetown is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,431 at the 2000 census, with an estimated 2007 population of 3,174...
; - 2004: "Reuniting an Era Abstract Expressionists of the 1950s.", Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IllinoisRockford, IllinoisRockford is a mid-sized city located on both banks of the Rock River in far northern Illinois. Often referred to as "The Forest City", Rockford is the county seat of Winnebago County, Illinois, USA. As reported in the 2010 U.S. census, the city was home to 152,871 people, the third most populated...
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Books
- Harold Rosenberg, The anxious object; art today and its audience (New York, Horizon Press [1964]
- Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein, American Women Artists: from early Indian times to the present (New York, N.Y. : Avon ; Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, ©1982.) ISBN 0-380-61101-5
- Paula Chiarmonte, Women artists in the United States : a selective bibliography and resource guide on the fine and decorative arts, 1750-1986 (Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1990.) ISBN 0-8161-8917-X
- Ann Eden Gibson, Issues in abstract expressionism : the artist-run periodicals (Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press, ©1990.) ISBN 0-8357-1944-8
- Janet A. Anderson, Women in the fine arts : a bibliography and illustration guide (Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 1991) ISBN 0-89950-541-4
- Ann Eden Gibson, Abstract expressionism : other politics (New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, ©1997.) ISBN 0-300-06339-3
- Marika Herskovic, New York School Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists, (New York School Press, 2000.) ISBN 0-9677994-0-6. p. 16; p. 37; p. 138-141
- Marika Herskovic, American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s An Illustrated Survey, (New York School Press, 2003.) ISBN 0-9677994-1-4. p. 126-129
- Kathleen L. Housley; Perle Fine Tranquil power : the art and life of Perle Fine (New York City : Midmarch Arts Press, 2005) ISBN 1-877675-54-7
- Marika Herskovic, American Abstract and Figurative Expressionism: Style Is Timely Art Is Timeless (New York School Press, 2009.) ISBN 978-0-9677994-2-1. p. 88-91
- Kathleen L. Housley, The Tranquil Power of Perle Fine's Art (Woman's Art Journal, Spring - Summer, 2003, vol. 24, no. 1, p. 3-10
External links
- Perle Fine
- Perle Fine Abstract Expressionism-Artist of the 9th Street Art Exhibition- video from youtube.com
See also
- Art movementArt movementAn art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific common philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a restricted period of time, or, at least, with the heyday of the movement defined within a number of years...
- Abstract expressionismAbstract expressionismAbstract expressionism was an American post–World War II art movement. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve worldwide influence and put New York City at the center of the western art world, a role formerly filled by Paris...
- Action paintingAction paintingAction painting sometimes called "gestural abstraction", is a style of painting in which paint is spontaneously dribbled, splashed or smeared onto the canvas, rather than being carefully applied...
- New York SchoolNew York SchoolThe New York School was an informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians active in the 1950s, 1960s in New York City...
- 9th Street Art Exhibition