Carol Haerer

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

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

Career

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

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

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

Collections

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
  1. "Carol Haerer". Biographies of Notable People. My Heritage. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. 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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