JANE PIPER ABSTRACTION IN WHITE
Jane Piper American 1916 – 1991 Jane Piper is among the talented and spirited mid-century women painters who are enjoying a resurgence today. Recognized by critics as one of Philadelphia’s foremost painters and teachers, Piper’s vibrant career that spanned fifty years and included thirty-five solo shows. Known for her abstract still lifes, she has been described as an ‘instinctive individualist’ whose independent spirit characterized her art, education and approach to teaching. Building on the French modernist tradition of Matisse and Cezanne, Piper gave color precedence over representation. She was interested in spatial organization and in creating space through color. By 1952, her work was growing increasingly abstract, and she began using white as the dominant color of her palette. Piper liked “the spatial sense of brilliance” it brought to her other colors. “I try to create order by cutting out, with white, a part of the chaos I create,” she said in 1978.
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Piper studied with Hans Hofmann in Provincetown and with Arthur Carles at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts. She taught painting and drawing at the Philadelphia Museum of Art inthe mid 1950s and the Philadelphia College of Art from 1956-1985. Her works are in numerous collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the National Academy of Design.
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WELLFLEE T, C. 1968-69
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THE PLACE OF SOLITUDE
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FERNS, 1959-60
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FLOWERS IN FRONT OF A S E AT E D F I G U R E , 1 9 8 9
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W H AT ' S L E F T O F F LO W E R S , 1970
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F R U I T S & V E G E TA B L E S , 1970 ACR YLIC ON CANVAS 40 X 60 INCHES SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
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IN THE MANNER OF Q U I TA' S PA I N T I N G B Y CARLES, 1965
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FLOWERS BY A DARK WINDOW, 198 4 -87
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STILL LIFE, 1957
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STILL LIFE WITH BLACK URN, 1984-90
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SUMMER WOODS, WELLFLEE T, 1967
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