Fay Peck
Artists Claes Oldenburg, and Fay Peck, with museum director Jan van der Marck (August 1968)
Born
Fay Gunderson

(1931-08-07)August 7, 1931.
Chicago, Illinois, US
DiedSeptember 18, 2016(2016-09-18) (aged 85)
Bozeman, Montana, US
Resting placeLake Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois, US
MovementExpressionism
SpouseDavid Bell Peck III

Fay Peck (1931 – 2016)[1] was an American Expressionist artist, known for her oil painting and printmaking.[2][3][4]

Biography

Fay Gunderson was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 7, 1931, to parents Alice Gunderson and Gunnar E. Gunderson.[1][5] She was of Norwegian descent.[1] She grew up in rural River Forest, Illinois.[6] In 1954, she married David Bell Peck III on her family farm in Lemont.[5]

She attended University of Miami, and studied in the summers at University of Wisconsin and the University of Oslo.[6] She participated in art workshops and studied at Anderson Ranch Arts Center and Evanston Art Center, where she studied with artist Paul Wieghardt.[6]

Her work is in many collections including Rice University;[7] First National Bank of Chicago; the New York Stock Exchange; Goldman Sachs; and various United States embassies.[6][8][9]

Publications

  • Peck, Fay (2014). Steele, Robin (ed.). Fay Peck: American Expressionist. History Works, Incorporated. ISBN 9780979776953.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Fay Peck Biography". Askart.com. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  2. ↑ Ross, Harold Wallace; White, Katharine Sergeant Angell (1973). The New Yorker (magazine). Vol. 49, Part 6. F-R Publishing Corporation. p. 7 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Findsen, Owen (12 June 1994). "Abstract Landscapes Shown In Hyde Park". Newspapers.com. The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 54. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  4. ↑ "Death notice: Fay Gunderson Peck". Chicago Tribune. 25 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Peck–Gunderson". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. 4 November 1954. p. 39. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Watson, Ella (January 2018). ""Fay Peck: American Expressionist" at the Helen. E Copeland Gallery (HECG)". Montana State University. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  7. ↑ Rodkin, Dennis (9 October 2020). "'Nature embraces you' at Lake Forest midcentury for sale". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "Art in Embassies: Fay Peck". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  9. ↑ "Fay Peck". Artnet.com. Retrieved 2021-01-31.


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