Jessie Kalmbach Chase | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 22, 1879 |
| Died | October 1970 |
| Occupation | painter |
Jessie Kalmbach Chase (November 22, 1879 – October 1970)[1][2][3] was a fine art painter based in Wisconsin.[4] Much of her work showing Wisconsin landscapes was inspired by the views available in her native Door County.[5]
Birth and early life
Jessie was born on November 22, 1879, in Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin.[1] Her parents were Albert Kalmbach and Dora C. Higgins, who were married in 1878; Jessie had two sisters and a brother.[6][7][8] She married Wilfred Chase and lived with him in Madison.[9]
Career
Chase studied design at and graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago before becoming a stained glass window designer for an art glass company in Chicago;[10] in this work she would often prepare water color paintings to demonstrate the design before producing a window.[5] Her later work was in oils. She would spend time studying a scene in person then retreat to a studio to create the paintings saying that she did not want to simply copy nature, but wanted to show specific light situations and to avoid mosquitoes.[11]
In the 1920s she was a member of the Madison Art Guild, exhibiting works in the area.[12] Her work was also distributed through the Madison Art association to galleries statewide, such as for an exhibit at the Sawyer Foundation in Oshkosh in 1926[13] and at the Milwaukee Journal's Gallery of Wisconsin Art in 1929.[14] In the 1930s, as her body of work grew, Chase had individual exhibitions at museums across the state such as at the Little Gallery in Manitowoc in 1936.[10][15]
In 1933-34, she was employed by the Works Progress Administration's Public Works of Art Project.[1] Chase created murals for the Madison Public Library and the Bank of Sturgeon Bay.[1][16] For some of the larger pieces she created in this decade, Chase worked in a mixture of cement and oil paint to create "cement-frescoes" such as were created for the entrance to Madison West High School and some civic structures in Fort Atkinson.[17]
Death and legacy
She died in 1970 in Green Bay.[1] Some of Chase's work was added to the permanent collection at the Miller Art Museum in Sturgeon Bay.[18] Two of her murals were also installed at the Door County Library in 2010.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jessie Kalmbach Chase Mrs. E. Wilfred Chase (1879 - 1970)". Museum of Wisconsin Art. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- ↑ Levy 2004, pp. 99–102.
- ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index database". FamilySearch. Retrieved March 5, 2016. citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ↑ Anderson & Anderson 1929, p. 107.
- 1 2 "Landscape Paintings of Jessie Kalmbach Chase Are Inspired By Native County". The Capital Times. November 2, 1930. p. 16. Retrieved March 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Usher 1914, pp. 1685–1686.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910, database with images". FamilySearch. Retrieved March 5, 2016. Jessie D Kalmbach in household of Albert Kalmbach, Sturgeon Bay Ward 1, Door, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 3A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,718.
- ↑ "Wisconsin State Census, 1905, database with images". FamilySearch. Retrieved March 5, 2016.. Jessie Kalmbach in household of Albert Kalmbach, Sturgeon Bay city, ward 1, Door, Wisconsin; citing p. 295, line 49, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,020,445.
- ↑ Usher 1914, p. 1686.
- 1 2 "A.A.U.W. to Sponsor Exhibit Of Jessie Chase's Paintings". Manitowoc Herald-Times. October 19, 1936. p. 6. Retrieved March 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Levy 2004, pp. 99–101.
- ↑ "Madison Artists Exhibit". The Capital Times. Madison, WI. May 4, 1920. p. 2. Retrieved March 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Display Oils by Madison Artists at Local Museum". Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. September 30, 1926. p. 12. Retrieved March 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Madison Represented by Eight Women in Wisconsin Art Display". The Capital Times. December 23, 1929. p. 7. Retrieved March 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Little Gallery Plans Exhibit for May Date". Manitowoc Herald-Times. April 13, 1936. p. 6. Retrieved March 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Levy 1917, p. 450.
- ↑ Levy 2004, p. 101.
- ↑ "Collection: Gerhard CF Miller Wing". The Miller Art Museum. 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- Anderson, William J.; Anderson, William A., eds. (1929). The Wisconsin Blue Book. Madison, WI: The State Printing Board – via Google Books.
- Levy, Florence N., ed. (1917). American Art Annual. Vol. 14. Washington, DC: The American Federation of Arts – via Google Books.
- Levy, Hannah Heidi (2004). Famous Wisconsin Artists and Architects. Oregon, WI: Badger Books, Inc. ISBN 1-932542-12-4 – via Google Books.
- Usher, Ellis Baker (1914). Wisconsin: Its Story and Biography, 1848-1913. Vol. 6. Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company – via Google Books.