Kathleen Gemberling Adkison - Abstract Expressionism Art

 

Kathleen Gemberling Adkison (July 5, 1917 - 2010), was an American abstract painter.

Like Jackson Pollock, Adkison worked with her canvas on the floor. She is recognized as among the first female to do so. However, her focus is based on the natural beauty of rocks, trees, tall grasses and other images she perceived from her hikes with her husband.

Adkison was a critically acclaimed artist and highly recognized for her work. She was among only eight women included in Northwest Art Today at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. She died in August 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kathleen Gemberling Adkison - Abstract Artworks

Kathleen Gemberling Adkison (1917 – 2010), was an American abstract painter.
Late Northwest artist Kathleen Gemberling Adkison created expressive abstract paintings. An avid hiker and mountain climber, her dynamic compositions were influenced by the natural landscape. In her own words, "The insistent life-force or energy expressed by nature in its wondrous plenitude of form and color, its mystery, its surprise and growth cycle are what continue to compel my work." She often placed her canvases flat on the floor, and painted with broad strokes and splattered paint.
Adkison studied art at Cornish Institute in Seattle and was a student of celebrated Northwest artists Mark Tobey and Morris Graves in the 1940s. She was based in Spokane, Eastern Washington. Her work was the subject of exhibitions and museum surveys throughout her career. She was one of only eight women included in the exhibition "Northwest Art Today" for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair.

Kathleen Gemberling Adkison - Abstract Expressionism

Kathleen Gemberling Adkison (July 5, 1917 - 2010), was an American abstract painter.

Like Jackson Pollock, Adkison worked with her canvas on the floor. She is recognized as among the first female to do so. However, her focus is based on the natural beauty of rocks, trees, tall grasses and other images she perceived from her hikes with her husband.

Adkison was a critically acclaimed artist and highly recognized for her work. She was among only eight women included in Northwest Art Today at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. She died in August 2010

Abstract art Kathleen Gemberling Adkison

Kathleen Gemberling Adkison ( 1917-2010 ) was an American abstract painter.
Kathleen Gemberling Adkison was born on July 5, 1917 in Beatrice, Nebraska, to parents Rupert Parks and Henrietta Williamson. She attended Hawthorn High School in Kearney, Nebraska for three years, and graduated from Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington. She studied art and painting under Leon Derbyshire at Cornish Institute between 1938 and 1942

 Adkison was the last surviving artist trained under Mark Tobey (Jackson Pollock's inspiration) and was considered one of the Northwest's premier female artists.
Her work has been shown in museums as early as 1960 when the Frye Art Museum staged a solo show of her work. She also had a show at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, formerly the Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum,[3] in Spokane, Washington, from December 13, 1973 to January 13, 1974.

 Like Jackson Pollock, Adkison worked with her canvas on the floor. She is recognized as the first female to do so. However, her focus is based on the natural beauty of rocks, trees, tall grasses and other images she perceived from her hikes with her husband.
Adkison was a critically acclaimed artist and highly recognized for her work. She was among only eight women included in "Northwest Art Today" at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. She died in August 2010.Wikipedia