Claire Mahl Moore

Claire Mahl Moore (1912–1988)[1] [2]was an American artist born in New York City on December 24, 1912. Her career spanned from the 1930s through the 1980s. Moore took classes at the Art Students League, under the instructors Charles Locke, Harry Wickey, and Thomas Hart Benton. During the Great Depression, she worked as a printmaker for the Federal Art Project under the New Deal.[3]


Claire Mahl Moore
Born1912 (1912)
Died1988 (1989) (aged 78)
Other namesClara Mahl, Claire Moore, Claire Millman
OccupationAmerican artist

She was a member of the "initial nucleus" of The Siqueiros Experimental Workshop in New York, 1936. The Workshop was organized by the Mexican artist, David Alfaro Siqueiros who was then visiting New York as a Mexican delegate to the American Artists' Congress. Other artists in this "initial nucleus" include Harold Lehman, Sande McCoy, Jackson Pollock, Axel Horr, George Cox, Lonis Ferstadt, Luis Arenal, Antonio Pujol, Conrado Vasquez, Jose Guatierrez, and Roberto Berdecio. The Workshop was "ready to raise the standard of a true revolutionary art program, and its two main goals were firstly, to be a base for exploration of "modern art techniques", and secondly, to "create art for the people."[4]

Mahl's work has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Hudson Walker Gallery, and the Julien Levy Gallery.[5]

References
  1. "Clara Database of Women Artists". National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  2. Teller, Susan. “Emerging from the Shadows: A Survey of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960.” In Emerging from the Shadows: A Survey of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960, 3:702–7. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing , 2015.
  3. Francey, Mary (1991). American Women at Work: Women Printmakers and the Federal Art Project. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  4. Hurlburt, Laurance P. (1976). "The Siqueiros Experimental Workshop: New York, 1936". Art Journal. College Art Association. 35 (3): 237–246. doi:10.2307/775942. JSTOR 775942.
  5. "Clara Mahl | IFPDA". ifpda.org. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.