Elizabeth Osborne

Elizabeth Osborne
Born(1936-06-05)June 5, 1936
Philadelphia, PA
NationalityAmerican
EducationPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania
Known forOil Painting, Watercolor Painting
MovementFigurative painting, Abstract painting
AwardsFulbright Scholar, Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, PAFA Distinguished Alumni Award, Ford Foundation Purchase Prize, MacDowell Colony Grant

Elizabeth Osborne (born 1936, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American painter who lives and works in Philadelphia. Working primarily in oil paint and watercolor, her paintings are known to bridge ideas about formalist concerns, particularly luminosity with her explorations of nature, atmosphere and vistas. Beginning with figurative paintings in the 1960s and '70s, she moved on to bold, color drenched, landscapes and eventually abstractions that explore color spectrums. Her experimental assemblage paintings that incorporated objects began an inquiry into psychological content that she continued in a series of self-portraits and a long-running series of solitary female nudes and portraits. Osborne's later abstract paintings present a culmination of ideas—distilling her study of luminosity, the landscape, and light.[1]

Career

Black Doorway I (1966) by Osborne; it was exhibited as Woman in Doorway in early 1966. Photo taken at the Delaware Art Museum in 2017.
"Black Doorway I" (1966) by Osborne; it was exhibited as "Woman in Doorway" in early 1966. Photo taken at the Delaware Art Museum in 2017.

After graduating from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the University of Pennsylvania in 1959 for her undergraduate studies, Osborne was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and traveled to Paris to study art. In 1963, she became the third woman to join the faculty at PAFA and for many years was the sole female faculty member.[2] She retired from teaching at PAFA in 2011. In 2008, she was honored with a career survey exhibition at the museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts organized by curator Robert Cozzolino, bringing together works from all periods of her career and accompanied by a major monograph publication.[3] Osborne currently lives and works in Philadelphia and is represented by Locks Gallery.

Her work is in numerous public collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art,[4] the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,[5] the McNay Art Museum, the Reading Art Museum, the Delaware Art Museum, the Woodmere Art Museum, and the Palmer Museum of Art.[6] She is represented by Berry Campbell Gallery in New York City.[7][8]

Select exhibitions

  • "Elizabeth Osborne: The Sixties" (October 8, 2016 - January 8, 2017) the Delaware Art Museum [9]
  • "Veils of Color: Juxtapositions and Recent Work by Elizabeth Osborne" (July 25 – November 15, 2015) the James A. Michener Art Museum [10]
  • "The Artist in the Garden" (2015), Michener Art Museum[11]
  • "Luminous Gestures" (2013), Locks Gallery, solo exhibition [12]
  • "The Color of Light" (2012), the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts solo career-survey curated by Robert Cozzolino with accompanying monograph publication[3]
  • "The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their World", (2012) The Linda Lee Alter Collection of Art by Women, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts[13]
  • "Flirting with Abstraction," (2012) Woodmere Art Museum [14]
  • "Narcissus in the Studio: Portraits and Self Portraits" (2011) the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts [15]
  • Elizabeth Osborne: Floating Landscapes 1971-79 (2006) Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, solo exhibition [16]
  • "Elizabeth Osborne: Recent Prints", (2005) solo exhibition at the Print Center in Philadelphia [17]
  • Four Visions/Four Painters: Murray Dessner, Bruce Samuelson, Elizabeth Osborne and Vincent Desiderio" (2004) Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art,[18]
  • "The Modern Still Life: Drawings, Watercolors, and Collages from the Collection" (1992), Philadelphia Museum of Art[19]
  • "Elizabeth Osborne: Paintings and Watercolors" (1976) solo exhibition at Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia [20]

Recognition

In 2013, Osborne received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.[21] In 1968, she received a prestigious Rosenthal Award from the National Institute of Arts and Letters and in 1964 was a Fulbright Scholar in Paris, France.[22]

References

  1. ^ "A painter showing her true colors by Edward Sozanski" (PDF). The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02.
  2. ^ "Penn Gazette: Elizabeth Osborne".
  3. ^ a b "Elizabeth Osborne: The Color of Light". PAFA. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  4. ^ Philadelphia Museum of Art – Collections
  5. ^ "PAFA: Elizabeth Osborne- Rockwood Still Life". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  6. ^ "Elizabeth Osborne: CV Locks Gallery" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  7. ^ "Berry Campbell Gallery: Now Representing Elizabeth Osborne (b. 1936)". Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  8. ^ "Berry Campbell Gallery: Elizabeth Osborne - Works". Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  9. ^ "Elizabeth Osborne: The Sixties : Delaware Art Museum". Archived from the original on 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  10. ^ "Exhibitions | James A. Michener Art MuseumJames A. Michener Art Museum". Archived from the original on 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  11. ^ The Artist in the Garden, Michener Art Museum[usurped]
  12. ^ "Luminous Gestures at Locks Gallery". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  13. ^ PAFA: The Female Gaze
  14. ^ "Woodmere Art Museum: Flirting with Abstraction". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  15. ^ "PAFA: Narcissus". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  16. ^ "Floating Landscapes at Locks Gallery". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  17. ^ The Print Center: Past Exhibitions 2005
  18. ^ "Ursinus College: Four Visions/Four Painters". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  19. ^ PMA: The Modern Still Life
  20. ^ "Locks Gallery CV" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  21. ^ "PAFA 2013 Annual Report" (PDF).
  22. ^ Art of the Print