Jo Baer Research Paper
Hillary Cook
3/20/2013
ART 1109 Jo Baer is an American artist born in Seattle, Washington on August 7, 1929 to her mother, Hortense Kalisher Kleinberg, a commercial artist and her father, Lester Kleingberg, a successful commodities broker in hay and grain. When she was a child she studied art at the Cornish College of the Arts, but since this is not what her mother wanted, Jo went to the University of Washington to major in biology. She stayed there from 1946-1949 and dropped out her junior year to marry. In 1953, Jo married Richard Baer, a television writer and moves to Los Angeles, California. In 1955 they have a son together and three years later they divorce. Jo’s first work was associated with the development of the minimalist art …show more content…
in the 1960s. During this time she started her series of different-sized squares as well as vertical and horizontal rectangles in the hard-edge style, in which she used a lot of white and grey as central colors, with a small line of color and black enclosing it. Jo spent the spring and summer of 1950 in Kibbutz in Israel exploring the realities of rural socialism. After moving to Los Angeles and marrying, Jo began associating with artists of the Ferus Gallery while exploring abstract expressionism. She then met a painter, John Wesley who she married for ten years. Jo Baer now lives in Amsterdam.
While living in New York, Baer became an active writer where throughout her many essays, “Art & Vision: Mach Bands” was published in 1970. In 1974 and 1975 Baer could no longer deal with being attached with Minimalism so she created two canvases which started her break away from it. June of 1975 Baer moved from New York to Ireland where she began painting animals and humans in translucent colors. In 1984 Baer moved to Amsterdam where she still currently lives. Her artwork has become “more declarative” with richer colors, sharper light and dark contrasts, and more cultural and social …show more content…
criticism. Cheryl Cook is a strong, independent, single mother of two born in Greensboro, North Carolina on August 30, 1972. Her mother Gloria Crews and father David Neal were both cotton mill workers. Cheryl is the middle of three children, who she loved to play outside with all day. Cheryl and her sister were both very rebellious. She used to do things like climb in the bed with her little brother when she wasn’t suppose to and sneak out. As a student, Cheryl worked hard although she did not finish high school. In elementary school she was spelling bee champion in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade. After dropping out of high school, Cheryl met Johnny Cook who she married at nineteen years old in June. Shortly after marrying they had a child and three years after her first child she had a son who she devoted her life too. Cheryl’s first work experience was a waitressing position at Green’s Supper Club. She held this job for ten years or more. After being married only five years she decided it would be best to separate from Johnny to find herself. She married so young and wanted to experience life in a different light. While raising her two kids she worked as many shifts as possible. At age 26 she found an office job at Stephens Pipe & Steel (a local fence co) where she is still currently employed and earning a decent, stable income. She was happy to quit the waitressing job so that she could support her children in the sports activities of their choice. Not wanting to miss a sporting event, she always did her best to attend each and every ball game or banquet in support of her kid’s accomplishments. Both of these women I feel have been through hard times, but managed to keep the things they love the most important thing in their lives.
Jo and Cheryl both grew up with their mothers teaching them how to be independent. I think that Cheryl was forced to grow up faster than Jo because she got pregnant at a young age and had to fend for herself after dropping out of high school, while Jo stayed in school until her junior year of college and her parents provided for her until then. Both women were in marriages that lasted five years and had children during the marriage. Jo has been able to travel the world doing her art, while Cheryl has not. I chose these women to compare and contrast because they are both strong, passionate, independent women and that is something that I look up to.
Works Cited
"Jo Baer - Drawings & Prints." Jo Baer - home. Web. 20 Mar 2013. <http://www.jobaer.net/page.php?id=29>.
"2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Baer>.Jo Baer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 20 Mar
"Jo Baer ." Oxford Index Home . Web. 20 Mar 2013. <http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095440608>.
"Jo Baer - Biography." RoGallery.com Fine Art Auctions & Select Artworks Online. Web. 20 Mar 2013. <http://www.rogallery.com/Baer/baer-biography.html>.
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3/20/2013
ART 1109 Jo Baer is an American artist born in Seattle, Washington on August 7, 1929 to her mother, Hortense Kalisher Kleinberg, a commercial artist and her father, Lester Kleingberg, a successful commodities broker in hay and grain. When she was a child she studied art at the Cornish College of the Arts, but since this is not what her mother wanted, Jo went to the University of Washington to major in biology. She stayed there from 1946-1949 and dropped out her junior year to marry. In 1953, Jo married Richard Baer, a television writer and moves to Los Angeles, California. In 1955 they have a son together and three years later they divorce. Jo’s first work was associated with the development of the minimalist art …show more content…
in the 1960s. During this time she started her series of different-sized squares as well as vertical and horizontal rectangles in the hard-edge style, in which she used a lot of white and grey as central colors, with a small line of color and black enclosing it. Jo spent the spring and summer of 1950 in Kibbutz in Israel exploring the realities of rural socialism. After moving to Los Angeles and marrying, Jo began associating with artists of the Ferus Gallery while exploring abstract expressionism. She then met a painter, John Wesley who she married for ten years. Jo Baer now lives in Amsterdam.
While living in New York, Baer became an active writer where throughout her many essays, “Art & Vision: Mach Bands” was published in 1970. In 1974 and 1975 Baer could no longer deal with being attached with Minimalism so she created two canvases which started her break away from it. June of 1975 Baer moved from New York to Ireland where she began painting animals and humans in translucent colors. In 1984 Baer moved to Amsterdam where she still currently lives. Her artwork has become “more declarative” with richer colors, sharper light and dark contrasts, and more cultural and social …show more content…
criticism. Cheryl Cook is a strong, independent, single mother of two born in Greensboro, North Carolina on August 30, 1972. Her mother Gloria Crews and father David Neal were both cotton mill workers. Cheryl is the middle of three children, who she loved to play outside with all day. Cheryl and her sister were both very rebellious. She used to do things like climb in the bed with her little brother when she wasn’t suppose to and sneak out. As a student, Cheryl worked hard although she did not finish high school. In elementary school she was spelling bee champion in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade. After dropping out of high school, Cheryl met Johnny Cook who she married at nineteen years old in June. Shortly after marrying they had a child and three years after her first child she had a son who she devoted her life too. Cheryl’s first work experience was a waitressing position at Green’s Supper Club. She held this job for ten years or more. After being married only five years she decided it would be best to separate from Johnny to find herself. She married so young and wanted to experience life in a different light. While raising her two kids she worked as many shifts as possible. At age 26 she found an office job at Stephens Pipe & Steel (a local fence co) where she is still currently employed and earning a decent, stable income. She was happy to quit the waitressing job so that she could support her children in the sports activities of their choice. Not wanting to miss a sporting event, she always did her best to attend each and every ball game or banquet in support of her kid’s accomplishments. Both of these women I feel have been through hard times, but managed to keep the things they love the most important thing in their lives.
Jo and Cheryl both grew up with their mothers teaching them how to be independent. I think that Cheryl was forced to grow up faster than Jo because she got pregnant at a young age and had to fend for herself after dropping out of high school, while Jo stayed in school until her junior year of college and her parents provided for her until then. Both women were in marriages that lasted five years and had children during the marriage. Jo has been able to travel the world doing her art, while Cheryl has not. I chose these women to compare and contrast because they are both strong, passionate, independent women and that is something that I look up to.
Works Cited
"Jo Baer - Drawings & Prints." Jo Baer - home. Web. 20 Mar 2013. <http://www.jobaer.net/page.php?id=29>.
"2013. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Baer>.Jo Baer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 20 Mar
"Jo Baer ." Oxford Index Home . Web. 20 Mar 2013. <http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095440608>.
"Jo Baer - Biography." RoGallery.com Fine Art Auctions & Select Artworks Online. Web. 20 Mar 2013. <http://www.rogallery.com/Baer/baer-biography.html>.
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