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…
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…
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…
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…
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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