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Vera Klement

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Vera Klement (December 14, 1929 – October 20, 2023)[1] was an American artist, and Professor Emerita at the University of Chicago. She was a 1981 Guggenheim Fellow.[2]

Biography

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Born Vera Klementovna Shapiro in Danzig, Klement graduated from Cooper Union in 1950. She taught at University of Chicago, from 1969 to 1995.[3]

In 1973, Klement was a founding member of Artemisia Gallery, one of the Midwest's first feminist Cooperative Galleries located in Chicago, Illinois.[4]

In 1987, she showed at the Renaissance Society.[5] She was 2003 visiting artist, at Goshen College,[6] and 2007 artist in residence at Indiana State University.[7]

Her work is in the collection of the state of Illinois,[8] The Kentucky Center for the Arts,[9] and the Krannert Art Museum.[10]

Personal life

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Klement lived in Chicago. She was married first to Israeli violinist Werner Torkanowsky and later to composer and conductor Ralph Shapey, but both marriages ended in divorce.[1]

Klement died on October 20, 2023, of complications from cancer and COVID-19 in Evanston, Illinois.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Goldsborough, Bob (2023-12-05). "Vera Klement, 'uniquely Chicago artist,' dies at 93". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  2. ^ "Vera Klement". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  3. ^ Swartz, Mark (May 27, 1999). "Painted From Memory: Vera Klement's Prolific Retirement". Chicago Reader. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  4. ^ Joanna Gardner-Huggett (2012). "Artemisia Challenges the Elders: How a Women Artists' Cooperative Created a Community for Feminism and Art Made by Women". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. 33 (2): 55–75. doi:10.5250/fronjwomestud.33.2.0055. JSTOR 10.5250/fronjwomestud.33.2.0055. S2CID 142825769.
  5. ^ "The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago Contemporary Art Museum: Vera Klement, A Retrospective: 1953-1986". Renaissancesociety.org. 1987-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  6. ^ Marvin Bartel. "Visiting Artists at Goshen College". Goshen.edu. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  7. ^ "Indiana State University: Art Gallery". Indiana State University. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  8. ^ "James R. Thompson Center : Permanent Art Collection". .illinois.gov. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  9. ^ "Vera Klement Exhibit, The Kentucky Center for the Arts". www.kentuckycenter.org. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  10. ^ Krannert Art Museum. "Collections Search". collection.kam.illinois.edu. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
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