Elaine Badgley Arnoux | |
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Born | Helen Elaine Harper April 20, 1926
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
Died | July 15, 2023 | (aged 97)
Other names | Elaine Stranahan, Elaine Badgley, Elaine Kozloff |
Education | Chouinard Art Institute |
Occupation | Visual artist |
Known for | Portraiture, drawings, sculpture |
Spouse(s) | Robert Stranahan (m. 1946–c. 1951; divorced)
[1], John Badgley (m. c. 1952–c. 1974; divorced) [1], Gilles Arnoux (m. 1975–1989; divorced) [1], Harold Kozloff (m. 2001–2014; his death) [1] |
Children | 3 |
Website |
ebaart |
Elaine Badgley Arnoux ( née Helen Elaine Harper; 1926–2023), was an American visual artist. She was known for her portraits, drawings, sculptures, and a series of portraits of the mayors of San Francisco. [1] [2] [3] [4] Badgley Arnoux operated the Elaine Badgley Arnoux School of Art in San Francisco, She also went by the names Elaine Stranahan, Elaine Badgley, Elaine Arnoux, and Elaine Kozloff. [5]
Helen Elaine Harper was born on April 20, 1926, in Omaha, Nebraska. [1] Her parents were Harriet and Charles Harper, and her family life was unstable due to abuse by her father. [5] When she was a child, her father was arrested for impregnating a minor, and as a result she was sent to live with her grandparents. [5] After her father was released from prison the family moved to Whittier, California. When she was a teenager she became a portrait painter, and received a two year scholarship to Chouinard Art Institute. [5]
In 1957, her first solo show was held at the Robert Day Gallery in Richmond, California. [6] In 1965 she and her family moved from San Luis Obispo and settled in San Francisco, California. [7] [6] [8] In 1975, she married Gilles Arnoux and they moved to his hometown of Biot, Alpes-Maritimes, France for three years. [6] [9] [10] When she returned to San Francisco, she opened the Elaine Badgley Arnoux School of Art for a few years. [6]
Her work can be found in public collections, including the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, [11] and the Smith College Museum of Art. [6] She was the subject of the documentary film, Shadow and Light: The life and Art of Elaine Badgley Arnoux (2011) by director William Farley.
Badgley Arnoux died on July 15, 2023, in her home in San Francisco. [1]
Elaine Badgley Arnoux | |
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Born | Helen Elaine Harper April 20, 1926
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
Died | July 15, 2023 | (aged 97)
Other names | Elaine Stranahan, Elaine Badgley, Elaine Kozloff |
Education | Chouinard Art Institute |
Occupation | Visual artist |
Known for | Portraiture, drawings, sculpture |
Spouse(s) | Robert Stranahan (m. 1946–c. 1951; divorced)
[1], John Badgley (m. c. 1952–c. 1974; divorced) [1], Gilles Arnoux (m. 1975–1989; divorced) [1], Harold Kozloff (m. 2001–2014; his death) [1] |
Children | 3 |
Website |
ebaart |
Elaine Badgley Arnoux ( née Helen Elaine Harper; 1926–2023), was an American visual artist. She was known for her portraits, drawings, sculptures, and a series of portraits of the mayors of San Francisco. [1] [2] [3] [4] Badgley Arnoux operated the Elaine Badgley Arnoux School of Art in San Francisco, She also went by the names Elaine Stranahan, Elaine Badgley, Elaine Arnoux, and Elaine Kozloff. [5]
Helen Elaine Harper was born on April 20, 1926, in Omaha, Nebraska. [1] Her parents were Harriet and Charles Harper, and her family life was unstable due to abuse by her father. [5] When she was a child, her father was arrested for impregnating a minor, and as a result she was sent to live with her grandparents. [5] After her father was released from prison the family moved to Whittier, California. When she was a teenager she became a portrait painter, and received a two year scholarship to Chouinard Art Institute. [5]
In 1957, her first solo show was held at the Robert Day Gallery in Richmond, California. [6] In 1965 she and her family moved from San Luis Obispo and settled in San Francisco, California. [7] [6] [8] In 1975, she married Gilles Arnoux and they moved to his hometown of Biot, Alpes-Maritimes, France for three years. [6] [9] [10] When she returned to San Francisco, she opened the Elaine Badgley Arnoux School of Art for a few years. [6]
Her work can be found in public collections, including the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, [11] and the Smith College Museum of Art. [6] She was the subject of the documentary film, Shadow and Light: The life and Art of Elaine Badgley Arnoux (2011) by director William Farley.
Badgley Arnoux died on July 15, 2023, in her home in San Francisco. [1]