Maude Boltz | |
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Born | 1939 Pottsville, Pennsylvania |
Died | 2017 (aged 77–78) |
Nationality | American |
Known for | fiber artist |
Maude Boltz (1939-2017) was an American artist and co-founder of the A.I.R. Gallery.
Boltz was born in 1939 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. [1] [2] She attended the Philadelphia College of Arts and Yale University. In 1972 Boltz co-founded the A.I.R. Gallery, a female artists cooperative gallery in New York City. [3] [4] In 1978 Boltz's work was included in a show at MoMA PS1 entitled Overview: An Exhibition in Two Parts by the A.I.R. Gallery. [5] She died in 2017. [4]
Her image is included in the iconic 1972 poster Some Living American Women Artists by Mary Beth Edelson. [6]
Boltz's work is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum [2] and the Whitney Museum of American Art. [7]
Maude Boltz | |
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Born | 1939 Pottsville, Pennsylvania |
Died | 2017 (aged 77–78) |
Nationality | American |
Known for | fiber artist |
Maude Boltz (1939-2017) was an American artist and co-founder of the A.I.R. Gallery.
Boltz was born in 1939 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. [1] [2] She attended the Philadelphia College of Arts and Yale University. In 1972 Boltz co-founded the A.I.R. Gallery, a female artists cooperative gallery in New York City. [3] [4] In 1978 Boltz's work was included in a show at MoMA PS1 entitled Overview: An Exhibition in Two Parts by the A.I.R. Gallery. [5] She died in 2017. [4]
Her image is included in the iconic 1972 poster Some Living American Women Artists by Mary Beth Edelson. [6]
Boltz's work is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum [2] and the Whitney Museum of American Art. [7]