Mona Beaumont | |
---|---|
Born | Mona Magdeleine Marx January 1, 1927 |
Died | August 29, 2007[1] San Diego, California, U.S.
[1] | (aged 80)
Education |
University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University |
Occupation | Artist |
Known for | Painting, printmaking |
Movement | Cubism |
Spouse | William Gerald Beaumont |
Children | 2 [1] |
Mona Magdeleine Beaumont ( née Mona Magdeleine Marx; 1 January 1927 – 29 August 2007) was a French-born American painter and printmaker. [2] She is known for abstract and in a cubist-style work, with subject matter in non-objective figure and still life. [3] [4] Beaumont lived in Lafayette, California, and the San Francisco Bay Area for many years, and was an important figure in painting there in the 1960s. [5] [6]
Mona Beaumont was born January 1, 1927, in Paris, France. [1] [2] [7] Her birthday has also been documented as 1 January 1932. [8] She attended University of California, Berkeley where she received both Bachelor's and Master's degrees [9] and continued her master's studies at Fogg Art Museum and Harvard University (M.A. degree). [2] [10] Additionally she studied under modern artist Hans Hofmann at the Hans Hofmann Studio. [8]
In 1946, she married William Gerald Beaumont, and together had two children. [1] [11]
She received multiple awards including the Grey Foundation Purchase Award (1963), a prize at the Jack London Square Art Festival (1965), San Francisco Arts Festival Purchase Award and One–Person Exhibition Award (1966, 1975), and the Ackerman Award from San Francisco Women Artists Annual (1968). [2] [6]
She died on 29 August 2007 in San Diego, California. [1] Her work is part of the collections at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, [12] and the San Francisco Arts Commission. [13] the Bulart Foundation in San Francisco; Grey Foundation in Washington, D.C.; Hoover Foundation in Palo Alto, California; and the Oakland Art Museum of California.
Mona Beaumont | |
---|---|
Born | Mona Magdeleine Marx January 1, 1927 |
Died | August 29, 2007[1] San Diego, California, U.S.
[1] | (aged 80)
Education |
University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University |
Occupation | Artist |
Known for | Painting, printmaking |
Movement | Cubism |
Spouse | William Gerald Beaumont |
Children | 2 [1] |
Mona Magdeleine Beaumont ( née Mona Magdeleine Marx; 1 January 1927 – 29 August 2007) was a French-born American painter and printmaker. [2] She is known for abstract and in a cubist-style work, with subject matter in non-objective figure and still life. [3] [4] Beaumont lived in Lafayette, California, and the San Francisco Bay Area for many years, and was an important figure in painting there in the 1960s. [5] [6]
Mona Beaumont was born January 1, 1927, in Paris, France. [1] [2] [7] Her birthday has also been documented as 1 January 1932. [8] She attended University of California, Berkeley where she received both Bachelor's and Master's degrees [9] and continued her master's studies at Fogg Art Museum and Harvard University (M.A. degree). [2] [10] Additionally she studied under modern artist Hans Hofmann at the Hans Hofmann Studio. [8]
In 1946, she married William Gerald Beaumont, and together had two children. [1] [11]
She received multiple awards including the Grey Foundation Purchase Award (1963), a prize at the Jack London Square Art Festival (1965), San Francisco Arts Festival Purchase Award and One–Person Exhibition Award (1966, 1975), and the Ackerman Award from San Francisco Women Artists Annual (1968). [2] [6]
She died on 29 August 2007 in San Diego, California. [1] Her work is part of the collections at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, [12] and the San Francisco Arts Commission. [13] the Bulart Foundation in San Francisco; Grey Foundation in Washington, D.C.; Hoover Foundation in Palo Alto, California; and the Oakland Art Museum of California.