Creator Record
Metadata
Name (Artist/Photographer/Author) |
Nickerson, Jennie Ruth W. |
Role |
Sculptor |
Dates of birth and death |
Artist's Nationality Dates: Canadian, (1905-1997) Born of Canadian parents |
Nationality |
Canadian |
Education |
Nickerson received her early education in Ontario at the Simcoe Collegiate Institute from which she was graduated in 1923. She studied art at the Detroit (Michigan) School of Applied Art with Samuel Cashwan, at the National Academy school from 1928 through 1932 with Robert Aitken, and at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design in New York. She studied direct carving techniques with Ahron Ben-Shmuel. |
Publications |
https://nationalacademy.emuseum.com/people/352/jennie-ruth-nickerson Short, C. W. and R. Stanley-Brown (1939) Public Buildings: Architecture Under the Public Works Administration, 1933 to 1939. United States Government Printing Office: Washington, DC. Public Works Administration, "List of all Allotted Non-Federal Projects, All Programs, by State and Docket, as of May, 30, 1942," entry A1, no. 59, Record Group 135. Washington D.C.: Federal Works Administration, 1942. located at the National Archives II, College Park, MD. https://www.laschools.org/employee/design/fs-studies-and-reports/download/LAUSD_Presentation_March_2002.pdf?version_id=1895945 |
Notes |
Jennie Ruth Nickerson Graecen was a sculptor, WPA (Public Works of Art Program) artist, art educator and teacher. She preferred to work in stone and carved directly into her materials. Her signature works were larger-than-life religious figures, but also created the occasional political figure as well. She has taught at the Roerich Museum, the Grand Central School of Art, and the Scarsdale Art Guild. September 2023 PastPerfect Conversion |
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