June Leaf

June Leaf
Born 1929 (age 88–89)
Chicago, Illinois
Other names June Leif
Education Institute of Design
Years active 1949–present
Known for Fine Art
Spouse(s) Robert Frank

June Leaf (born 1929), also known as June Leif,[1] is an American artist known for her abstract allegorical paintings and drawings; she also works in modernist kinetic sculpture, however. She is based in New York City and Mabou, Nova Scotia.

Biography

She was born in 1929 in Chicago, Illinois.[1] She studied for three months between 1947–1948 at the Institute of Design (formerly known as the New Bauhaus).[2] Taking classes with artist Hugo Weber.[2][3] She left school and travelled to Paris in 1948, focused on creating and identifying abstraction and patterns in her work.[2]

In 1954, she returned to the school for her B.A. in Art Education from Roosevelt University and the same year her M.A. in Art Education at Institute of Design.[4]

Leaf returned to Paris in 1958–1959 with a Fulbright Grant for painting.[4] When she returned, she moved to New York City in 1960.[2]

She married filmmaker and photographer, Robert Frank in 1971.[5][6]

In 2016 the Whitney Museum of American Art held the retrospective exhibition "June Leaf: Thought Is Infinite", and at Edward Thorp Gallery, the exhibition "June Leaf: A Survey, 1949-Present".[3][5]

Her work is included in many permanent art collections including, the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[1] the Art Institute of Chicago,[7] Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago,[8] Museum of Modern Art (MoMA),[9] Minneapolis Institute of Art,[10] and many others.

Awards

Leaf was awarded an Honorary Doctorate, Humane Letters in 1984 from DePaul University and in 1996 from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD).[4] She has received many awards including the Distinguished Artists Awards from the Canadian Council in 1984 and a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grant in painting in 1989.[4]

Bibliography

  • Leaf, June, Thought Is Infinite. Gerhard Steidl Druckerei und Verlag, 2016. ISBN 3958291023[11]
  • Leaf, June, Record 1974/1975. New York City: Steidl, 2010. AISN: B01K0U93NE.[12]
  • Enright, Robert, June Leaf. Benteli Verlags Ag Dist, 2006. ISBN 3716513733

References

  1. 1 2 3 "June Leaf". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Beer with a Painter: June Leaf". Hyperallergic. 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  3. 1 2 "June Leaf: Thought Is Infinite". Whitney Museum of American Art. 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "June Leaf Biography". artnet. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  5. 1 2 Feitelberg, Rosemary (2016-06-17). "June Leaf Discusses Art, Whitney Show and Living With Photographer Robert Frank". WWD. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  6. ↑ Dawidoff, Nicholas (2015-07-02). "The Man Who Saw America". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  7. ↑ "Leaf, June". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  8. ↑ "MCA Collection: June Leaf, Arcade Women, 1956". Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  9. ↑ "June Leaf". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  10. ↑ "The Salon by June Leaf". Minneapolis Institute of Art. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  11. ↑ Leaf, June (2016). Thought Is Infinite (Google Books). Gerhard Steidl Druckerei und Verlag. ISBN 9783958291027.
  12. ↑ Hunter, Becky (2010-07-01). "July 2010: Book Review: June Leaf, Record 1974/1975 and Critical Communities, RITE". WhiteHot Magazine. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
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