Florine Stettheimer "Family Portrait II" 1933
Every now and again, I'll discover an incredible new (though long deceased) artist who seems entirely and tragically absent from art history. I stumbled upon the dreamy fauvist painting "Heat" by Florine Stettheimer during a trip to the Brooklyn Museum this weekend, and rushed to my computer to find out more about her as soon as I got home. Sadly not much is written about her, and I came across only a handful of examples of her flowing, fantastically color-drenched work - and virtually all of them are washed out in jpeg form. I did learn however, in a delicious twist of synchronicity, that Kenneth Anger was a fan as well, and his short film "Puce Moment" was inspired by her paintings. Florine Stettheimer, I love your name, I love your art, and I will find out more about you, I promise.
I love Florine Stettheimer -- I first learned about her through her fabu sisters -- Ettie was a writer, and Carrie's dollhouse is at the Museum of the City of New York.
They threw fantastic parties at their house with people like Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray & had a house full of art.
Here's a good article on them:
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/cvvpw/gallery/stetthe1.html
Posted by: Susan Adami | June 29, 2009 at 05:04 PM
This is great! Thanks so much, Susan.
Posted by: Pam | June 29, 2009 at 07:29 PM
Just visited the MOMA and my daughter loved this painting. She asked me to find out more about the artist. Thanks for your posting!
Posted by: Nancy | June 21, 2010 at 09:13 AM