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{{Short description|American artist}}
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'''Vera Klement''' (born 1929 [[Gdańsk|Danzig]]) is an American artist, and Professor Emerita at the [[University of Chicago]]. She was a 1981 [[Guggenheim Fellow]].<ref> {{ Cite web | access-date = 2023-04-02 | publisher = [[John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation]] | url = https://www.gf.org/fellows/vera-klement/ | title = Vera Klement }} </ref>
'''Vera Klement''' (December 14, 1929 – October 20, 2023<ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-vera-klement-obituary-20231205-ugd2xu4a4nc7dgzoncns4cgjbm-story.html</ref>) was an American artist, and Professor Emerita at the [[University of Chicago]]. She was a 1981 [[Guggenheim Fellow]].<ref> {{ Cite web | access-date = 2023-04-02 | publisher = [[John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation]] | url = https://www.gf.org/fellows/vera-klement/ | title = Vera Klement }} </ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Klement graduated from [[Cooper Union]] in 1950. She taught at University of Chicago, from 1969 to 1995.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/painted-from-memory/Content?oid=899335|title=Painted From Memory: Vera Klement's Prolific Retirement|last=Swartz|first=Mark|date=May 27, 1999|work= [[Chicago Reader]] |access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref>
Born Vera Klementovna Shapiro in [[Gdańsk|Danzig]], Klement graduated from [[Cooper Union]] in 1950. She taught at University of Chicago, from 1969 to 1995.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/painted-from-memory/Content?oid=899335|title=Painted From Memory: Vera Klement's Prolific Retirement|last=Swartz|first=Mark|date=May 27, 1999|work= [[Chicago Reader]] |access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref>


In 1973, Klement was a founding member of [[Artemisia Gallery]], one of the Midwest's first feminist Cooperative Galleries located in Chicago, Illinois.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Joanna Gardner-Huggett|date=2012|title=Artemisia Challenges the Elders: How a Women Artists' Cooperative Created a Community for Feminism and Art Made by Women|journal=Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies|volume=33|issue=2|pages=55–75|doi=10.5250/fronjwomestud.33.2.0055|jstor=10.5250/fronjwomestud.33.2.0055|s2cid=142825769 }}</ref>
In 1973, Klement was a founding member of [[Artemisia Gallery]], one of the Midwest's first feminist Cooperative Galleries located in Chicago, Illinois.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Joanna Gardner-Huggett|date=2012|title=Artemisia Challenges the Elders: How a Women Artists' Cooperative Created a Community for Feminism and Art Made by Women|journal=Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies|volume=33|issue=2|pages=55–75|doi=10.5250/fronjwomestud.33.2.0055|jstor=10.5250/fronjwomestud.33.2.0055|s2cid=142825769 }}</ref>
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Her work is in the collection of the state of [[Illinois]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.illinois.gov/cms/about/jrtc/pages/artcollection.aspx |title=James R. Thompson Center : Permanent Art Collection |publisher=.illinois.gov |access-date=2011-12-18}}</ref> The Kentucky Center for the Arts,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kentuckycenter.org/about/permanent-art-collection/vera-klement-exhibit|title=Vera Klement Exhibit, The Kentucky Center for the Arts|website=www.kentuckycenter.org|access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref> and the Krannert Art Museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://collection.kam.illinois.edu/4DACTION/HANDLECGI/CTN3|title=Collections Search|last=Krannert Art Museum|website=collection.kam.illinois.edu|access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref>
Her work is in the collection of the state of [[Illinois]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.illinois.gov/cms/about/jrtc/pages/artcollection.aspx |title=James R. Thompson Center : Permanent Art Collection |publisher=.illinois.gov |access-date=2011-12-18}}</ref> The Kentucky Center for the Arts,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kentuckycenter.org/about/permanent-art-collection/vera-klement-exhibit|title=Vera Klement Exhibit, The Kentucky Center for the Arts|website=www.kentuckycenter.org|access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref> and the Krannert Art Museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://collection.kam.illinois.edu/4DACTION/HANDLECGI/CTN3|title=Collections Search|last=Krannert Art Museum|website=collection.kam.illinois.edu|access-date=March 2, 2018}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
She lives in [[Chicago]].

Klement lived in [[Chicago]]. She was married first to Israeli violinist [[Werner Torkanowsky]] and later to composer and conductor [[Ralph Shapey]], but both marriages ended in divorce.<ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-vera-klement-obituary-20231205-ugd2xu4a4nc7dgzoncns4cgjbm-story.html</ref>

Klement died on October 20, 2023 of complications from cancer and COVID-19.<ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-vera-klement-obituary-20231205-ugd2xu4a4nc7dgzoncns4cgjbm-story.html</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 23:21, 6 December 2023

Vera Klement (December 14, 1929 – October 20, 2023[1]) was an American artist, and Professor Emerita at the University of Chicago. She was a 1981 Guggenheim Fellow.[2]

Biography

Born Vera Klementovna Shapiro in Danzig, Klement graduated from Cooper Union in 1950. She taught at University of Chicago, from 1969 to 1995.[3]

In 1973, Klement was a founding member of Artemisia Gallery, one of the Midwest's first feminist Cooperative Galleries located in Chicago, Illinois.[4]

In 1987, she showed at the Renaissance Society.[5] She was 2003 visiting artist, at Goshen College,[6] and 2007 artist in residence at Indiana State University.[7]

Her work is in the collection of the state of Illinois,[8] The Kentucky Center for the Arts,[9] and the Krannert Art Museum.[10]

Personal life

Klement lived in Chicago. She was married first to Israeli violinist Werner Torkanowsky and later to composer and conductor Ralph Shapey, but both marriages ended in divorce.[11]

Klement died on October 20, 2023 of complications from cancer and COVID-19.[12]

References

  1. ^ https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-vera-klement-obituary-20231205-ugd2xu4a4nc7dgzoncns4cgjbm-story.html
  2. ^ "Vera Klement". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  3. ^ Swartz, Mark (May 27, 1999). "Painted From Memory: Vera Klement's Prolific Retirement". Chicago Reader. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  4. ^ Joanna Gardner-Huggett (2012). "Artemisia Challenges the Elders: How a Women Artists' Cooperative Created a Community for Feminism and Art Made by Women". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. 33 (2): 55–75. doi:10.5250/fronjwomestud.33.2.0055. JSTOR 10.5250/fronjwomestud.33.2.0055. S2CID 142825769.
  5. ^ "The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago Contemporary Art Museum: Vera Klement, A Retrospective: 1953-1986". Renaissancesociety.org. 1987-04-25. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  6. ^ Marvin Bartel. "Visiting Artists at Goshen College". Goshen.edu. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  7. ^ "Indiana State University: Art Gallery". Indiana State University. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  8. ^ "James R. Thompson Center : Permanent Art Collection". .illinois.gov. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  9. ^ "Vera Klement Exhibit, The Kentucky Center for the Arts". www.kentuckycenter.org. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  10. ^ Krannert Art Museum. "Collections Search". collection.kam.illinois.edu. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  11. ^ https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-vera-klement-obituary-20231205-ugd2xu4a4nc7dgzoncns4cgjbm-story.html
  12. ^ https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-vera-klement-obituary-20231205-ugd2xu4a4nc7dgzoncns4cgjbm-story.html
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