| Carol Haerer | |
| Birth Date: | Jan 23, 1933[1] |
| Birth Place: | Salina, Kansas, USA |
| Death Date: | July 20, 2002 |
| Death Place: | Bennington, VT, USA |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Sorbonne, Paris; University of California, Berkeley |
| Known For: | Lyrical abstraction, Minimalism |
| Style: | Abstract painting |
| Spouse: | Phillip Wofford |
| Awards: | Guggenheim Fellowship |
Carol Haerer (1933-2002) was an American artist known for abstract painting in the vein of Minimalism and Lyrical abstraction.
Haerer is best known for her White Painting series of works.[2] Her work was included in the Lyrical Abstraction exhibition at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut.[3] In 1990, the Rothko Foundation at Artists Space sponsored a three-person exhibition of Ed Clark, Carol Haerer and Ted Kanshare, which was reviewed by Arts Magazine.[4] [5] Her large-scale paintings were often stretched on supports with rounded corners, creating a sense of objecthood with luminous surface quality.[6]
Haerer graduated from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln in 1954, and went on receive a Fulbright Fellowship to attend the Sorbonne in Paris for two years. She then attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she received a Masters of Fine Arts.[7]
Haerer received a Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Art in 1988.[8]
Her work is included in the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art,[9] the Brooklyn Museum,[10] the Sheldon Museum of Art, the Spencer Museum of Art,[11] the Museum of Nebraska Art,[12] the Hood Museum,[13] the Zimmerli Art Museum,[14] and other collections.[15] [16]