Jane Logemann Explained

Jane Logemann
Birth Name:	Jane Logemann
Birth Date:	1942
Birth Place:	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Movement:	Abstract art
Website:	http://www.janelogemann.com/index.html
Field:	Painting, drawing
Training:	Layton School of Art, Milwaukee], B.A., University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 1961

Jane Logemann is an American artist^[1] based in New York City,^[2] specializing in abstract aesthetic featuring symmetry in nature^[3] and calligraphy-hebraic art.^[4] She is a member of the American Abstract Artists (AAA) and her art is exhibited in a variety of public galleries including the Museum of Modern Art,^[5] the Walker Art Center,^[6] and the Contemporary Jewish Museum.^[7]

Education

Logemann studied at the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, WI, and has a Bachelor of Science in Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.^[8]

Presence in American museums

• Rhode Island Landscape 1, 1984, Providence Athenaeum.^[9]
• Rhode Island Landscape 2, 1984, Providence Athenaeum.^[10]
• Untitled from American Abstract Artists Fiftieth Anniversary Print Portfolio 2, 1986, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.^[11]
• Untitled, 1987, Harvard Art Museums.^[12]
• Untitled from American Abstract Artists 50th Anniversary Print Portfolio, 1987, The British Museum.^[13]
• Untitled from American Abstract Artists Fiftieth Anniversary Print Portfolio, 22 of 44 in the Portfolio, 1987, Whitney Museum of American Art.^[14]
• Abstraction, n.d., Yale University Art Gallery.^[15]
• Book of Glyphs, 1989, Yale University Art Gallery.^[16]
• Human - Hebrew, 1990, Yale University Art Gallery.^[17]
• Zone - Hebrew / Territory - Japanese, 1990, Yale University Art Gallery.^[18]
• A Hebraic-Arabic Alphabet, 1990–91, The Jewish Museum, NYC.^[19]
• Theme – Tool Japanese [and] Violin Hebrew, 1991, Yale University Art Gallery.^[20]
• Friend - Hebrew II, 1994, Yale University Art Gallery.^[21]
• Water Japanese - Seaweed Hebrew, 1994, Yale University Art Gallery.^[22]
• Kaddish, first of a ten-part series, 1995, Yale University Art Gallery.^[23]
• American Abstract Artists 60th Anniversary Print Portfolio, 1997, Yale University Art Gallery.^[24]
• Letter-Hebrew from American Abstract Artists Sixtieth Anniversary Print Portfolio, 1997, Museum of Modern Art, NYC.^[25]
• Letter-Hebrew-1997 from American Abstract Artists Sixtieth Anniversary Print Portfolio, 20 of 40 in the Portfolio, 1997, Whitney Museum of American Art.^[26]
• Letter-Hebrew-1997, 1997, Harvard Art Museums.^[27]
• Black Landscape, 2000, Yale University Art Gallery.^[28]
• Kaddish 20, 2007, The Morgan Library & Museum.^[29]
• American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio, 2012, Yale University Art Gallery.^[30]

Solo exhibitions

1972: Courtney Sale Gallery, Dallas, TX

1975: Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY

1984: American Landscape, The Sarah Doyle House, Brown University, Providence, RI

1988: Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI

1989: Sandra Gering Gallery, NYC.

1995: Letters/Words: Jane Logemann, HUC Jewish Institute of Religion, NYC

1996: Jane Logemann: Kaddish and New Work, Philadelphia Museum of Judaism, Rodelph Shalom, Philadelphia, PA

New Work, Conde Gallery, NYC

1999: Kaddish & Recent Work, UJA Federation, NYC

2000: Kaddish and Alphabets, Curator: Isabel Wasserman, Gotthelf Gallery, JCC Jacobs Family Campus, LaJolla, CA

2001: Kaddish, Congregation Beth Shalon Rodfe Zedek, Chester, CT

2003: Abstraction & Language: A Dialogue, La Maison Francaise, The French Embassy, Washington D.C.

Further reading

• Aishet Hayil. Yeshiva University Museum, NYC, 1993.
• American Abstract Artists Journal, NYC, 2006.
• American Artist on Exhibit, Art in Embassies. Exh. cat. Tbilisi, Georgia, 2000, Cover & p. 12, 13.
• Calendar for Collecting for the 21st Century. The Jewish Museum, NYC.
• Calendar for The Jewish Museum, NYC, 2004.
• Chevlowe, Susan. "Kaddish and Recent Work." UJA-Federation, NYC, 1999.
• Collishean van Wagner, Judy. Lines of Vision: Drawings by Contemporary Women. New York: Hudson Hill Press, 1989.
• Heresies Collective. Feminism & Ecology: Earthkeeping/Earthshaking. Vol. 4, No. 1, 1981.
• Logemann, Jane. Abstracts Book I. Artist's book. 1975.
• Logemann, Jane. Abstracts Book II. Artist's book. 1976.
• Logemann, Jane. Abstracts Book III. Artist's book. 1979.
• Metronom: Libres D'Artista/ Artist's Books. Barcelona, Spain, 1980, p. 86
• Price, Aimee Brown. "Abstraction & Language: A Dialogue." The French Embassy, Washington, D.C. 2003.
• Price, Aimee Brown. Diversity - N.Y. Artists. Exh. cat. Rhode Island: University of Rhode Island, 1985.
• Richter, Elinor. The Art of Jane Logemann: A Meaningful Merger of Art and Abstraction. 2004.^[31]
• Richter, Elinor. "Intersections: Reading the Space." The Jewish Museum of Australia Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1 (March, 2005).
• Rush, Barbara. The Jewish Year: Celebrating the Holidays. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2001.
• The Rutgers Archives' Printmaking Studios, 1983, pp. 56–57.
• Soltes, Ori Z. Fixing the World: Jewish American Artists of the Twentieth Century. Hanover, NH: Brandeis University Press of New England, 2003.
• Soltes, Ori Z. Jewish Artists on the Edge. Santa Fe, NM: Sherman Asher Publishing, 2001.
• Soltes, Ori Z. Mysticism in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009.^[32]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jane Logemann Paintings & Artwork for Sale Jane Logemann Art Value Price Guide. www.invaluable.com. 2020-04-14.
2. Web site: Jane Logemann. RoGallery. en-US. 2020-04-14.
3. Web site: Jane Logemann – U.S. Department of State. en-US. 2020-04-14.
4. Web site: Jane Logemann - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Jane Logemann. www.askart.com. 2020-04-14.
5. Web site: Jane Logemann MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art. en. 2020-04-14.
6. Web site: Jane Logemann. walkerart.org. en-US. 2020-04-14.
7. Web site: The CJM Intersections: Reading the Space. www.thecjm.org. 2020-04-14.
8. Web site: Blurring Boundaries: The Women of AAA, 1936-Present. DiGiovanna. Rebecca. AAA Catalogue.
9. Book: Logemann, Jane Marie. Rhode Island landscape 1. 1984-01-01. J. Logemann. New York.
10. Book: Logemann, Jane Marie. Rhode Island landscape 2. 1984-01-01. J. Logemann. New York.
11. Web site: Untitled from the American Abstract Artists Fiftieth Anniversary Print Portfolio — Collections — Walker Art Center. Art. Walker. www.walkerart.org. en. 2017-03-28.
12. Web site: From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Untitled. Harvard. www.harvardartmuseums.org. en. 2017-03-28.
13. Web site: Untitled, American Abstract Artists 50th Anniversary Print Portfolio 1987. The British Museum.
14. Web site: Whitney Museum of American Art: Jane Marie Logemann: Untitled. collection.whitney.org. en. 2017-03-28.
15. Web site: Abstraction. artgallery.yale.edu. 2017-03-28.
16. Web site: Book of Glyphs. artgallery.yale.edu. 2017-03-28.
17. Web site: Human - Hebrew. artgallery.yale.edu. 2017-03-28.
18. Web site: Zone - Hebrew / Territory - Japanese. artgallery.yale.edu. 2017-03-28.
19. Web site: The Jewish Museum. thejewishmuseum.org. 2017-03-28.
20. Web site: Theme – Tool Japanese [and] Violin Hebrew]. artgallery.yale.edu. 2017-03-28.
21. Web site: Friend - Hebrew II. artgallery.yale.edu. 2017-03-28.
22. Web site: Water Japanese - Seaweed Hebrew. artgallery.yale.edu. 2017-03-28.
23. Web site: Kaddish, first of a ten-part series. artgallery.yale.edu. 2017-03-28.
24. Web site: American Abstract Artists 60th Anniversary Print Portfolio. artgallery.yale.edu. 2017-03-28.
25. Web site: Jane Logemann. Letter-Hebrew from American Abstract Artists 60th Anniversary Print Portfolio. 1997 MoMA. The Museum of Modern Art. en. 2017-03-28.
26. Web site: Whitney Museum of American Art: Jane Marie Logemann: Letter-Hebrew-1997. collection.whitney.org. en. 2017-03-28.
27. Web site: From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Letter-Hebrew-1997. Harvard. www.harvardartmuseums.org. en. 2017-03-28.
28. Web site: Black Landscape. artgallery.yale.edu. 2017-03-28.
29. News: Logemann, Jane Marie. The Morgan Library & Museum. 2017-03-28. en.
30. Web site: American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio. artgallery.yale.edu. 2017-03-28.
31. Web site: The Art of Jane Logemann: A Meaningful Merger of Language and Abstraction. Richter. Elinor M.. 2004.
32. Book: Soltes, Ori Z.. Mysticism in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Searching for Oneness. 2009-01-01. Rowman & Littlefield. 9780742562776. en.