Jane Wasey Explained

Jane Wasey (1912 Chicago, IL - 1992 Glen Cove, ME) was an American artist known for her sculptures of human and animal figures, executed in both realistic and abstract modes.[1] She began her education at age 17 at the Academy Julian in Paris studying with Paul Landowski. She further studied with J. Bertrand in Paris and with Simon Moselsio, John Flanagan, and Heinz Warneke in New York City.[2]

Wasey's work can be found in permanent museum collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art[3] the Hood Museum of Art,[4] and the Farnsworth Art Museum.[5] She was a founding member of the Sculptors Guild in 1937. Wasey sculpted the granite memorial to Andre the Seal in Rockport, ME harbor.[6]

Wasey is included in the North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 16 November 1992 . Jane Wasey, 80, Dies; A Sculptor of Animals . limited . live . https://archive.today/20240305014439/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/16/obituaries/jane-wasey-80-dies-a-sculptor-of-animals.html . 5 March 2024 . 5 October 2017 . The New York Times.
  2. Web site: Jane Wasey . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240305020056/https://www.artprice.com/artist/194468/jane-wasey/biography . 5 March 2024 . 5 October 2017 . Artprice.
  3. Web site: Artists: Jane Wasey . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230924145653/https://whitney.org/artists/1385 . 24 September 2023 . 5 October 2017 . Whitney Museum.
  4. Web site: Fish - Jane Wasey . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211201185342/https://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/objects/s.964.224 . 1 December 2021 . 5 October 2017 . Hood Museum of Art.
  5. Web site: Butterfly - Jane Wasey . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240305021823/https://collection.farnsworthmuseum.org/objects/3059/butterfly . 5 March 2024 . 5 October 2017 . Farnsworth Art Museum.
  6. Web site: Clark . Edie . 11 June 2021 . Andre the Seal, 25 Years with Andre . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231003225432/https://newengland.com/travel/maine/andre-the-seal/ . 3 October 2023 . 5 October 2017 . New England Today.
  7. Book: North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary . . 2013 . 9781135638825 . Heller . Jules . Third . New York . 567 . en . 1018384011 . 5 October 2017 . Heller . Nancy . Google Books.

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