Jessie Arms Botke Explained

Jessie Arms Botke
Birth Date:27 May 1883
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, United States
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Style:Painting
Movement:California Impressionism
Spouse:Cornelis Botke

Jessie Hazel Arms Botke (May 27, 1883 – October 2, 1971) was an Illinois and California painter noted for her bird images and use of gold leaf highlights.[1]

Biography

Jessie Arms Botke was born in Chicago, Illinois to William Aldis and Martha (Cornell) Arms,[2] and attended the Chicago Art Institute in 1897-98 and again from 1902 to 1905. She took summer classes from artists John Christen Johansen and Charles Herbert Woodbury and continued working with the renowned Albert Herter, who had the most influence in shaping her approach to composition and color.[3] Following a short trip to Europe in 1909, she returned to her parents Chicago residence and officially listed her profession as “artist, interior decorating.”[4] She worked as a muralist in New York City (1911) and in San Francisco (1913-14).[5]

She married Cornelis Botke in April 1915 and gave birth a year later to their only child, William. She and her husband moved to Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, in 1919 and became influential figures in the local art colony.[5] Her husband taught at the Carmel Arts and Crafts Club for the 1921 and 1922 seasons, where she and her husband exhibited their paintings at the Arts and Crafts Hall in Carmel.[6] They moved to Santa Paula, California, in 1927.[7]

During her career she was a prolific exhibitor. She was an exhibitor and secretary of the California Art Club. She ran her family's ranch at Wheeler Canyon in Santa Paula, California, while continuing to paint.[8]

Death

Jessie Arms Botke died on October 2, 1971, in Santa Paula at the age of 88. An outdoor memorial service was scheduled at a courtyard fountain adjacent to Citizen's State Bank in Santa Paula. Works by Botke and her late husband were displayed in the bank after the service.[9]

Exhibitions and awards

Art

Inspired by early work as a designer of woven tapestries, Botke's art often featured birds, particularly white peacocks, geese and cockatoos. Later in her career, she moved from oils to watercolors, and also focused on still lives.

Botke exhibited regularly throughout the United States during her lifetime.[1] Her work has also been exhibited posthumously at the Irvine Museum[10] and the Museum of Ventura County.[11]

References

  1. Book: North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. 2013. Taylor and Francis. Hoboken. 978-1-135-63889-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=ReZkAgAAQBAJ&q=%22Jessie%20Arms%20Botke%22&pg=PA1917. Botke, Jessie Arms (1883–1971).
  2. Book: St. Gaudens, Maurine . 2015 . Emerging From the Shadows: A Survey of Women Artists working in California, 1860-1960 . Atglen, PA . Schiffer . 100 . 978-0-7643-4861-7.
  3. Carmel Pine Cone, April 1921, p. 4.
  4. U.S. Census of 1910, Ed1040, Sheet 15A.
  5. Book: Edwards. Robert W.. Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, Vol. 1. 2012. East Bay Heritage Project. Oakland, Calif.. 9781467545679. 194, 188–189, 256, 326–327, 688. An online facsimile of the entire text of Vol. 1 is posted on the Traditional Fine Arts Organization website (Web site: Jennie V. Cannon: The Untold History of the Carmel and Berkeley Art Colonies, vol. One, East Bay Heritage Project, Oakland, 2012; by Robert W. Edwards . 2016-06-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160429115613/http://tfaoi.com/aa/10aa/10aa557.htm . 2016-04-29 .).
  6. Web site: Arts and Crafts Club Scrapbook. Carmel Art and Crafts Club. 2022-03-14.
  7. Web site: Cornelis Botke Dutch-American. 2022-03-14. carmelart.org.
  8. Book: Birds, boughs & blossoms: Jessie Arms Botke (1883-1971). Trenton. Patricia. William A. Karges Fine Art. 1995. 9781886394001. Solon. Deborah Epstein.
  9. News: Rites for Jessie Botke, Bird Painter. The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. 6 Oct 1971. 58. 2022-03-14.
  10. News: Irvine Museum showcases California women artists. Chang. Richard. 18 May 2012. 5 March 2015. Orange County Register.
  11. News: Museum exhibit first to feature two generations of art by famed Botke family. 22 November 2006. 7 March 2015.

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