Valerie Hollister Explained

Valerie Dutton Hollister
Other Names:Valerie Hollister
Birth Name:Valerie Dutton
Birth Date:29 December 1939
Birth Place:Oakland, California, U.S.
Education:San Francisco Art Institute
Alma Mater:Stanford University
Spouse:Robinson G. Hollister (m. 1964–)

Valerie Dutton Hollister (née Valerie Dutton; born 1939) is an American artist, known for her paintings, printmaking, and artist books. She frequently has used computer technology in aspects of her work.[1]

Biography

Valerie Dutton Hollister was born December 29, 1939, in Oakland, California; to parents Betty (née Hines) and Gayle R. Dutton.[2] [3] Hollister was raised in Spokane, Washington and Palo Alto, California; where her parents had been active in the founding of St. Mark's Episcopal Church. She graduated from Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane.[4]

She studied at Stanford University, receiving an A.B. degree in 1961 and a M.A. degree in 1965. In 1964, she married Robinson G. Hollister, a classmate from Stanford University who became an economics professor.[5] She took additional art classes at San Francisco Art Institute, and studied in Paris. In the late 1960s, she was working in Washington, D.C. and was tangential associated with the Washington Color School. Hollister moved to Swarthmore, Pennsylvania in 1971.[6]

In 1968, Hollister was featured in Mademoiselle magazine in the article, "For Art's Sake".[7] In the 1970s, Hollister was working with portraits in a flat, reduced form.[8]

In 1966, she showed her work alongside artist Eric Rudd at Jefferson Place Gallery. In 1967, her work was part of the Corcoran Gallery of Arts' juried group exhibit, the 30th Corcoran Biennial;[9] [10] [11] and she was included in the 1967 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Painting at the Whitney Museum of American Art.[12] [13]

Hollister has work in public museum collections, including at the Victoria and Albert Museum,[14] and Williams College Museum of Art.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Donohoe. Victoria. 14 March 2004. Artist Merges Creativity With Computers. subscription. 2021-09-08. Newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. L03. en.
  2. Book: Collins, Jim. Women Artists in America: 18th Century to the Present (1790-1980). 1980. Apollo. 978-0-938290-00-1. 1975. en.
  3. Web site: 2002-11-12. Dutton, Betty Hines. 2021-09-08. SFGATE. en-US.
  4. Web site: October 27, 1964. Miss Dutton, R. Hollister Are Married. subscription. 2021-09-08. Newspapers.com. The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington). 8. en.
  5. Web site: 2020-06-12. Interview with emeritus Professor Robinson Hollister. 2021-09-08. www.swarthmore.edu. en.
  6. Web site: Valerie Hollister - Biography. 2021-09-08. Askart.com.
  7. Web site: 24 October 1968. Valerie Hollister to be Featured In Mademoiselle. subscription. 2021-09-08. Newspapers.com. The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin). 23. en.
  8. Web site: Edwards. Ellen. 24 June 1977. Old Struggle: Lyrical and Geometric. subscription. 2021-09-08. Newspapers.com. The Miami Herald. 52. en.
  9. Web site: Gibian. Cay. 18 August 1967. Art, Corcoran Biennial. subscription. 2021-09-08. Newspapers.com. The Ithaca Journal. 3. en.
  10. Book: The Forty-fifth Biennial: The Corcoran Collects,1907-199. Corcoran Gallery of Art. David C. Levy (introduction), Corcoran Gallery of Art. 1998. 088675-056-3. Washington, D.C.. 52. exhibition.
  11. Web site: March 1968. Andrew Hudson on Gene Davis, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Thomas Downing, Paul Reed, Rockne Krebs, Howard Mehring and more, Corcoran Gallery of Art. 2021-09-02. Artforum.com. en-US.
  12. Web site: 1967 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Painting. 2021-09-08. whitney.org. en.
  13. Web site: Donohoe. Victoria. 30 Jun 2002. Exploring The World of Dreams. subscription. 2021-09-08. Newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. CC03. en.
  14. Web site: Seven computer landscapes: Hollister, Valerie. 2021-09-08. Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A). en.
  15. Web site: Butterfly (1979). 2021-09-08. Williams College Museum of Art. en.

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