Vera Klement Explained

Vera Klement (December 14, 1929 – October 20, 2023)^[1] was an American artist, and Professor Emerita at the University of Chicago. She was a 1981 Guggenheim Fellow.^[2]

Biography

Born Vera Klementovna Shapiro in Danzig, Klement graduated from Cooper Union in 1950. She taught at University of Chicago, from 1969 to 1995.^[3]

In 1973, Klement was a founding member of Artemisia Gallery, one of the Midwest's first feminist Cooperative Galleries located in Chicago, Illinois.^[4]

In 1987, she showed at the Renaissance Society.^[5] She was 2003 visiting artist, at Goshen College,^[6] and 2007 artist in residence at Indiana State University.^[7]

Her work is in the collection of the state of Illinois,^[8] The Kentucky Center for the Arts,^[9] and the Krannert Art Museum.^[10]

Personal life

Klement lived in Chicago. She was married first to Israeli violinist Werner Torkanowsky and later to composer and conductor Ralph Shapey, but both marriages ended in divorce.

Klement died on October 20, 2023, of complications from cancer and COVID-19.

External links

• http://veraklement.com/
• http://www.printworkschicago.com/artists/klement/klement.htm
• http://www.pkf-imagecollection.org/html/artistresults.asp?artist=1249&testing=true
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120406122842/http://www.fassbendergallery.com/artists/VeraKlement/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120406122842/http://www.fassbendergallery.com/artists/VeraKlement/statements.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20140110100515/http://www.luc.edu/luma/flash/35_klement.html

Notes and References

1. Web site: Goldsborough . Bob . 2023-12-05 . Vera Klement, ‘uniquely Chicago artist,’ dies at 93 . 2024-02-09 . Chicago Tribune . en-US.
2. Web site: 2023-04-02 . . Vera Klement .
3. News: Painted From Memory: Vera Klement's Prolific Retirement. Swartz. Mark. May 27, 1999. . March 2, 2018.
4. Joanna Gardner-Huggett. 2012. Artemisia Challenges the Elders: How a Women Artists' Cooperative Created a Community for Feminism and Art Made by Women. Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. 33. 2. 55–75. 10.5250/fronjwomestud.33.2.0055. 10.5250/fronjwomestud.33.2.0055. 142825769 .
5. Web site: The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago Contemporary Art Museum: Vera Klement, A Retrospective: 1953-1986 . Renaissancesociety.org . 1987-04-25 . 2011-12-18.
6. Web site: Marvin Bartel . Visiting Artists at Goshen College . Goshen.edu . 2011-12-18.
7. Web site: Indiana State University: Art Gallery . . 2011-12-18.
8. Web site: James R. Thompson Center : Permanent Art Collection . .illinois.gov . 2011-12-18.
9. Web site: Vera Klement Exhibit, The Kentucky Center for the Arts. www.kentuckycenter.org. March 2, 2018.
10. Web site: Collections Search. Krannert Art Museum. collection.kam.illinois.edu. March 2, 2018.