‘Seated Woman’ by Janet Ament De La Roche, Académie De La Grande Chaumière, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Art Association

Description

Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Janet Ament studied at the Chouinard Art Institute, the Los Angeles Art Center, and at the Otis Art Institute. After World War II, she traveled abroad and continued her studies first with André L’Hote at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière (Paris) and, subsequently, at the Accademia di Belle Arte (Rome) and the Academie des Belles Artes de San Jorge (Barcelona). Ament exhibited internationally with success, including at The Salon d’Automne (1954), The Salon Des Artes Decoratifs (1955), the Museum of Modern Art, Paris (1955), the Gallier Charpentier (1955), the San Francisco Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A long-time member of the Carmel Art Association, she is listed in all relevant art reference works.

Reference:
Art & Artists: Carmel – Monterey – Pacific Grove – Big Sur – Carmel Valley, Third Edition, Lee Harbick, et al., Art & Artists of the Monterey Peninsula 1985, page 23; Emerging from the Shadows: A Survey of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960, Maurine St. Gaudens, Schiffer Publishing Ltd 2015, Vol. 1, page 274-275; et al.See

Dimensions

6.5ʺW × 0.13ʺD × 10.75ʺH

Styles

Modern

Post Impressionist

Art Subjects

Nude

Frame Type

Unframed

Period

1960s

Country of Origin

United States

Item Type

Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned

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Materials

Crayon

Graphite

Paper Mache

Condition

Good Condition, Original Design Modified, Some Imperfections

Color

Gray

Condition Notes

paper laid down on archival, 8-ply cotton rag board; minor toning; unframed.paper laid down on archival, 8-ply cotton rag board; minor toning; unframed.