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. 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.
Wasey's work can be found in permanent museum collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art the Hood Museum of Art, and the Farnsworth Art Museum. She was a founding member of the Sculptors Guild in 1937. Wasey sculpted the granite memorial to Andre the Seal in Rockport, ME harbor.
Wasey is included in the North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary.
References
- ^ "Jane Wasey, 80, Dies; A Sculptor of Animals". The New York Times. 16 November 1992. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- "Jane Wasey". Artprice. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- "Artists: Jane Wasey". Whitney Museum. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- "Fish - Jane Wasey". Hood Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- "Butterfly - Jane Wasey". Farnsworth Art Museum. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- Clark, Edie (11 June 2021). "Andre the Seal, 25 Years with Andre". New England Today. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy, eds. (2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary (Third ed.). New York: Routledge. pp. 567. ISBN 9781135638825. OCLC 1018384011. Retrieved 5 October 2017 – via Google Books.
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