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Yeffe Kimball

Yeffe Kimball (c. 1905 - 1978) was active/lived in New York, Missouri, New Mexico.  Yeffe Kimball is known for Atmospheric gases, mod Indian motifs.

The following is from Jeff Barge:

Yeffe Kimball came to New York City from Oklahoma to study at the Art Students League, where she studied 1935-39, with field trips to France and Italy.  She also studied with Fernand Leger in NYC from 1940-1941.

In 1948, she married Harvey Slatin, also of New York, and they lived for many years at 11 Bank Street in Greenwich Village.  Her husband had been given a sample of the "fused earth" from the first atomic explosion, and much of Kimball's work after her marriage drew from this concept; her work of the 1950s is called her "fused-earth" period.

By the early 1960s, Kimball had entered into her space concept period, with paintings of burning planets, spewing atmospheric gases, and flashing comets.

From 1942 to 1965, Kimball exhibited in more than 100 shows at art galleries and museums. Her first major appearance was at the National Academy of Arts in 1942.  In 1945, she was in the Armory's Crit   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3186 characters.]  Artist bio

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