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Mercedes Carles Matter (1913 - 2001) was active/lived in New York, Pennsylvania. Mercedes Matter is known for Abstract expressionist still life painting, drawing, educator.
Best known as a painter of abstract still life and founder of the New York Studio School, Mercedes Matter was also a distinguished teacher and writer. She lived in East Hampton, New York. Before founding the Studio School in 1964, she taught at several east coast schools and published many articles on modern art.
She was born Mercedes Carles in New York. Her father was artist Arthur B. Carles, and her mother was Mercedes de Cordoba, a model for photographer Edward Steichen. She was raised in Philadelphia and New York and Europe, and by age six, was painting under her father's direction. She later studied with Hans Hofmann at the Art Students League and at Bennett Junior College in Millbrook, Connecticut.
In 1939 she married Herbert Matter, a graphic designer and photographer, and they were active in the New York art scene with the Pollocks, de Koonings, and Calders.
She started the New York Studio School after a 1963 article by her in
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Book References: 34
Magazine References: 3
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3 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Mercedes Carles Matter
Magazine
Article
Date
Author
Color
The Magazine Antiques
Current and Coming
December 2003
Ledes, Allison Eckardt
Yes
ARTnews
ARTtalk
June 2003
Editor, ARTtalk
Yes
ARTnews
National News
February 2002
Editors, ARTnews
Yes
34 Book References for Mercedes Carles Matter
Year
Author
Title
Pages
Color
2017
Perl, Jed
Calder: The Conquest of Time: The Early Years: 1898-1940
704
Yes
2016
Sandler, Irving (Author), Joan Marter (Editor) and Gwen F. Chanzit (Introduction)
Women of Abstract Expressionism
216
Yes
2014
Uslip, Jeffrey, John Yau, Monica Rumsey (Editor), Elsa Longhauser,( Foreward)
Joyce Pensato: I Killed Kenny (lSanta Monica Museum of Art)
110
Yes
2011
Dickey, Tina
Color Creates Light: Studies With Hans Hoffman
424
Yes
2010
Landau, Ellen; Phyllis Braff, Sandra Kraskan, Mercedes Matter
Mercedes Matter
276
Yes
2010
Levin, Gail
Lee Krasner: A Biography
546
Yes
2009
Perl, Jed
New Art City: Manhattan at Mid-century
656
Yes
2007
Landau, Ellen; Claude Cernuschi
Pollock Matters
178
Yes
2005
Albrecht, Donald
The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention
205
Yes
2005
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
479
No
2004
Stevens, Mark; Annalyn Swan
De Kooning: An American Master
708
Yes
2003
Herrera, Hayden
Arshile Gorky: His Life and Work
767
Yes
2000
Taggart, Hollis; Vivian Bullaudy, Richard J. Boyle
The Orchestration of Color: The Paintings of Arthur B. Carles (Hollis Taggart Galleries)
(Exhibition catalog)
183
Yes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
3724
No
1999
Singerman, Howard
Art Subjects: Making Artists in the American University
306
Yes
1999
Steiner, Raymond J
The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students)
187
No
1998
Editors, Museum of Modern Art
Fernand Leger
303
Yes
1998
Schuyler, James; Simon Pettit
Selected Art Writings
310
Yes
1996
Editor, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries
Mercedes Matter Paintings
(Exhibition catalog)
12
Yes
1992
Matter, Mercedes; Larry Day
Jane Piper: Selected Paintings, 1976-1990
12
Yes
1990
Evaul, William (Foreward); Cynthia Goodman; Lillian Orlowsky
The Provocative Years: 1933-1945 the Hans Hofmann School in Provincetown
32
No
1989
Naifeh, Steven and G Smith
Jackson Pollock: An American Saga
934
Yes
1988
Mayer, Musa
Night Studio A Memoir of Philip Guston
258
Yes
1987
Matter, Herbert; Mercedes Matter
Alberto Giacometti
224
Yes
1986
Editor, Washburn Gallery
50 Years Ago: WPA/AAA
32
Yes
1986
Van Wagner, Judy Collischan
American Abstract Artists: 50th Anniversary Celebration
72
Yes
1984
Marlor, Clark S
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
(Exhibition catalog)
600
No
1983
Wolanin, B. A.
Arthur B. Carles, Painting With Color
176
Yes
1979
Diamonstein, Barbaralee
Inside New York's Art World
380
Yes
1976
Ashton, Dore
A Critical Study of Philip Guston (also entitled 'Yes But')
216
Yes
1976
Munro, Eleanor
Originals:American Women Artists
528
Yes
1972
Essays by Don Richter, Isamue Noguchi, Norman Cousins, Mercedes Matter
The Architectural Forum/January-February 1972: The World of Buckminster Fuller
125
Yes
1972
Rosenberg, Harold
The De-definition of Art Action Art to Pop to Earthworks
256
No
1966
Curator
Drawings: An Exhibition at the University Art Museum of the University of Texas
(Exhibition catalog)
55
No
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