DeFeo, Jay, 1929-
Painter
This site provides access to the papers of Jay DeFeo in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2022, and total 1,750 images.
Funding for the digitization of this collection was provided by The Walton Family Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Size: 1.5 Linear feet
Summary: The papers of California painter Jay DeFeo measure 1.5 linear feet and date from circa 1940s to 1979. The collection provides scattered documentation of DeFeo's career, and details on her seminal work, The Rose, through biographical material, correspondence with friends and colleagues, personal business records, writings by others, printed material, photographs highlighting DeFeo's prominent role in her community, and artwork.
Expressionist and symbolist painter, photographer, and educator Jay DeFeo (1929-1989) was a central figure in the progressive community of artists, poets, and musicians of the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1950s-1960s. She devoted eight years to producing her most celebrated painting, The Rose , and was known for her endlessly experimental cross-disciplinary work in painting, drawing, photography, and collage.
Donated between 1975-1981 by Jay DeFeo.
Collection is in English.
This site provides access to the papers of Jay DeFeo in the Archives of American Art that were digitized in 2022, and total 1,750 images.
Funding for the digitization of this collection was provided by The Walton Family Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art.
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