JANE PIPER
AMERICAN,
1916-1991
JANE PIPER
Jane Piper (1916–1991) was an American artist known for her abstract still lifes. Building on the French modernist tradition of Matisse and Cézanne, she gave color precedence over representation. She was interested in spatial organization and in creating space through color. She studied with Hans Hofmann in Provincetown and at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts and with Arthur B. Carles. She taught painting and drawing at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the mid-1950s and at the Philadelphia College of Art from 1956 to 1985. Piper’s first solo exhibition was held in 1943 at the Robert Carlen Gallery in Philadelphia. Her work was also exhibited in New York City and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annuals from 1945 through 1968. From her first exhibition in 1943 through the end of her life she was given a total of thirty-four solo exhibitions in Philadelphia, New York, and other East Coast galleries and her works have been collected by major museums including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Brooklyn Museum, the National Academy of Design, The Phillips Collection, and the Carnegie Museum of Art.
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My sense of empathy with the paintings of Jane Piper stems from the fact that we both work predominantly from still life and that we both have been influenced by some of the same artists: Cezanne,Matisse,ArthurB.Charles,herteacher,myfather.
Whether it was because of the first impact of Matisse or her subsequent study with Charles, Jane Piper was drawn into the intoxicating world of color, in which Charles was a master. She has been abletostructurethissensateworldwithafinegeometricprecision.
The paintings I like best are those in which the space is most compressed to the surface causing a certain ambiguity between object and movement, where the total rhythm transcends the separate definitionofobjects.
Jane Piper is remarkable in pursing a painting to its inherent realization, not letting it go before that. This most demanding and difficult accomplishment inspires my greatest admiration — her abilitytorenewheremotion,tomaintainthevitalityandradianceofherpaintingsthroughthemany adjustments toward that ultimate end.
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STUDY IN COLOR,
1955
OIL ON CANVAS/ COLLAGE
29 X 35 INCHES
34 7/8 X 40 5/8 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST 5
COMPOSITION, 1959
OIL ON CANVAS
22 1/4 X 28 INCHES
27 3/8 X 28 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED PIPER ON VERSO
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
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WELLFLEET STILL LIFE WITH MIRROR, 1969
(OPPOSITE PAGE)
OIL ON CANVAS
44 X 48 INCHES
45 1/2 X 49 5/8 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED ON VERSO
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
FRUIT & FLOWERS, 1961
OIL ON CANVAS
33 3/4 X 40 INCHES
39 7/8 X 46 1/8 INCHES FRAMED
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
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SUMMER FRUIT, STILL LIFE, 1965
OIL ON CANVAS
34 X 40 INCHES
36 X 42 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED JANE PIPER LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
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ONE BLACK TRIANGLE, 1972
ACRYLIC ON CANVS
38 X 40 INCHES
45 X 46 5/8 INCHES FRAMED SIGNED VERSO
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
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POPPIES BY A PARK, 1971
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
44 X 40 1/2 INCHES
51 3/4 X 47 3/4 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
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STILL LIFE, 1971
OIL ON CANVAS
38 X 40 INCHES
45 1/4 X 47 1/4 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED ON VERSO
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
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STILL
LIFE, 1970
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
38 X 42 INCHES
40 3/4 X 44 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED JANE PIPER LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST 18
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UNTITLED, 1955
OIL
ON CANVAS
18 X 24 INCHES
SIGNED ON VERSO
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
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RADNOR, 1958-60
OIL ON CANVAS
34 X 27 1/2 INCHES
41 X 34 1/4 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED LOWER LEFT
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
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RADNOR FRUIT, 1955
OIL ON CANVAS
20 X 26 INCHES
25 X 31 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED JANE PIPER LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
EXHIBITION:
CARLEN 59’ & RADNOR 1966
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POPPIES I, 1962-63
OIL ON CANVAS
40 X 33 3/4 INCHES
44 1/4 X 38 1/4 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED ON VERSO
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
EXHIBITION:
WOODMERE MUSEUM
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YELLOW ROOM
OIL ON CANVAS
44 X 46 INCHES
45 3/4 × 47 3/4 INCHES FRAMED
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
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STUDY II, 1956
OIL ON CANVAS
30 X 22 INCHES
36 1/4 X 28 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
EXHIBITION:
PLASTIC CLUB EXHIBITION, 247
SOUTH CAMAR STREET, PA
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FRUIT WITH ORANGE TRIANGLE, 1980-83
OIL ON CANVAS
46 X 58 INCHES
SIGNED & DATED LOWER RIGHT
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
EXHIBITED: JANE PIPER, BROAD SPECTRUM, ARTIST WHO TEACH @ PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF ART WILLIAM
PENN MEMORIAL MUSEUM, HARRISBURG, PA, AUGUST
15 - 26, 1981 18TH JURY EXHIBITION @ ALLENTOWN ART
MUSEUM, MAY 16TH - JULY 11, 1982
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WELLFLEET, 1968
OIL ON CANVAS
35 3/4 X 44 1/2 INCHES
43 3/4 X 44 1/2 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED VERSO
PROVENANCE:
THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST
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STILL LIFE, YELLOW & WHITE, 1970
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
38 X 42 INCHES
44 X 48 1/4 INCHES FRAMED
SIGNED JANE PIPER LOWER RIGHT & ON VERSO
PROVENANCE: THE ESTATE OF THE ARTIST 34
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JANE PIPER AMERICAN,