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JESSIE ARMS BOTKE

American, 1883-1971

White Peacocks and Blue Delphinium

oil on board
signed lower right "Jessie Arms Botke"
30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61 cm.), Frame: 35 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (90.2 x 6.4 x 74.9 cm.)

  • Provenance: Property from the Estate of Louis W. Hill, Jr., St. Paul, Minnesota; Sotheby's, New York, New York, May 22, 1996, lot 115; Private Collection, Michigan
  • Notes: Born in Chicago, Jessie Botke is known for her exotic, highly decorated bird studies, especially elegant plumages of peacocks. She also did other subjects including Indian figures, genre, and desert landscapes, and usually painted in oil but worked in watercolor and gouache and frequently used gold and silver leaf in backgrounds. She married Dutch-born Cornelius Botke, and they worked on murals together in Chicago for the Kellogg Company and the University of Chicago, Noyes Hall. In 1906, Botke had arranged an exchange of her paintings for a trip West on the Santa Fe Railroad to Arizona and California, and the Railroad acquired works titled "Hopi Indian Life" and "California Missions". She exhibited some of these western-subject paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1918, the couple first visited California together, and in 1920, settled on a ten-acre ranch near Santa Paula, California, although they traveled in Europe from 1923 to 1925. In 1927, they moved to southern California, living in Wheeler Canyon near Santa Paula. She was a member of the California Art Club, the California Watercolor Society, and the Foundation of Western Art. She won numerous prizes including high distinction from the Chicago Art Institute.

    Tags: oil painting, listed artist, woman artist, floral, peacocks
  • Condition: in excellent overall condition; no restoration apparent under UV

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