Claire Specht Fejes (Dec 14,1920 – October 1998) was an American artist.
Early life
She born in New York to parents from Poland and Austria.[1]
Education and career
She trained in anatomy, stone-carving, and sculpture at the Newark Museum, Newark Fine Arts School, and the Students' Art League through the Works Progress Administration.[1]
She married Joe Fejes in 1942 and moved with him to Fairbanks, Alaska in 1946 where her husband took up gold mining. Fejes sketched and painted Alaska Native people, Inupiat and Athabascans. She also wrote books about her travels and life in Alaska.
Her work is held in several museums, including the Anchorage Museum,[2] Frye Art Museum,[3] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,[4] the Blanton Museum of Art,[5] the Anchorage Museum,[6] the University of Alaska Museum of the North,[7] and the National Portrait Gallery.[8]
Later life
In her last decade, Fejes spent her winters in New York City and San Diego, and her summers in Fairbanks.[1]
Bibliography
- Cold Starry Night: An Alaskan Memoir. 1996. Epicenter Press.
- Enuk My Son. 1969. Pantheon Books.
- The Eskimo Storyteller. 1999. Edwin S. Hall, illustrated by Claire Fejes. University of Alaska Press.
- People of the Noatak. 1966. Alfred A. Knopf. 1994, re-released by Volcano Press.
- The Villagers: Athabaskan Indian Life Along the Yukon River. 1981. Random House.
References
- ^ a b c "Claire Fejes – The Alaska House". Retrieved 2020-12-21.
- ^ "Image 9". Anchorage Museum. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ "Frye Art Museum - Claire Fejes". collection.fryemuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
- ^ "Exchange: Necklace". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ "Blanton Museum of Art - Claire Fejes". collection.blantonmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
- ^ "Image 9". Anchorage Museum. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
- ^ "Grace Schaible Collection | Museum | Museum of the North". www.uaf.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ "Jackie Attungorak". npg.si.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
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