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Macena Barton

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Macena Alberta Barton (1901 - 1986) was active/lived in Illinois, Michigan.  Macena Barton is known for Mod figure and portrait painting, feminist themes.

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 A painter, Macena Barton was born in Union City, Michigan. She graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago* in 1924 and held one-woman shows there as well as at Knoedler Galleries and Findley Galleries in Chicago.  At the Institute, she was much influenced by the teaching of Leon Kroll, who in turn was influenced by Social Realism*.  He encouraged her to develop her own style and to use her imagination, advice that she took to heart.  Inspired by Kroll and also challenged by critic C.J. Bulliet in a book before they had met personally, she was responding to his remark that no woman had ever painted a first-rate nude.  Barton was a committed feminist, sure that women could perform equally as well as men in art and other areas.

She incorporated a variety of styles into her work including Realism* and Abstraction*, and artists on both sides of that fence tried to claim her. 

C.J. Bulliet, an art writer and subject of one of her portraits wrote: "The   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2208 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  18
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Macena Barton
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Illinois Women Artists, 1840-1940 April 2012 Lyons, Channy Yes
18 Book References for Macena Barton
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 Kennedy, Elizabeth (Editor) Chicago Modern 1893-1945: Pursuit of the New
(Exhibition catalog)		 176 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Record of the Carnegie Institute International Exhibition, 1896-1996
(Exhibition catalog)		 3724 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1990 Prince, Sue Ann The Old Guard and Avant-Garde Modernism in Chicago 1910-1940 304 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1979 Yochim, Louise Dunn Role and Impact: The Chicago Society of Artists 297 No
1973 Collins, Jim L. Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present 426 No
1959 Gilbert, Dorothy (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 1959 American Biographies 718 No
1947 Gilbert, Dorothy, (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 1947 685 No
1940 Klug, William L (Introductory Essay) Catalogue: Annual Exhibition John H. Vanderpoel Art Association (By Contributors to the Collection)
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 No
1939 Art Institute of Chicago Half a Century of American Art The Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 110 No
1937 Breckinridge, Mrs. H. (essay) Second National Exhibition of American Art Summer 1937
(Exhibition catalog)		 32 No
1936 Breckinridge, Mrs. (essay) First National Exhibition of American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 32 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1933 Bulliet, C J Art Masterpieces of the 1933 World's Fair The Art Institute of Chicago 170 No
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