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Joan Kickbush

Joan Arend Kickbush (1926 - 2006) was active/lived in Wisconsin.  Joan Kickbush is known for Alaskan village scenes, wildlife, landscapes.

Joan Arend Kickbush was known for her colorful Alaska village scenes of people and children playing in their bright colored kuspuks and parkas.  During an interview in January, 2005 with Jinx Whitaker, owner of New Horizons Gallery Joan commented: "My mother said the best way to keep me quiet was to put me in a high chair with paper and pencil".

Born March 23, 1926, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she attended Milwaukee State College and the Layton School of Art for a year.  She briefly worked as a commercial artist in Minneapolis, Minnesota, continuing with her painting in her spare time.

In 1954, she and her husband moved from Hawaii to Alaska, where Joan became a schoolteacher in Anchorage.  They stayed until 1975, and throughout all these years, Joan painted and sculpted powerful and enduring art reflecting Alaska native life, especially around her favorite village of Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island. She painted with a palette knife, the same tool for 2   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1674 characters.]  Artist bio

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