Jay DeFeo
1929–1989
Introduction
Jay DeFeo (31 March 1929 – 11 November 1989) was a visual artist who became celebrated in the 1950s as part of the spirited community of Beat artists, musicians, and poets in San Francisco. Best known for her monumental work The Rose, DeFeo produced courageously experimental works throughout her career, exhibiting what art critic Kenneth Baker called “fearlessness.”
Wikidata identifier
Q15522104
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Introduction
In the 1950s, DeFeo was allied with a group of Beat artists, poets, and musicians in San Francisco. She is best known for her monumental painting 'The Rose,' which she spent eight years making. She created a diverse range of work spanning four decades, and her unconventional approach to materials and physical process make her work difficult to categorize.
Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, painter, photographer, sculptor
ULAN identifier
500112022
Names
Jay DeFeo, Mary Joan DeFeo
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31 works
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Samurai No. 11
1987 -
Untitled (Water Goggles)
1977 -
Untitled
c. 1975–1976 -
Untitled (tripod)
1975–1976 -
Untitled (Portrait of Wallace Berman)
1974 -
Untitled (Portrait of Wallace Berman)
1974 -
Untitled (Portrait of Wallace Berman)
1974 -
Untitled (Portrait of Wallace Berman)
1974 -
Untitled (Salvador Dali's Birthday Party)
1973 -
Untitled (R. Mutt's cast)
1973 -
Untitled
1973 -
Untitled
1972 -
Study for September Blackberries
c. 1972–1973 -
Study for Crescent Bridge
c. 1970 -
Crescent Bridge I
1970–1972 -
Crescent Bridge II
1970–1972 -
Untitled
1958 -
Untitled
1958 -
Untitled
1958 -
Untitled
1958 -
Untitled
1958 -
Untitled
1958 -
Untitled
1958 -
Untitled
1958 -
Untitled
1958 -
Applaud the Black Fact
1958 -
Death Wish
1958 -
The Eyes
1958 -
On view
Floor 7The Rose
1958–1966 -
Apparition
1956
31 works