Esta Nesbitt
{{Infobox person
| name = Esta Nesbitt
| alt = Esta Nesbitt
| birth_name = Esther Feuerman
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|11|19}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|11|30|1918|11|19}}
| death_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| other_names = Esta Feuerman Nesbitt
| education = Traphagen School of Fashion,
Columbia University,
New York University
| years_active = 1940s–1970s
| known_for = Fashion Illustration, Xerox art
| spouse = Saul Nesbitt (?–1975)
}}
Esther "Esta" Nesbitt, born as Esther Feuerman (1918–1975), was an American illustrator, xerox artist, filmmaker, and educator. Between the 1940s until the 1960s, Nesbitt actively led a career as a fashion illustrator for leading magazines and newspapers including Harpers Bazaar, Mademoiselle, and the New York Times Magazine.{{Cite web|url=https://library.newschool.edu/archives/findingaids/KA0086.html|title=Esta Nesbitt fashion illustrations, 1944-1964 KA.0086|last=|first=|date=|website=The New School, Library and Archives|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-03}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/ccp/AzU-CCP_AG60.xml&doc.view=print;chunk.id=0|title=Esta Nesbitt Archive|last=|first=|date=|website=Arizona Archives Online (AAQ)|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-03}} In the 1960s she began experimenting with fine art, in multidisciplines and with xerox art.
Biography
Esther Feuerman was born 19 November 1918 in New York City, New York.{{Cite web|url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/esta-nesbitt-3516|title=Esta Nesbitt|website=Smithsonian American Art Museum|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-03}} Nesbitt studied at the Traphagen School of Fashion, graduating 1937 in Illustration, working primarily in fashion illustration.{{Cite web|url=https://exhibitions.fitnyc.edu/traphagen-school/traphagen-alumni/|title=Traphagen Alumni, The Traphagen School: Fostering American Fashion|last=|first=|date=|website=Museum at FIT|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-03}} She continued her studies at Columbia University, and New York University (NYU).
She was married to designer and sculptor, Saul Nesbitt (1920–1993).{{Cite web|url=https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAH.AC.1275|title=Saul Nesbitt Papers|last=|first=|date=|website=Smithsonian Online Visual Archive (SOVA)|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-03}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/esta-nesbitt-papers-8079|title=A Finding Aid to the Esta Nesbitt papers, 1942-1981|last=|first=|date=|website=Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-03}} Between 1964 until 1974, Nesbitt was a professor at the Parson’s School of Design.
Starting in the 1960s she started to experiment with fine art, and by 1966 she was exhibiting her art. In the 1960s and 1970s, Nesbitt was one of the earliest artists experimenting with xerox art.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/exhibitions/source-material/esta-nesbitt|title=Exhibitions: Finding Source Material in the Archives of American Art - Esta Nesbitt|last=|first=|date=|website=Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-03}} She invent three xerography techniques, named transcapsa, photo-transcapsa, and chromacapsa. Nesbitt worked closely with Anibal Ambert and Merle English at Xerox Corporation and the company sponsored her art research from 1970 until 1972.{{Cite web|url=https://sova.si.edu/record/AAA.nesbesta?s=0&n=10&t=C&q=City+sounds&i=7|title=A Finding Aid to the Esta Nesbitt Papers, circa 1942-1981, in the Archives of American Art|last=|first=|date=|website=Smithsonian Online Visual Achieve (SOVA)|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-03}}
She died on 30 November 1975 in New York City, New York.
Her work is featured in various public art museum and library collections including, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,{{Cite web|url=https://www.mfah.org/art/detail/6957/|title=All the Lines are Nines|last=|first=|date=|website=The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-03}} Brooklyn Museum,{{Cite web|url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/artists/6673/objects|title=Collection search: Esta Nesbitt – American, 1918-1975|last=|first=|date=|website=Brooklyn Museum|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} Archives of American Art,{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.edu/object/AAADCD_item_18297|title=Esta Nesbitt collage|website=Smithsonian Institution|language=en|access-date=2019-12-03}} National Museum of American History, Digital Public Library of America,{{Cite web|url=https://dp.la/item/0227106be082ba988bbebf5a8760b5cf|title=Xeroxia #4|last=|first=|date=|website=DPLA|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Smithsonian American Art Museum, Frances Neady collection at Fashion Institute of Technology,{{Cite web|url=http://www.fitnyc.edu/library/sparc/collections/frances-neady.php|title=Frances Neady collection|last=|first=|date=|website=Fashion Institute of Technology|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-03}} among others.
References
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External links
- [https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/esta-nesbitt-papers-8079 Esta Nesbitt papers, 1942-1981], from Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
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Category:Artists from New York City