Jane Logemann

{{Short description|American painter}}

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| name = Jane Logemann

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| birth_name = Jane Logemann

| birth_date = 1942

| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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| movement = Abstract art

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| website = http://www.janelogemann.com/index.html

| field = Painting, drawing

| training = Layton School of Art, Milwaukee], B.A., University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, 1961

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Jane Logemann is an American artist{{Cite web|url=https://www.invaluable.com/artist/logemann-jane-7cdrfntbya/sold-at-auction-prices/|title=Jane Logemann Paintings & Artwork for Sale {{!}} Jane Logemann Art Value Price Guide|website=www.invaluable.com|access-date=2020-04-14}} based in New York City,{{Cite web|url=https://www.rogallery.com/artists/jane-logemann/?page=2|title=Jane Logemann|website=RoGallery|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-14}} specializing in abstract aesthetic featuring symmetry in nature{{Cite web|url=https://art.state.gov/personnel/jane_logemann/|title=Jane Logemann – U.S. Department of State|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-14}} and calligraphy-hebraic art.{{Cite web|url=https://www.askart.com/artist/Jane_Marie_Logemann/106359/Jane_Marie_Logemann.aspx|title=Jane Logemann - Artist, Fine Art Prices, Auction Records for Jane Logemann|website=www.askart.com|access-date=2020-04-14}} She is a member of the American Abstract Artists (AAA) and her art is exhibited in a variety of public galleries including the Museum of Modern Art,{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/artists/7882|title=Jane Logemann {{!}} MoMA|website=The Museum of Modern Art|language=en|access-date=2020-04-14}} the Walker Art Center,{{Cite web|url=http://walkerart.org/collections/artists/jane-logemann|title=Jane Logemann|website=walkerart.org|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-14}} and the Contemporary Jewish Museum.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecjm.org/exhibitions/77|title=The CJM {{!}} Intersections: Reading the Space|website=www.thecjm.org|access-date=2020-04-14}}

Education

Logemann studied at the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, WI, and has a Bachelor of Science in Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.{{Cite web|url=http://americanabstractartists.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/final_AAA_catalogue.pdf|title=Blurring Boundaries: The Women of AAA, 1936-Present|last=DiGiovanna|first=Rebecca|date=|website=AAA Catalogue|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

Presence in American museums

  • Rhode Island Landscape 1, 1984, Providence Athenaeum.{{Cite book|url=http://librarycat.risd.edu/search~S4?/Xlogemann,jane&searchscope=4&SORT=D/Xlogemann,jane&searchscope=4&SORT=D&SUBKEY=logemann,jane/1,4,4,B/frameset&FF=Xlogemann,jane&searchscope=4&SORT=D&2,2,|title=Rhode Island landscape 1|last=Logemann|first=Jane Marie|date=1984-01-01|publisher=J. Logemann|location=New York}}
  • Rhode Island Landscape 2, 1984, Providence Athenaeum.{{Cite book|url=http://librarycat.risd.edu/search~S4?/Xlogemann,jane&searchscope=4&SORT=D/Xlogemann,jane&searchscope=4&SORT=D&SUBKEY=logemann,jane/1,4,4,B/frameset&FF=Xlogemann,jane&searchscope=4&SORT=D&1,1,|title=Rhode Island landscape 2|last=Logemann|first=Jane Marie|date=1984-01-01|publisher=J. Logemann|location=New York}}
  • Untitled from American Abstract Artists Fiftieth Anniversary Print Portfolio 2, 1986, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.{{Cite web|url=http://www.walkerart.org/collections/artworks/untitled-from-the-american-abstract-artists-fiftieth-anniversary-print-portfolio-2|title=Untitled from the American Abstract Artists Fiftieth Anniversary Print Portfolio — Collections — Walker Art Center|last=Art|first=Walker|website=www.walkerart.org|language=en|access-date=2017-03-28}}
  • Untitled, 1987, Harvard Art Museums.{{Cite web|url=http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/253720?position=0|title=From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Untitled|last=Harvard|website=www.harvardartmuseums.org|language=en|access-date=2017-03-28}}
  • Untitled from American Abstract Artists 50th Anniversary Print Portfolio, 1987, The British Museum.{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/search_object_details.aspx?orig=/research/online_research_catalogues/russian_icons/catalogue_of_russian_icons/advanced_search.aspx&output=Terms/!!/OR/!!/20962/!//!/portfolio/!//!!//!!!/&numpages=10¤tpage=15&partid=1&objectid=686396|title=Untitled, American Abstract Artists 50th Anniversary Print Portfolio 1987|website=The British Museum}}
  • Untitled from American Abstract Artists Fiftieth Anniversary Print Portfolio, 22 of 44 in the Portfolio, 1987, Whitney Museum of American Art.{{Cite web|url=http://collection.whitney.org/object/38658|title=Whitney Museum of American Art: Jane Marie Logemann: Untitled|website=collection.whitney.org|language=en|access-date=2017-03-28}}
  • Abstraction, n.d., Yale University Art Gallery.{{Cite web|url=http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/135693|title=Abstraction|website=artgallery.yale.edu|access-date=2017-03-28}}
  • Book of Glyphs, 1989, Yale University Art Gallery.{{Cite web|url=http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/127885|title=Book of Glyphs|website=artgallery.yale.edu|access-date=2017-03-28}}
  • Human - Hebrew, 1990, Yale University Art Gallery.{{Cite web|url=http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/154641|title=Human - Hebrew|website=artgallery.yale.edu|access-date=2017-03-28}}
  • Zone - Hebrew / Territory - Japanese, 1990, Yale University Art Gallery.{{Cite web|url=http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/121058|title=Zone - Hebrew / Territory - Japanese|website=artgallery.yale.edu|access-date=2017-03-28}}
  • A Hebraic-Arabic Alphabet, 1990–91, The Jewish Museum, NYC.{{Cite web|url=http://thejewishmuseum.org/collection/3965-a-hebraic-arabic-alphabet|title=The Jewish Museum|website=thejewishmuseum.org|access-date=2017-03-28}}
  • Theme – Tool Japanese [and] Violin Hebrew, 1991, Yale University Art Gallery.{{Cite web|url=http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/104781|title=Theme – Tool Japanese [and] Violin Hebrew|website=artgallery.yale.edu|access-date=2017-03-28}}
  • Friend - Hebrew II, 1994, Yale University Art Gallery.{{Cite web|url=http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/135694|title=Friend - Hebrew II|website=artgallery.yale.edu|access-date=2017-03-28}}
  • Water Japanese - Seaweed Hebrew, 1994, Yale University Art Gallery.{{Cite web|url=http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/79974|title=Water Japanese - Seaweed Hebrew|website=artgallery.yale.edu|access-date=2017-03-28}}
  • Kaddish, first of a ten-part series, 1995, Yale University Art Gallery.{{Cite web|url=http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/56874|title=Kaddish, first of a ten-part series|website=artgallery.yale.edu|access-date=2017-03-28}}
  • American Abstract Artists 60th Anniversary Print Portfolio, 1997, Yale University Art Gallery.{{Cite web|url=http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/188781|title=American Abstract Artists 60th Anniversary Print Portfolio|website=artgallery.yale.edu|access-date=2017-03-28}}
  • Letter-Hebrew from American Abstract Artists Sixtieth Anniversary Print Portfolio, 1997, Museum of Modern Art, NYC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/62581?locale=en|title=Jane Logemann. Letter-Hebrew from American Abstract Artists 60th Anniversary Print Portfolio. 1997 {{!}} MoMA|website=The Museum of Modern Art|language=en|access-date=2017-03-28}}
  • Letter-Hebrew-1997 from American Abstract Artists Sixtieth Anniversary Print Portfolio, 20 of 40 in the Portfolio, 1997, Whitney Museum of American Art.{{Cite web|url=http://collection.whitney.org/object/11773|title=Whitney Museum of American Art: Jane Marie Logemann: Letter-Hebrew-1997|website=collection.whitney.org|language=en|access-date=2017-03-28}}
  • Letter-Hebrew-1997, 1997, Harvard Art Museums.{{Cite web|url=http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/213756?position=1|title=From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Letter-Hebrew-1997|last=Harvard|website=www.harvardartmuseums.org|language=en|access-date=2017-03-28}}
  • Black Landscape, 2000, Yale University Art Gallery.{{Cite web|url=http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/98977|title=Black Landscape|website=artgallery.yale.edu|access-date=2017-03-28}}
  • Kaddish 20, 2007, The Morgan Library & Museum.{{Cite news|url=http://www.themorgan.org/drawings/artist/logemann-jane-marie|title=Logemann, Jane Marie|work=The Morgan Library & Museum|access-date=2017-03-28|language=en}}
  • American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio, 2012, Yale University Art Gallery.{{Cite web|url=http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/188782|title=American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary Print Portfolio|website=artgallery.yale.edu|access-date=2017-03-28}}

Solo exhibitions

1972: Courtney Sale Gallery, Dallas, TX

1975: Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY

1984: American Landscape, The Sarah Doyle House, Brown University, Providence, RI

1988: Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI

1989: Sandra Gering Gallery, NYC.

1995: Letters/Words: Jane Logemann, HUC Jewish Institute of Religion, NYC

1996: Jane Logemann: Kaddish and New Work, Philadelphia Museum of Judaism, Rodelph Shalom, Philadelphia, PA

New Work, Conde Gallery, NYC

1999: Kaddish & Recent Work, UJA Federation, NYC

2000: Kaddish and Alphabets, Curator: Isabel Wasserman, Gotthelf Gallery, JCC Jacobs Family Campus, LaJolla, CA

2001: Kaddish, Congregation Beth Shalon Rodfe Zedek, Chester, CT

2003: Abstraction & Language: A Dialogue, La Maison Francaise, The French Embassy, Washington D.C.

Further reading

  • Aishet Hayil. Yeshiva University Museum, NYC, 1993.
  • American Abstract Artists Journal, NYC, 2006.
  • American Artist on Exhibit, Art in Embassies. Exh. cat. Tbilisi, Georgia, 2000, Cover & p. 12, 13.
  • Calendar for Collecting for the 21st Century. The Jewish Museum, NYC.
  • Calendar for The Jewish Museum, NYC, 2004.
  • Chevlowe, Susan. "Kaddish and Recent Work." UJA-Federation, NYC, 1999.
  • Collishean van Wagner, Judy. Lines of Vision: Drawings by Contemporary Women. New York: Hudson Hill Press, 1989.
  • Heresies Collective. Feminism & Ecology: Earthkeeping/Earthshaking. Vol. 4, No. 1, 1981.
  • Logemann, Jane. Abstracts Book I. Artist's book. 1975.
  • Logemann, Jane. Abstracts Book II. Artist's book. 1976.
  • Logemann, Jane. Abstracts Book III. Artist's book. 1979.
  • Metronom: Libres D'Artista/ Artist's Books. Barcelona, Spain, 1980, p. 86
  • Price, Aimee Brown. "Abstraction & Language: A Dialogue." The French Embassy, Washington, D.C. 2003.
  • Price, Aimee Brown. Diversity - N.Y. Artists. Exh. cat. Rhode Island: University of Rhode Island, 1985.
  • Richter, Elinor. The Art of Jane Logemann: A Meaningful Merger of Art and Abstraction. 2004.{{Cite web|url=http://www.janelogemann.com/essay.pdf|title=The Art of Jane Logemann: A Meaningful Merger of Language and Abstraction|last=Richter|first=Elinor M.|date=2004}}
  • Richter, Elinor. "Intersections: Reading the Space." The Jewish Museum of Australia Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1 (March, 2005).
  • Rush, Barbara. The Jewish Year: Celebrating the Holidays. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2001.
  • The Rutgers Archives' Printmaking Studios, 1983, pp. 56–57.
  • Soltes, Ori Z. Fixing the World: Jewish American Artists of the Twentieth Century. Hanover, NH: Brandeis University Press of New England, 2003.
  • Soltes, Ori Z. Jewish Artists on the Edge. Santa Fe, NM: Sherman Asher Publishing, 2001.
  • Soltes, Ori Z. Mysticism in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Tfk9NZBEIQC&q=jane+logemann&pg=PA301|title=Mysticism in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Searching for Oneness|last=Soltes|first=Ori Z.|date=2009-01-01|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780742562776|language=en}}

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