Elizabeth Okie Paxton
1877-1971
Since you’ve been so supportive of my research on American women artists and thesis on Elizabeth Okie Paxton, I wanted to let you know an article on Paxton has been published in Art Times.
Here’s a link to the site, and the online version of the article is at the upper left corner.
You’ll see this picture of Paxton. Enjoy, and spread the word! The world needs to know about her work!
As you may know, I’ve been devoting my research energies to an artist named Elizabeth Okie Paxton. So little is known about her, and only 4 works are in public collections. I have been focusing on a messy, feminine, sensual painting called The Breakfast Tray, made about 1910.
For those of you who can, there’s a great opportunity to see the painting coming up. Normally in a private collection, it’s emerging into the Art Institute of Chicago in “Art and Appetite,” an exhibit running from November 12, 2013 – January 27, 2014.
Another work you can see:
William J. McCloskey. Wrapped Oranges, 1889.
If you are able to go, let me know how The Breakfast Tray looks in a grand museum!