Jessie Kalmbach Chase

Jessie Kalmbach Chase
Born (1879-11-22)November 22, 1879
Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin
Died October 1970
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Occupation painter

Jessie Kalmbach Chase (November 22, 1879 – October 1970)[1][2][3][4] was a fine art painter based in Wisconsin.[5] Much of her work showing Wisconsin landscapes was inspired by the views available in her native Door County.[6]

Birth and early life

Jessie was born on November 22, 1879, in Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin.[2] Her parents were Albert Kalmbach and Dora C. Higgins, who were married in 1878; Jessie had two sisters and a brother.[7][8][9] She married Wilfred Chase and lived with him in Madison.[10]

Career

Chase studied design at and graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago before becoming a stained glass window designer for an art glass company in Chicago;[11] in this work she would often prepare water color paintings to demonstrate the design before producing a window.[6] Her later work was in oils. She would spend time studying a scene in person then retreat to a studio to create the paintings saying that she did not want to simply copy nature, but wanted to show specific light situations and to avoid mosquitoes.[12]

In the 1920s she was a member of the Madison Art Guild, exhibiting works in the area.[13] Her work was also distributed through the Madison Art association to galleries statewide, such as for an exhibit at the Sawyer Foundation in Oshkosh in 1926[14] and at the Milwaukee Journal's Gallery of Wisconsin Art in 1929.[15] In the 1930s, as her body of work grew, Chase had individual exhibitions at museums across the state such as at the Little Gallery in Manitowoc in 1936.[11][16]

In 1933-34, she was employed by the Works Progress Administration's Public Works of Art Project.[2] Chase created murals for the Madison Public Library and the Bank of Sturgeon Bay.[2][17] For some of the larger pieces she created in this decade, Chase worked in a mixture of cement and oil paint to create "cement-frescoes" such as were created for the entrance to Madison West High School and some civic structures in Fort Atkinson.[18]

Death and legacy

She died in 1970 in Green Bay,[2] and was buried in Bayside Cemetery in Sturgeon Bay.[19] Some of Chase's work was added to the permanent collection at the Miller Art Museum in Sturgeon Bay.[20] Two of her murals were also installed at the Door County Library in 2010.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Jessie Kalmabch Chase". BlouinArtInfo. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jessie Kalmbach Chase Mrs. E. Wilfred Chase (1879 - 1970)". Museum of Wisconsin Art. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ Levy 2004, pp. 99-102.
  4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index database". FamilySearch. Retrieved March 5, 2016. citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  5. ↑ Anderson and Anderson 1929, p. 107.
  6. 1 2 "Landscape Paintings of Jessie Kalmbach Chase Are Inspired By Native County". The Capital Times. November 2, 1930. p. 16. Retrieved March 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Usher 1914, pp. 1685-1686.
  8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910, database with images". FamilySearch. Retrieved March 5, 2016. Jessie D Kalmbach in household of Albert Kalmbach, Sturgeon Bay Ward 1, Door, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 3A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,718.
  9. ↑ "Wisconsin State Census, 1905, database with images". FamilySearch. Retrieved March 5, 2016.. Jessie Kalmbach in household of Albert Kalmbach, Sturgeon Bay city, ward 1, Door, Wisconsin; citing p. 295, line 49, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,020,445.
  10. ↑ Usher 1914, p. 1686.
  11. 1 2 "A.A.U.W. to Sponsor Exhibit Of Jessie Chase's Paintings". Manitowoc Herald-Times. October 19, 1936. p. 6. Retrieved March 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Levy 2004, pp. 99-101.
  13. ↑ "Madison Artists Exhibit". The Capital Times (Madison, WI). May 4, 1920. p. 2. Retrieved March 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Display Oils by Madison Artists at Local Museum". Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. September 30, 1926. p. 12. Retrieved March 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "Madison Represented by Eight Women in Wisconsin Art Display". The Capital Times. December 23, 1929. p. 7. Retrieved March 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "Little Gallery Plans Exhibit for May Date". Manitowoc Herald-Times. April 13, 1936. p. 6. Retrieved March 5, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ Levy 1917, p. 450.
  18. ↑ Levy 2004, p. 101.
  19. ↑ "Jessie Chase". Find-a-Grave. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Collection: Gerhard CF Miller Wing". The Miller Art Museum. 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
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