Judith Deim (American, 1911-2006).
Portrait of Julie Holding Rafael, Saville, 1968.
Oil on board, signed (lower left), signed, titled and dated on verso, framed.
23 x 18in. (49 x 46cm).
30 x 26in. (76 x 66cm/frame).
Judith Deim had an adventurous life. graduating in the midst of the Depression, she found employment with the Federal Arts Projects and painted five large scale murals for the Veteran’s Hospital in Washington, D.C.
Subsequently living in Monterey she painted a portrait of John Steinbeck in 1941 as he began writing The Sea of Cortez.
In 1945 she had her first New York solo exhibition of paintings. That show was widely reviewed and highly acclaimed Deim’s solo exhibitions included galleries in Paris, Seville and Amsterdam.
Deim later had studios in San Francisco, Mendocino, and Monterey, in Guatemala and finally in Patzcauro, Mexico where she lived and painted for the last twenty five years of her life. It was at her home in the Tarascan village that she was interviewed and filmed for the award-winning documentary, "Ghost Bird: The Life and Art of Judith Deim." The film was produced by John Gavin and directed by Irena Salina and was named Best Documentary at several International Film Festivals.
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