Skip to main contentBiographyEve Clendenin was born in Baltimore in 1900. She studied in Europe, at Oxford and the Sorbonne initially, and then at the Royal Academy, London. She also studied at the Banff School of Art, Alberta, and more extensively in New York and Provincetown in the 1940s and '50s; principally with Hans Hofmann.
Clendenin was a member of the American Abstract Artists group and exhibited with them for many years, including their traveling shows such as the one in 1955 to the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; and the many exhibitions held at Betty Parsons Gallery, New York. In addition, Clendenin exhibited at Vose Gallery, Boston in 1946; Jacques Seligmann Gallery, New York, 1946; Baltimore Museum of Modern Art, 1958; and North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1969. She was also a member of the National Association of Women Artists, and the Provincetown Art Association.
As well as being a painter (in oils as well as watercolor) Clendenin was an innovative printmaker, and in the 1950s produced startlingly bold and original relief prints. Her work is in the collection of the New York Public Library; Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA; Provincetown Art Association and Museum; and many others.
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Eve Clendenin
American, 1896/1900 - 1974
Clendenin was a member of the American Abstract Artists group and exhibited with them for many years, including their traveling shows such as the one in 1955 to the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; and the many exhibitions held at Betty Parsons Gallery, New York. In addition, Clendenin exhibited at Vose Gallery, Boston in 1946; Jacques Seligmann Gallery, New York, 1946; Baltimore Museum of Modern Art, 1958; and North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1969. She was also a member of the National Association of Women Artists, and the Provincetown Art Association.
As well as being a painter (in oils as well as watercolor) Clendenin was an innovative printmaker, and in the 1950s produced startlingly bold and original relief prints. Her work is in the collection of the New York Public Library; Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA; Provincetown Art Association and Museum; and many others.
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