Jay DeFeo

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Jay DeFeo was an influential American visual artist associated with the Beat generation, best known for her monumental mixed-media painting "The Rose" and her experimental approach to abstraction.

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instanceOf human
painter
visual artist
academicDegree BA in Art
artisticTechnique collage elements
mixed media
thick impasto
associatedWith Beat poets and writers in San Francisco
birthName Mary Joan DeFeo
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1929-03-31
dateOfDeath 1989-11-11
educatedAt University of California, Berkeley
employer San Francisco Art Institute
fieldOfWork drawing
painting
photography
sculpture
genre abstraction
givenName Mary Joan
hasWorkInCollection Museum of Modern Art, New York
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
influencedBy Abstract Expressionism
Beat culture
movement Abstract art
Abstract expressionism
Beat Generation
name Jay DeFeo
nationality American
notableFor experimental approach to abstraction
monumental mixed-media painting "The Rose"
notableWork Incision
The Eyes
The Rose
Veronica
occupation art teacher
artist
placeOfBirth Hanover, New Hampshire
placeOfDeath Oakland, California
linked to: Oakland
residence Oakland, California
linked to: Oakland

San Francisco, California
linked to: San Francisco
sexOrGender female
spouse Wally Hedrick
workLocation Bay Area, California
San Francisco, California
linked to: San Francisco

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