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1940's Framed Still Life Oil Painting On Board by JUDITH DEIM (BARBARA JUDITH STEVENSON) (1916-2000) Framed still life oil painting on board Signed by the artist top left Measures 20" x 24" unframed Wood frame Please see photos for condition of painting and email me if you have any questions JUDITH DEIM (BARBARA JUDITH STEVENSON) (1916-2000)Judith Deim & John Steinbeck, Of Muses And Friends Judith Deim and John Steinbeck had a long friendship rooted in mutual appreciation, support and inspiration. Steinbeck became one of Deim's closest and trusted friends. Early in her career, he encouraged Deim to move to the Monterey Peninsula where he thought she would flourish in a rich community of artists. In Carmel, she became part Steinbeck's close circle of friends, which included other leading literary and artistic figures of the 1930's. Twice, John Steinbeck gave Deim and her husband, Elwood Graham (they later divorced), money so they could travel to Mexico to paint. On one of these trips, Judith discovered Patzcuaro, a small remote Mexican village. Later in life, Deim would return to Patzcuaro, purchase a ranch and settle there. A Portrait Of Inspiration In 1941 Steinbeck moved his writing to Deim's studio where she painted his portrait while he wrote Sea of Cortez. Deim became known for this modernistic style of painting before turning to Magic Realism. After moving to Carmel, Judith worked with Society of Six artist, August Gay, who exposed her to the California School of Modernism. Her use of bold, bright colors with outlining with dark color became a characteristic of her work as did her subjects of everyday life. This is the only known painting in existence of Steinbeck at work. "Ghost Bird: The Life and Art of Judith Deim", Sundance Film Festival 2001 & Award-winning Documentary This award-winning documentary gives us some insight to the life of Judith Deim, who gained an international reputation for her expressive paintings and her friendships with John Steinbeck and Garcia Lorca. Deim profoundly influenced her children and grandchildren and many of them went on to pursue careers in the arts. "Ghost Bird" The Life and Art of Judith Deim" was named Best Documentary at the 2000 Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival. References • 2005 Inc.- Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor) The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists • 2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes) • 1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 • America's Distinguished Artists, a national registry of historic artists • Art in America by Frank Jewett Mather, Frederic Fairchild Sherman • The WPA Guide to the Monterey Peninsula by Page Stegner, WPA Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in Northern California - Travel - 1989 • The True Adventures of John Steinbeck, Writer: a biography by Jackson J. Benson - Literary Criticism - 1984 • Modernists in Taos: From Dasburg to Martin by David L. Witt - Art - 2002 • Understanding Modern Art: The Boundless Spirit of Clay Edgar Spohn by David Beasley - Art - 1999 • View by Charles Henri Ford • El Palacio: A Weekly Review of the Arts and Sciencies in the American Southwest • Government and Art: A Guide to Sources in the Archives of American Art by Archives of American Art, Archives of American Art - Art - 1995 • Arts Magazine Art - 1935 • Bibliography of the History of Art: BHA = Bibliographie D'histoire de L'art by Institut de l'information scientifique et technique (France), Getty Art History Information Program, Comité international d'histoire de l'art, College Art Association of America, Art Libraries Society of North America - Art - 1991 •Paintings, Matthew Barnes, Barbara Stevenson, Wood Forms by Cornelia Chase. by Calif Rotunda Gallery (San Francisco - 1948) Catalog of an exhibition held Oct. 5-30, 1948. • JUDITH DEIM: PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER. by Court Gallery (New York, N.Y.). - 1985 Exhibits & Awards • Smithsonian American Art Museum, Apple Vendor, about 1933-34, oil on canvas, 31 1/4 x 29 1/8 in. (79.3 x 74.1 ... read more

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