Portrait of brown haired woman in blue/pink turtleneck, cigar in hand, city behind her.
Artwork Details
Medium
acrylic paint; canvas
Acquisition
Notes
Collection of DePaul Art Museum; Gift of Linda R. James
Made/Created
Artist
Hild, Nancy
Date made
1988
Ethnography
Notes
American
U.S
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Location
BR/Recto
Transcription
'Hild '88'
Notes
Inscription Type: signature in black acrylic
Lexicon
Getty AAT
Concept
leisure, culture-related concepts, feminism, Renaissance, European
Hierarchy Name
Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
Facet
Associated Concepts Facet, Styles and Periods Facet
Dimensions
Dimension Description
overall; canvas
Width
36 in
Depth
1.25 cm
Length
36 in
Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Cultural/Historical Context
Label
Former Chicago artist Nancy Hild’s work reflects a considerable passion for women’s and animal rights issues while displaying a profound technical skill and handling of detail and color in her paintings and drawings. With references to Renaissance portraits and still lifes evident in their composition and content, works like North Avenue Madonna and Three Ages of Chickens place these contemporary themes within a much larger art historical context. Though lesser known, Hild had a deep connection with the Chicago art scene from the 1970s, particularly in her link to prominent Artemisia Gallery, her reflections on feminism in relation to art history, and her detailed painting and patterning techniques.