North Avenue Madonna

Painting

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

North Avenue Madonna

Entry/Object ID

2018.05

Description

Portrait of brown haired woman in blue/pink turtleneck, cigar in hand, city behind her.

Artwork Details

Medium

Acrylic on Canvas

Context

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.

Acquisition

Accession

2018.02-05

Source or Donor

Linda James

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

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

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

leisure, culture-related concepts, feminism, Renaissance, European, figurative art, art genres, Contemporary Realism

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