Sea Treasures

Painting

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Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word Archives (San Antonio, Texas)

Name/Title

Sea Treasures

Entry/Object ID

2026.6.5

Description

Title [assigned by archives]: Seashells on the Shore Sister Christine Diehl, CCVI (1927 – 2018) [separated Sister – left Congregation in 1977] affixed seashells to a panel painting in this 1974 assemblage. The shells, which include sand dollars and a starfish, curve across the panel’s surface and follow the edge of a painted shoreline. Lapping blue waves coming ashore at the top of the painting. Sister Christine added texture to the by incorporating sand into the assemblage’s surface. ------------------------------------------ Título [asignado por el archivo]: Conchas marinas en la orilla La hermana Christine Diehl, CCVI (1927-2018) [hermana separada del orden, abandonó la congregación en 1977], fijó conchas marinas a un cuadro sobre tabla en este ensamblaje de 1974. Las conchas, entre las que se incluyen dólares de arena y una estrella de mar, trazan una curva a lo largo de la superficie del cuadro y siguen el contorno de una costa pintada. Las olas azules rompen en la orilla en la parte superior del cuadro. La hermana Christine añadió textura al incorporar arena en la superficie del ensamblaje.

Type of Painting

Panel

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil and shell on wood panel

Collection

Personnel Membership-Sisters

Made/Created

Artist

Sister Christine Diehl, CCVI (separated 1977)

Date made

1974

Time Period

20th Century

Place

City

St. Louis, Missouri

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

Bottom left

Transcription

Sister Christine Diehl '74

Language

English

Material/Technique

Painted, In Artist's Hand

Type

Label

Location

Back of artwork

Transcription

Sea Treasures – Assemblage – Sister Christine Diehl C.C.V.I., 2800 Normandy Drive, St. Louis, MO 63121

Language

English

Material/Technique

Printed

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Assemblage

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Construction

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

assemblages (sculpture), panel painting (paintings by form)

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Seashells, Oceans, Beaches

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Dimensions with frame

Height

22-1/2 in

Width

25 in

Depth

1-1/2 in

Research Notes

Research Type

Curator

Notes

Lucille Christine Diehl was born on July 14, 1927 in Lefors, Texas. She entered the Congregation in 1946, took her first vows in 1947, and made her perpetual profession in 1954. She received her B.A. in Art from Incarnate Word College in 1956 before receiving her MA in Art in 1971. Sister Christine taught art at Incarnate Word Academy for most of her time in the Congregation. She received her dispensation from her Perpetual Vows on October 24, 1977 after a year-long leave of absence. She passed away on April 30, 2018. Also of note: Christine Diehl attended St. Mary’s Academy in Amarillo, Texas, for high school, where she could have studied art under Sister Alphonsine Seiwert, CCVI.

Research Type

Curator

Notes

Lucille Christine Diehl nació el 14 de julio de 1927 en Lefors, Texas. Ingresó en la Congregación en 1946, emitió sus primeros votos en 1947 e hizo su profesión perpetua en 1954. Recibió su licenciatura en Arte del Colegio del Verbo Encarnado en 1956 antes de recibir su maestría en Arte en 1971. Sor Christine enseñó arte en la Academia del Verbo Encarnado durante la mayor parte de su tiempo en la Congregación. Ella recibió su dispensa de sus Votos Perpetuos el 24 de octubre de 1977 después de una licencia de un año. Falleció el 30 de abril de 2018. También de nota: Christine Diehl asistió a la Academia de Santa María en Amarillo, Texas para la escuela secundaria, donde pudo haber estudiado arte con Sor Alphonsine Seiwert.