Large Oil on Canvas Peacock Painting - Artist Signed

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Age:
Approx: 50 Years Old

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Original Is By Jessie Arms Botke
High Quality Construction
Outstanding Detail
Traditional Style
Vibrant … Read more Age:
Approx: 50 Years Old

Details:
Original Is By Jessie Arms Botke
High Quality Construction
Outstanding Detail
Traditional Style
Vibrant Colors
High Quality Reproduction
Professionally Framed In Ornate Classic Frame
‘White Peacock & Cockatoos’
Offered @ Fraction Original Retail Cost

Jessie Hazel Arms Botke (May 27, 1883 – October 2, 1971) was an Illinois and
California painter noted for her bird images and use of gold leaf highlights.[1]

Jessie Arms Botke was born in Chicago, Illinois to William Aldis and Martha (Cornell)
Arms,[2] and attended the Chicago Art Institute in 1897-98 and again from 1902 to
1905. She took summer classes from artists John Christen Johansen and Charles
Herbert Woodbury and continued working with the renowned Albert Herter, who had the
most influence in shaping her approach to composition and color.[3] Following a short
trip to Europe in 1909, she returned to her parents Chicago residence and officially
listed her profession as “artist, interior decorating.”[4] She worked as a muralist in New
York City (1911) and in San Francisco (1913-14).[5]

She married Cornelis Botke in April 1915 and gave birth a year later to their only child,
William. She and her husband moved to Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, in 1919 and
became influential figures in the local art colony.[5] Her husband taught at the Carmel
Arts and Crafts Club for the 1921 and 1922 seasons, where she and her husband
exhibited their paintings at the Arts and Crafts Hall in Carmel.[6] They moved to Santa
Paula, California, in 1927.[7]

During her career she was a prolific exhibitor.[5] She was an exhibitor and secretary of
the California Art Club. She ran her family’s ranch at Wheeler Canyon in Santa Paula,
California, while continuing to paint.[8]


Condition:
Excellent Original Finish & Condition

Size:
51w x 2.5d x 40.5h See less