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Jeremy Anderson (artist)

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Jeremy Radcliffe Anderson
Personal details
Born October 28, 1921
Palo Alto, California, United States
Died June 19, 1982(1982-06-19) (aged 60)
Greenbrae, California, United States
Spouse Frances Webster Whitney (m. 1947–1982; his death)
Children 3
Occupation Visual artist, educator
Education San Mateo Junior College,
California School of Fine Arts

Jeremy Radcliffe Anderson (October 10, 1921 – June 19, 1982), was an American artist and educator, known for his wood sculptures.[1][2] He was an influential mid-century fine art figure in San Francisco, California;[3] and taught classes at San Francisco Art Institute.[4]

Early life, family, and education[]

Jeremy Radcliffe Anderson was born in 1921 in Palo Alto, California.[3] His father Frederick "Fritz" C. Anderson (1889–1963) was a professor of Romance languages at Stanford University.[5][6][7] Anderson graduated from Palo Alto High School.[8] He continued his studied at San Mateo Junior College (now College of San Mateo).[8] Anderson served in the United States Navy aboard the USS Gillis in the Aleutian Islands, during World War II.[8] In 1947, Anderson married Frances Webster Whitney, from Ross, California and Inverness, California.[6][9][10] They had three children.[8]

Anderson graduated from the California School of Fine Arts (later known as San Francisco Art Institute), and studied under Robert Boardman Howard.[3] He was awarded the Rosenberg Traveling Fellowship in 1950, and traveled to France for a year.[8][11]

Career[]

In his early career Anderson made abstract sculpture;[12] and in his later career his work started to have figures and humor, possibly a nod to funk art.[1] Anderson was a semi-finalist for public art in the Golden Gateway Project in Marin County in 1961, winning a cash prize.[13]

Anderson taught at San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI). One of his students at SFAI was Louise David Lieber.[14] He was visiting faculty at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) in 1975.[15]

Anderson was a member of the Marin Society of Artists, and participated in their group exhibitions.[16][17] He had a retrospective exhibition in 1967 at the San Francisco Museum of Art (now the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art);[18] and solo exhibitions at Braunstein/Quay Gallery (October 1970, and December 1978) in San Francisco.[19][20]

Death and legacy[]

After struggling with cancer, he died on June 19, 1982, at the age of 60 at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, California.[8] His work is included in museum collections, including at the University Art Museum at the University of California, Berkeley;[21][22] the Pasadena Museum of Modern Art (now Norton Simon Museum, from the Betty and Monte Factor Family Collection),[23] the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,[24] the Whitney Museum of Art,[25] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[5]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bloomfield, Arthur (1975-03-14). "Fun with Wood". San Francisco Examiner. pp. 32. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-fun-with-wood/145157231/. 
  2. ↑ "Gallery features 'visionary art'". Contra Costa Times. 1976-03-28. pp. 29. https://www.newspapers.com/article/contra-costa-times-gallery-features-vis/145157325/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Janovy, Karen O.; Siedell, Daniel A. (2005-01-01). "Jeremy Anderson" (in en). Sculpture from the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. University of Nebraska Press. pp. 100. ISBN 978-0-8032-7629-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bs3rFfPLdOEC&pg=PA100. 
  4. ↑ "Marin Sculptor Chosen For Gateway Project". Daily Independent Journal. 1962-01-02. pp. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-independent-journal-marin-sculptor/145156449/. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Jeremy Anderson" (in en). https://americanart.si.edu/artist/jeremy-anderson-95. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Jeremy Anderson Claims as His Bride, Frances Whitney". Berkeley Gazette. 1947-08-25. pp. 6. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-berkeley-gazette-jeremy-anderson-cla/145156237/. 
  7. ↑ "Memorial Resolution: Anderson, Frederick, 1889–1963 (Romanic Languages)" (in en). Stanford University. https://exhibits.stanford.edu/stanford-senate/catalog/bj891ks2241. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 "Obituary for Jeremy Anderson". San Francisco Examiner. 1982-06-23. pp. 24. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-obituary-for/145156688/. 
  9. ↑ "Rum Runner Special? No, Another Ship". Daily Independent Journal. 1965-04-29. pp. 8. https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-independent-journal-frances-w-ande/20570477/. 
  10. ↑ "Sculpture Award Won by Anderson". San Francisco Examiner. 1950-03-26. pp. 155. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-sculpture-awa/145157771/. 
  11. ↑ "S.F. Artist Exhibiting at the De Young". Oakland Tribune. 1950-03-26. pp. 63. https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-sf-artist-exhibiting-a/145157755/. 
  12. ↑ "S.F.'s Wild Time in Modern Art". San Francisco Examiner. 1973-09-05. pp. 42. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-sfs-wild-t/145157592/. 
  13. ↑ "2 Bay Artists in Gateway Finals". The San Francisco Examiner. 1961-12-31. pp. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-2-bay-artists/145156547/. 
  14. ↑ "Louise Lieber floating sculpture". San Francisco Examiner. 1981-01-29. pp. 19. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-louise-lieber/77527933/. 
  15. ↑ "Zombies, Hands, And Cardboard". The Sacramento Bee. 1975-02-09. pp. 83. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sacramento-bee-zombies-hands-and-c/145157272/. 
  16. ↑ "Marin Society of Artists". Daily Independent Journal. 1974-05-31. pp. 23. https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-independent-journal-marin-society/145157393/. 
  17. ↑ "18 Artists to Be Featured In Show". Daily Independent Journal. 1974-05-22. pp. 41. https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-independent-journal-18-artists-to/145157733/. 
  18. ↑ Monte, James (1967-02-01). "Jeremy Anderson" (in en-US). https://www.artforum.com/features/jeremy-anderson-211462/. 
  19. ↑ "S.F. Solo Shows: Jeremy Anderson". Oakland Tribune. 1978-12-03. pp. 114. https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-sf-solo-shows-jeremy/145157673/. 
  20. ↑ "Recent Sculptures and Drawings". San Francisco Examiner. 1970-10-07. pp. 42. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-recent-sculpt/145157702/. 
  21. ↑ "Jeremy R Anderson gave a sculpture to the art museum at UC Berkeley.". The Los Angeles Times. 1967-07-02. pp. 417. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-jeremy-r-anderson/20570772/. 
  22. ↑ "Bay Area Sculpture at the UAM". Berkeley Gazette. 1982-08-20. pp. 32. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-berkeley-gazette-bay-area-sculpture/145156923/. 
  23. ↑ "Collection Etched in Anger, Edged With Humor". The Los Angeles Times. 1973-05-27. pp. 466. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-collection-etched/145157507/. 
  24. ↑ "Anderson, Jeremy" (in en-US). https://www.sfmoma.org/artist/jeremy-anderson/. 
  25. ↑ "Jeremy Anderson" (in en). https://whitney.org/artists/19705. 
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