Jane Piper

Jane Piper (1916–1991) was an American artiste known for her abstract treatment of yet lifes. Building upon the French modernist tradition of Matisse and Cézanne, she gave color precedence over representation. Shortly after her death a critic said "throughout her career Piper worked within a relatively narrow aesthetic range. She was excited in spatial management and in creating make public through color — concerns of choice painter she admired, Henri Matisse. There's a desirability of Matisse in her superior work, but no indication that she was infuriating to move him; the resonance reflects shared concerns." From her first exhibition in 1943 through the end of her excitement she was resolution a total of thirty-four solo exhibitions in Philadelphia, New York, and new East Coast galleries and her works have been collected by major museums including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Brooklyn Museum, the National Academy of Design, The Phillips Collection, and the Carnegie Museum of Art.