Fine Arts & Crafts exhibit.
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Sunday, July 05, 2015
The Bridge Builder by Will Allen Dromgoole : The Poetry Foundation
The Bridge Builder by Will Allen Dromgoole : The Poetry Foundation
art is life...live with art
collage work by Alma Lesch included this poem into a mixed media work from 1968 using cotton warp plain woven with fragment of fishing net gesso primed attached to a 16" x 20 Grumbacher canvas panel
collage work by Alma Lesch included this poem into a mixed media work from 1968 using cotton warp plain woven with fragment of fishing net gesso primed attached to a 16" x 20 Grumbacher canvas panel
Friday, June 19, 2015
Lida Gordon, M.F.A. — Hite Art Institute, Department of Fine Arts
Lida Gordon, M.F.A. — Hite Art Institute, Department of Fine Arts
art is life...live with art
The Alma Lesch legacy at U of L
The Alma Lesch legacy at U of L
Thursday, June 18, 2015
art is life...live with art
Follow Dennis's board Alma Lesch on Pinterest.
Follow Dennis's board Alma Lesch on Pinterest.
the buttons which embellish my basketBOWL sculptures pay homage to Alma Lesch
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Coptic Weavings on Old Testament themes
Textile artist Alma Lesch in her basement studio early 1960s Shepherdsville KY
Weavings and fabric collages became part of her J B Speed exhibition in 1969 entitled "The Cloth"
Family Portrait
Fabric Collage Portrait applique and stitchery on linen, theatrical gauze
17 by 60 inches reds and yellows vegetable dyes
1965 sold by America House, New York City
"David"
1967 Fabric Collage Portrait, applique and stitchery
22 x 50 inches red, purple, blue, rust
collection of Millard Lesch, Kirkland, Washington
"Mrs. Burns" #3
Fabric Collage Portrait third version of Mrs. Burns theme
cotton blouse, buttons 1964
stitchery and pieces of cloth on one linsey-woolsey
26 x 36 inches white and black
sold to Robert Burnside New York City
"Nell" 1965
Fabric Collage Portrait "Nell"
lace gown, fan, embroidered portemonnaie, buttons on cotton
23 x 58 inches
gold beige, blue
owned by Mrs. Daniel Peterson estate
sold at her estate auction to Lee Ann Ellingsworth Louisville (verify on 6/16/2015)
"Jezabel, That Woman"
Fabric Collage Portrait 1965
applique and stitchery with buttons on linen-applique
pieces are umbrella, knit blouse, and lace skirt
22 x 66 inches red, orange, rust and gold
gift to Sarah Lansdell, Georgia
"Mrs. Burns" #1
This is the first fabric collage portrait that I made ALMA LESCH note
1964 Fabric Collage Portrait
cotton blouse, shoe buttons, pearl buttons, hat pins, fan, and hand punched
cutwork lace on old linsey-woolsey
24 x 38 inches white and black
Craft Horizons March-April 1965 cover photo
"Uncle Bob" work jacket, piece of old quilt, straight razor case
gold rim spectacles, wood picture frame, and old billfold on linen
21 x 34 inches blue, beige, and red
owned by Joseph Heil, New York City
March 1965
Alma Lesch with natural dyed yarn 1960 embroidered stitchery above fireplace mantel first shown in Kentucky State Fair. Between 1960-1964 Alma Lesch won 30 ribbons exhibiting at Kentucky State Fair, Louisville.
1965
Alma Lesch in her basement studio, umbrella armature becomes "Jezabel, That Woman" fabric portrait (photo above scroll to find). Ceramic kiln on left.
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