Eve Peri

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Eve Peri
Born(1897-09-25)September 25, 1897
Bangor, Maine
DiedMarch 4, 1966(1966-03-04) (aged 68)
NationalityAmerican
Known forFiber art

Eve Peri (1897–1966) was a textile artist known for her embroidery, appliqué, and "fiber forms".[1]

Biography[edit]

Peri was born on September 25, 1897, in Bangor, Maine. She traveled extensively in Europe and South and Central America. She studied techniques and collected fabrics.[2]

Peri was married several times. Her second husband was Rafael Alfonso Umaña Mendez (1908–1994), a Colombian born artist.[1] The couple produced handwoven material that they sold in New York under the name Peri-Umaña.[2][3]

In the early 1940s Peri began creating her "fabric forms", panels which combined embroidery and applique.[1]

Peri died on March 4, 1966.[2]

Her work is in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago,[4] the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum,[5] the Farnsworth Art Museum,[6] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[7]

In 1996 the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery in Baltimore held a retrospective exhibit entitled Eve Peri: A Modernist Spirit.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Koplos, Janet; Metcalf, Bruce (2010). Makers: a history of American studio craft. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina press. p. 211. ISBN 9780807834138.
  2. ^ a b c "Eve Peri". CLARA database. 14 November 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-11-14. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Artwork Details Page - 1938.375". Cleveland Museum of Art. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Eve Peri". The Art Institute of Chicago. 1897. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  5. ^ Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. "Eve Peri". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  6. ^ Troup, David (1 June 2020). "Eve Peri, Untitled Embroidery". Farnsworth Art Museum. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Eve Peri". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Eve Peri". Artnet. Retrieved 21 January 2024.