Jessie Arms Botke

(American, 1883–1971)

flamingos, swans, egrets, and birds at a waterhole by jessie arms botke

Jessie Arms Botke

Flamingos, Swans, Egrets, and Birds at a waterhole, ca. 1930

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Biography

Timeline

1883
Born in Chicago, IL
1911
Obtained employment with Herter Looms in NYC and assisted Herter with the mural in the St Francis Hotel in San Francisco
1915
Returned to Chicago, married Cornelis Botke
1919
Moved to Carmel, CA
1927
Tours Europe, moved to ranch in Santa Paula, CA
1971
Died Santa Paula, California
Art Institute of Chicago

Exhibitions

1951
Chicago Galleries Association
1947
California State Fair
1939
Golden gate Exposition, San Francisco
1938
Sanity in Art
1932
Corcoran Gallery
1928
Southwest Exposition
1926
Sesqui-Centenial Exposition, Philadelphia, PA
Corcoran Gallery
1925
National Association of Women Artists
1919
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

Literature

Hughes Artists of California, 62
Charles Woodbury and His Students, 22