Shirley Julian
Shirley Julian | |
|---|---|
| Born | Shirley Staschen July 29, 1914 Oakland, California |
| Died | November 26, 1995 (aged 90) San Rafael, California |
| Other names | Shirley Staschen Triest |
| Known for | Painting, printmaking |
Shirley Julian, Shirley Staschen, Shirley Triest (1914–1995) was an American pacifist, anarchist artist who co-founded the San Francisco Artists and Writers Union and worked for the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Biography
Staschen was born in Oakland, California on July 29, 1914. She attended the San Francisco Art Institute and the California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Art.[1] In the early 1930s she obtained a job with the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) . Around this time she married her first husband, fellow artist, Valentine Julien.[2] In 1933 Julian Triest joined the WPA team led by Bernard Zakheim, painting one of the Coit Tower#Mural_project Coit Tower murals in San Francisco. The following year she participated in the San Francisco General Strike by picketing at Coit Tower.[3][4][5] Also in the early 1930s Julian Triest attended the organizing meeting of the San Francisco Artists and Writers Union, along with Zakheim, Kenneth Rexroth, and future husband Frank Triest.[6][7]
Staschen divorced Valentine Julien and then married Al Podesta, a fellow pacifist and manual laborer. The couple supported conscientious objection to World War II[8] During the war years Staschen took care of her child and worked as a commercial photographer.
Towards the end of the war Staschen divorced Al Podesta and married Frank Triest (who she would eventually divorce).[9]
Staschen has participated in two interviews for oral histories. She was interviewed in 1964 for part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project.[6] She was interviewed again at the end of her life for the Regional Oral History Office of the Bancroft Library at the University of California. The interview became the major part of 1997 publication A Life on the First Waves of Radical Bohemianism in San Francisco.[10]
Staschen's work (under the name Shirley Julian) is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago,[11] the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive,[12] the Krannert Art Museum,[13] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[14] the Museum of Modern Art,[15] and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.[16]
References
- ^ "Shirley Staschen". AskArt. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ Triest, Shirley Staschen; Rainer, Ivan; Zabin, Belle; Goodfriend, Audrey; Triest, Sara Hart; Stern, Radha Lisa; Stern, Gerd; Rainer, Yvonne (1997). A life on the first waves of radical bohemianism in San Francisco : oral history transcript / 1997. pp. 48–51.
- ^ "Shirley Staschen Triest Biography". Annex Galleries Fine Prints. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ Triest, Shirley Staschen; Rainer, Ivan; Zabin, Belle; Goodfriend, Audrey; Triest, Sara Hart; Stern, Radha Lisa; Stern, Gerd; Rainer, Yvonne (1997). A life on the first waves of radical bohemianism in San Francisco : oral history transcript / 1997. pp. 52–55.
- ^ Fuller, Mary. "Emblems of Sorrow: The WPA Art Project in San Francisco". Art Forum. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Oral history interview with Shirley Staschen Triest, 1964 April 12-23". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ Triest, Shirley Staschen; Rainer, Ivan; Zabin, Belle; Goodfriend, Audrey; Triest, Sara Hart; Stern, Radha Lisa; Stern, Gerd; Rainer, Yvonne (1997). A life on the first waves of radical bohemianism in San Francisco : oral history transcript / 1997. pp. 56–73.
- ^ Triest, Shirley Staschen; Rainer, Ivan; Zabin, Belle; Goodfriend, Audrey; Triest, Sara Hart; Stern, Radha Lisa; Stern, Gerd; Rainer, Yvonne (1997). A life on the first waves of radical bohemianism in San Francisco : oral history transcript / 1997. pp. 106–112.
- ^ Triest, Shirley Staschen; Rainer, Ivan; Zabin, Belle; Goodfriend, Audrey; Triest, Sara Hart; Stern, Radha Lisa; Stern, Gerd; Rainer, Yvonne (1997). A life on the first waves of radical bohemianism in San Francisco : oral history transcript / 1997. pp. 118–130.
- ^ A Life on the First Waves of Radical Bohemianism in San Francisco: Oral History Transcript. ISBN 9781376042122.
- ^ Julian, Shirley (1935–1942). "Difficulty of Thought". Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "499 27th Avenue". BAMPFA. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Shirley Julian Staschen". Krannert Art Museum. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "The Search". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Shirley Julian". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ "End of the Clue - Shirley Julian Staschen". FAMSF. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2022.