Description

“Madam Suburbia #2” (Woman and Child, Sue & Casey) in Oil on Canvas

An auburn-haired woman sits in a chair with her young child, by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932). She is wearing a red striped shirt and jeans, and her child is in overalls and a green long sleeve shirt. She is sitting near a window with the curtains open, and houses and trees can be seen in the background.

Signed and dated “Gren Hayes 1977” in the lower right corner.
Signed, dated, and titled on verso: “Gren Hayes, 1977. Madam Suburbia, Woman & Child #2 (Sue & Casey)”
Presented in a thin slat frame.
Canvas size: 39.75″H x 50″W
Frame size: 40.5″H x 51″W

Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932) is a Bay Area Figurative & Feminist Art Movement artist who studied at Winnipeg Public Art School in 1950.She received early recognition in Museum and Gallery competitions and exhibitions and was awarded a Special Education in Art recognition by the Winnipeg Museum of Fine Art, and was awarded a scholarship to the Banff College of Fine Art.Further studies were at The University of Manitoba.

She was a Member of Winnipeg Free Press Sketch Club and was a Cartoonist and paste-up for a French-English bi-weekly, in Eastern Canada;

She studied outdoor impressionism in New York in 1960; in 1962, attended The California College of Arts and Crafts, and in 1976 B.A., U.C. Berkeley where she studied under Elmer Bischoff, David Simpson, Joan Brown, Felix Ruvolo, Yolanda Lopez and Vincent Perez.

She started a freelance commercial art business in 1963; copyrighted a National Cartoon, 1976, and served as Exhibition Director for San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976-1978.She was a workshop instructor at the San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery, 1977-1985; and was Manager/Owner Stanton Art Gallery, Alameda, CA, 1976-1982.

Solo Exhibitions:
Berkeley Marina, 1974;
Oakland Center for The Visual Arts, “Images of Women”, 1979

Group Exhibitions:
Oakland’s Dept of Education, 1963, Studio One;
Alameda County Fair, 1975, 1976, 1978;
San Francisco Art Festival, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978;
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976, 1977, 1978;
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery Exhibition, award winner – 1970, 1977, 1978;
Hayward Bay Fair Art Festival, award winner – 1971;
Capricorn Assunder Gallery, 1973;
Oakland Art Festival, 1973, 1974;
Alameda Art Association, 1978;
El Cerrito Art Association, 1979;
Delta Art Annual, 1986;
San Francisco Woman’s Gallery, 1976-1982;
Stanton Gallery, Alameda, CA, 1976-1982;
2nd Annual Bay Area Women’s Graphic Art Competition, Los Gatos, CA, 1979See

Dimensions

51ʺW × 1ʺD × 41ʺH

Styles

American

Modern

Frame Type

Unframed

Art Subjects

Portrait

Period

1970s

Country of Origin

United States

Item Type

Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned

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Materials

Canvas

Oil Paint

Condition

Good Condition, Restored, Some Imperfections

Color

Blue

Condition Notes

Artwork is in good condition. Professionally cleaned and treated with UV-resistant varnishArtwork is in good condition. Professionally cleaned and treated with UV-resistant varnish