Presented ToThe sculpture was given to the Skokie Public Library as a gift from the Skokie Art Guild at a ceremony celebrating the opening of the Illinois Sesquicentennial Celebration in December 1967. The sculpture was purchased by the Skokie Art Guild after it had won both the "Best of Show" award at the Skokie Art Festival and the Lincolnwood Art Fair. According to the artist, the sculpture "expresses the 'struggle and hunger of life through the early ages.'" (Life, November 23, 1967, p. 10)
The Skokie Library
By Skokie Art Guild
Primitive Woman
Sculptor--E. Corley
1967
Presented ToThe sculpture was given to the Skokie Public Library as a gift from the Skokie Art Guild at a ceremony celebrating the opening of the Illinois Sesquicentennial Celebration in December 1967. The sculpture was purchased by the Skokie Art Guild after it had won both the "Best of Show" award at the Skokie Art Festival and the Lincolnwood Art Fair. According to the artist, the sculpture "expresses the 'struggle and hunger of life through the early ages.'" (Life, November 23, 1967, p. 10)
The Skokie Library
By Skokie Art Guild
Primitive Woman
Sculptor--E. Corley
1967
Barbara SchlenkerDuring the 1960s and early 1970s, Barbara Schlenker’s (1915-1991) work was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, and the National Design Center. She was also president of the North Shore Art League before moving to Michigan in the late 1970s.
THE GARDEN
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fellin
Barbara SchlenkerDuring the 1960s and early 1970s, Barbara Schlenker’s (1915-1991) work was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, and the National Design Center. She was also president of the North Shore Art League before moving to Michigan in the late 1970s.
THE GARDEN
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fellin
Carl Schwartz“Sandburg Village” is a neighborhood of apartment buildings on the north side of Chicago built during the 1960s as part of an urban renewal project.
THE VILLAGE: CARL SANDBURG
Gift of Edward and Cecile Fellin
Carl Schwartz“Sandburg Village” is a neighborhood of apartment buildings on the north side of Chicago built during the 1960s as part of an urban renewal project.
THE VILLAGE: CARL SANDBURG
Gift of Edward and Cecile Fellin
Carl SchwartzOriginally from Detroit, Carl E. Schwartz (1935-2014) studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago. He taught figure drawing and painting at the North Shore Art League for nearly thirty years. He and Kay Hofmann [sic], a sculptor in Chicago, were married for a time. His work is in numerous private, corporate, and museum collections. The Library owns three other works by Schwartz, “Iron Mountain, Michigan No.3,” “The Village: Carl Sandburg,” and “Chess Game.”
SCULPTRESS-KAY HOFFMAN
Gift of Edward and Cecile Fellin
Carl SchwartzOriginally from Detroit, Carl E. Schwartz (1935-2014) studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago. He taught figure drawing and painting at the North Shore Art League for nearly thirty years. He and Kay Hofmann [sic], a sculptor in Chicago, were married for a time. His work is in numerous private, corporate, and museum collections. The Library owns three other works by Schwartz, “Iron Mountain, Michigan No.3,” “The Village: Carl Sandburg,” and “Chess Game.”
SCULPTRESS-KAY HOFFMAN
Gift of Edward and Cecile Fellin
TunaThe artist, John R. Sobeck, Jr. (1947-2001) painted under the name, “TUNA.” The Library owns another painting by Sobeck, “Petrified Journey One Thru Ten,” which is in the Petty Auditorium on the First Floor.
ENERGY
acrylic on canvas
Gift of the Family
in memory of Dr. Romuald Walczyk
TunaThe artist, John R. Sobeck, Jr. (1947-2001) painted under the name, “TUNA.” The Library owns another painting by Sobeck, “Petrified Journey One Thru Ten,” which is in the Petty Auditorium on the First Floor.
ENERGY
acrylic on canvas
Gift of the Family
in memory of Dr. Romuald Walczyk