Name: JESSIE ARMS BOTKE (1883-1971)
Brand: White Peacock with Spread Tail
Price: 42000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

JESSIE ARMS BOTKE (1883-1971)
White Peacock with Spread Tail
signed 'Jessie Arms Botke' (lower right)
oil on canvas laid down on masonite
32¹⁄₄ x 40 in. (81.9 x 101.6 cm.)

Maureen Murphy Fine Arts, Montecito, California.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1999.

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Born in Chicago in 1883, Jessie Arms Botke studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and later worked designing tapestries at Herter Looms, a textile firm in New York. Botke subsequently moved to California in 1919, eventually settling in Santa Paula in 1927, where she established her studio. Renowned for her intricate, decorative paintings of birds and flowers, Botke also completed murals and woodblock prints throughout her career. Her work is in numerous museum collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, and the Santa Paula Art Museum, California.