Fay Peck (1931 – 2016)[1] was an American Expressionist artist, known for her oil painting and printmaking.[2][3][4]

Fay Peck
Artists Claes Oldenburg, and Fay Peck, with museum director Jan van der Marck (August 1968)
Born
Fay Gunderson

(1931-08-07)August 7, 1931.
DiedSeptember 18, 2016(2016-09-18) (aged 85)
Resting placeLake Forest Cemetery, Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois, US
MovementExpressionism
SpouseDavid Bell Peck III

Biography edit

Fay Gunderson was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 7, 1931, to parents Alice Gunderson and Gunnar E. Gunderson.[1][5] She was of Norwegian descent.[1] She grew up in rural River Forest, Illinois.[6] In 1954, she married David Bell Peck III on her family farm in Lemont.[5]

She attended University of Miami, and studied in the summers at University of Wisconsin and the University of Oslo.[6] She participated in art workshops and studied at Anderson Ranch Arts Center and Evanston Art Center, where she studied with artist Paul Wieghardt.[6]

Her work is in many collections including Rice University;[7] First National Bank of Chicago; the New York Stock Exchange; Goldman Sachs; and various United States embassies.[6][8][9]

Publications edit

  • Peck, Fay (2014). Steele, Robin (ed.). Fay Peck: American Expressionist. History Works, Incorporated. ISBN 9780979776953.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Fay Gunderson Peck Biography". Askart.com. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  2. ^ Ross, Harold Wallace; White, Katharine Sergeant Angell (1973). The New Yorker (magazine). Vol. 49, Part 6. F-R Publishing Corporation. p. 7 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Findsen, Owen (12 June 1994). "Abstract Landscapes Shown In Hyde Park". Newspapers.com. The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 54. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  4. ^ "Death notice: Fay Gunderson Peck". Chicago Tribune. 25 September 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Peck–Gunderson". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. 4 November 1954. p. 39. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  6. ^ a b c d Watson, Ella (January 2018). ""Fay Peck: American Expressionist" at the Helen. E Copeland Gallery (HECG)". Montana State University. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  7. ^ Rodkin, Dennis (9 October 2020). "'Nature embraces you' at Lake Forest midcentury for sale". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Art in Embassies: Fay Peck". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  9. ^ "Fay Peck". Artnet.com. Retrieved 2021-01-31.