Helen Gilbert

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Licomos, a kinetic sculpture by Helen Gilbert, 1970, polarized light, painted Plexiglass and wooden box, Honolulu Museum of Art,

Helen Gilbert (1922 – 8 April 2002), also known as Helen Gilbert-Bushnell, Helen Odell Gilbert and Helen Odell,[1] was an American artist and art-educator born in Mare Island, California.

She earned a baccalaureate in art at

Parsons The New School for Design and the Pratt Institute. She died at home on April 8, 2002.[3]

Although she painted images of the land and people of Hawaii with brush and

Whitney Museum of American Art (New York) are among the public collections holding works by Helen Gilbert.[4]

References

  • Wisnosky, John and Tom Klobe, A Tradition of Excellence, Hawaiʻi, Honolulu, 2002, pages 56–59.
  • Yoshihara, Lisa A., Collective Visions,
    Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
    , Honolulu, 1997, page 41.

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Helen Gilbert - Smithsonian American Art Museum". Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  2. ^ Wright, Walter, "Artist, UH professor Helen Gilbert-Bushnell dead at 80", Honolulu Advertiser.
  3. ^ a b Shapiro, Treena, "Painter's work occupied museums around world", Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
  4. ^ Wisnosky, John and Tom Klobe, A Tradition of Excellence, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, 2002, page 58.