Madeline Tourtelot
Madeline Tourtelot | |
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Born | Madeline Hanson November 21, 1915 painter, educator, film critic |
Years active | 1940sā1980s |
Known for | Harry Partch collaborations Founder, Peninsula School of Art |
Spouse(s) | Edward Tourtelot (1934ā83) Takashi Yamada |
Children | Edward Jr. (b. 1936); Joan (b. 1938) |
Parent(s) | Madeline and Chester Tripp (adoptive) |
Madeline Tourtelot (21 November 1915 ā 26 May 2002 )
Biography
Born in
Career
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Tourtelot went on to become a significant contributor to Chicago's art scene and avant-garde filmmaking in the 1950s and 1960. She completed two films; Reflections and One by One (featuring music by Ed Bland) in 1955, as well as a series of short commissioned films set to classical music for Chicago's Educational channel in 1956.
In 1957, Tourtelot met American composer Harry Partch through Robert Kostka, who was the art director at WTTW-TV in Chicago. Partch needed a filmmaker for a script he'd rewritten called U.S. Highball, and Kostka thought Tourtelot's filmmaking aesthetic would be in line with Partch's vision for the film. In 1958, she produced Windsong with Partch, the first of a number of collaborations between the two and the only film in which she acted. Other works include Rhythm on Canvas (1955), Reflections (1955), One by One (1955), and U.S. Highball (1968).[1] Tourtelot also collaborated with Chicago jazz musician Paul Severson on The Poet's Return (1962) and Two Cats- One Chick (1962).[4]
In addition to her visual arts practice, Tourtelot founded three art institutions: the Ephraim Art School (1943), the Gallery Studio in Chicago's North Michigan Avenue arts district (1950s), and the Door Harbor School of Art (1965), now known as the Peninsula School of Art, where she was the school's director until 1971.[5][1] Tourtelot donated part of her land, including two barns, to Peninsula Art Association in 1978. The school's archives include some of Tourtelot's original films, paintings, and photographs.[3]
Prior to working in film, Tourtelot was active in the fields of photography, printmaking, and painting. Her painting Escape is in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.[6] She was also a long-standing member of Cinema 16, an influential membership film society in New York City, and a critic for Films in Review and Chicago American, in which her writing often revealed her own aesthetic preferences.[1]
Major works
Windsong
One of Tourtelot's most well-known works, Windsong, was produced in 1958. The work starred Tourtelot and artist Rudolph Seno, who at the time was a sculpture student at the Art Institute of Chicago's Saugatauk Summer school, where Tourtelot was working. The film consists of playful shots that Seno and Tourtelot captured of one another on the sand dunes of Lake Michigan's southeastern shore, along with shots of local botanical specimen and water. The score for Windsong was written by Harry Partch, who played 10 different instruments for the film. He was inspired by the playful imagery of Tourtelot and Seno, which reminded him of the legend of Apollo and Daphne.[1]
Delusion of the Fury
Film based on the stage play by Harry Partch, subtitled A Ritual of Dream and Delusion.
Selected filmography
Film Title | year | collaborators |
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Rhythm on Canvas | 1955 | unknown |
Reflections | 1955 | Edward Bland (music) |
One by One | 1955 | unknown |
Windsong | 1958 | Harry Partch (music), Rudolph Seno (actor) |
Music Studio Harry Partch | 1958 | Harry Partch (music) |
Rotate the Body | 1961[7] | Harry Partch (music) |
The Poets Return | 1962[8] | Paul Severson (music)[9] |
Two Cats- One Chick | 1962 | Paul Severson (music)[10] |
U.S. Highball | 1968[11] | Harry Partch (music) |
References
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- ^ a b c d e f "Madeline Tripp Tourtelot" (PDF). Wisconsin Public Television. 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
- ^ a b "Madeline Tourtelot Archives and Study Center Opens at PAS". Door County Pulse. 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-1279-6.)
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- ^ "Escape | The Art Institute of Chicago". www.artic.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
- ^ Partch, Harry; Blackburn, Philip; Tourtelot, Madeline; Partch, . Rotate the body in all its planes, Harry; Partch, . Windsong, Harry; Partch, . Music studio :Harry Partch, Harry; Partch, . U.S. highball, Harry; Forum, American Composers (1995), Four historic art films, Saint Paul, Minn. : Innova, Minnesota Composers Forum, retrieved 2018-03-07
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Poet's Return (1962)". BFI. Archived from the original on March 20, 2019. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
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: CS1 maint: others (link - ^ "Harry Partch [videorecording] : four films / by Madeline Tourtelot ; with music by Harry Partch. - Princeton University Library Catalog". pulsearch.princeton.edu. 1995. Retrieved 2018-03-07.