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Jessie Arms Botke

American
(1883–1971)

Aviary Scene
circa 1935-1940

Oil on board
20 x 24 x 2 in.
Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation
2008.22

Aviary Scene features a recurrent theme by the artist of the study of birds in their natural settings. Inspired by earlier work as a designer, Botke worked with woven tapestries that included peacocks, swan, and geese.

Born in Chicago Illinois, Botke is an artist and interior designer. She attended the Chicago Art Institute in 1897-98, and again in 1902-05. While at the Institute, Botke worked under renowned painter, muralist, and interior designer Albert Herter, who influenced her approach to composition and color. She began exhibiting her work in 1917 and moved to California in 1919 with her husband, Cornelious Botke, where she continued as an exhibitor and muralist.

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bird, bodies of water*, bridge, water*
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  • bodies of water - Natural depressions or courses in the earth's surface that are filled with water, including seas, lakes, and rivers.
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  • water - A liquid made up of molecules of hydrogen and oxygen (HO2). When pure, it is colorless, tasteless, and odorless. It exists in gaseous, liquid, and solid forms; it is liquid at room temperature. It is the liquid of which seas, lakes, and rivers are composed, and which falls as rain. Water is one of the most plentiful and essential of compounds. It is vital to life, participating in virtually every process that occurs in plants and animals. One of its most important properties is its ability to dissolve many other substances. The versatility of water as a solvent is essential to living organisms. The term "water" is typically used to refer to the liquid form of this compound; for the solid or gaseous forms, use "ice" or "water vapor."

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