258:
In 1907, the
Byrdcliffe Pottery opened. Zulma Steele worked there for many years and managed the facility for the last five of those years, until its closing in 1928. She then started her own line of pottery called, “Zedware.” Steele became a lifelong resident of the Woodstock area. She was described
234:
pieces. The types of objects made in the furniture shop at
Byrdcliffe included tables, chairs, lamp stands, hanging shelves, bookcases, sideboards and chiffoniers. “Simple lines, delicate moldings, and planar surfaces characterized Byrdcliffe pieces and belie their solid construction,” wrote curator
172:
noted that Steele was a "progressive-minded artist and artisan whose work was considered avant-garde." She married a farmer, Nielson Parker, in 1926. After he died in 1928, Steele traveled extensively in Europe, Haiti, and the
Bahamas. She returned to upstate New York and died in New Jersey, aged 98.
242:
in New York City. Her immediate response to the
European modern art is not known however the evolution of her art shows an impact. Professor of Art History at Bard College, Tom Wolf, noted that the "artists of Byrdcliffe practiced the most popular and accepted styles of the early twentieth century,
216:
began on Mount
Guardian outside of Woodstock, New York. The serene 1,500-acre commune was the brainchild of wealthy Englishman Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead. The son of a British textile Baron, Whitehead was attempting “to create a subsistence community of craftsmen,” wrote
229:
in
Brooklyn, arrived in Woodstock to work in the furniture shop. Steele had long-time family ties to the Woodstock area. The two women made nature studies of local plant life for what became the iconic patterned-painted panels that were set into the larger
224:
Zulma Steele was one of the first residents at the
Byrdcliffe Colony and was considered one of the most talented students to come there. In 1903, she and Edna Walker, who both had recently graduated from the
568:
243:
and it is striking to see a sudden change around the time of the 1913 Armory Show." During World War I, Steele worked with the Red Cross in France. She studied in Paris with the Cubist
558:
208:
In the late 19th century, the Arts and Crafts movement grew in response to, and as rejection of, the rapid urbanization and mechanization of society during the
543:
79:
548:
192:
Born Zulma Ripley Steele, she was the youngest of three children born to Zulma De Lacy Steele, née Dorr, and
William Henry Steele. Her siblings were
221:
journalist
Benjamin Genocchio in 2003. During the beginning of art production at Byrdcliffe, activity centered around the production of furniture.
248:
563:
553:
511:
457:
209:
389:
184:. The catalogue and accompanying essays constitute the most comprehensive scholarship on Steele's work to date.
181:
158:
69:
231:
54:
252:
538:
533:
324:
193:
140:
39:
507:
478:
453:
213:
503:
497:
449:
443:
197:
145:
104:
226:
118:
74:
281:
Byrdcliffe No. 4, c. 1914, Oil on Board, 20.32cm Ă— 25.4cm 127.95 cm x 98.42 cm Ă— 40.64 cm
244:
527:
157:(1881–1979) was an American visual artist, and is one of the pioneering women of the
278:
Drop Front Desk with 3 Iris Panels, 1904, Oil Paint and Green Stain on Cherry Wood.
260:
169:
346:
239:
108:
100:
363:
235:
Peter Morrin in preparation for a 1977 exhibition on the
Woodstock colonies.
162:
122:
482:
255:
art schools. The influences of Cubism became evident in Steele's artwork.
92:
263:, as “an outstanding lady both visually and in quality we call style.”
96:
180:, was held in 2020 at the Kleinert/James Center for the Arts of the
275:
Drawing, Iris Desk Panel. 1904, Graphite and Color Pencil on Paper
196:
and Joseph Dorr Steele. Her maternal grandmother was writer
416:
390:"Rutland Historical Society Quarterly Vol.31, No.4, 2001"
272:
Purple Hills, c. 1914, Oil on Board, 20.32 cm Ă— 25.4 cm
136:
128:
114:
88:
62:
47:
28:
21:
569:School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts alumni
502:. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University. p.
499:Byrdcliffe: An American Arts and Crafts Colony
445:Byrdcliffe: An American Arts and Crafts Colony
417:"100 Years Ago, When the Arts Found Woodstock"
559:School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni
475:Woodstock, An American Art Colony (1902-1977)
212:. In the winter of 1902, construction of the
8:
18:
351:. Bromhead, Curtis & Co. p. 698.
448:. New York: Cornell University. p.
132:Nielson Parker (m. 1926–1928; his death)
477:. New York: Vassar College. p. 8.
337:
415:Genocchio, Benjamin (14 August 2003).
291:Boston Art College (1894, 1896, 1899)
165:in New York. Arts journalist for the
7:
364:"Zulma Steele and Arthur Wesley Dow"
544:20th-century American women artists
294:National Academy of Design (1891),
14:
303:Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
80:Boston Museum of Fine Arts School
549:Arts and Crafts movement artists
345:Howard, Frances R., ed. (1923).
321:Woodstock, New York 1980s (solo)
259:by her contemporary, the artist
178:Zulma Steele: Artist/Craftswoman
362:Glueck, Grace (25 March 2005).
249:Académie de la Grande Chaumière
238:Zulma Steele attended the 1913
348:American Art Annual, Volume XX
1:
210:Second Industrial Revolution
176:A retrospective exhibition,
51:1979 (aged 97–98)
16:American artist (1881–1979)
585:
182:Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild
423:. No. 14 August 2003
306:Boston Museum of Fine Art
300:National Arts Club (1914)
442:Green, Nancy E. (2004).
370:. No. 25 March 2005
315:Indiana State University
297:Art Institute of Chicago
247:and took classes at the
159:Arts and Crafts movement
70:Art Institute of Chicago
309:Baltimore Museum of Art
232:Mission style furniture
564:Pratt Institute alumni
554:Artists from Wisconsin
473:Morrin, Peter (1977).
148:(maternal grandmother)
55:Westchester, New York
325:Milwaukee Art Museum
194:Frederic Dorr Steele
141:Frederic Dorr Steele
40:Appleton, Wisconsin
33:Zulma Ripley Steele
496:Wolf, Tom (2004).
396:. pp. 3–5, 12
253:Académie Colarossi
214:Byrdcliffe Colony
152:
151:
576:
518:
517:
493:
487:
486:
470:
464:
463:
439:
433:
432:
430:
428:
412:
406:
405:
403:
401:
386:
380:
379:
377:
375:
359:
353:
352:
342:
198:Julia C. R. Dorr
146:Julia C. R. Dorr
105:furniture design
19:
584:
583:
579:
578:
577:
575:
574:
573:
524:
523:
522:
521:
514:
495:
494:
490:
472:
471:
467:
460:
441:
440:
436:
426:
424:
414:
413:
409:
399:
397:
388:
387:
383:
373:
371:
361:
360:
356:
344:
343:
339:
334:
318:Paradox Gallery
312:Ohio University
288:
269:
227:Pratt Institute
206:
190:
167:New York Times,
144:
119:Arts and Crafts
84:
75:Pratt Institute
58:
57:, United States
52:
43:
42:, United States
37:
35:
34:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
582:
580:
572:
571:
566:
561:
556:
551:
546:
541:
536:
526:
525:
520:
519:
512:
488:
465:
458:
434:
421:New York Times
407:
381:
368:New York Times
354:
336:
335:
333:
330:
329:
328:
322:
319:
316:
313:
310:
307:
304:
301:
298:
295:
292:
287:
284:
283:
282:
279:
276:
273:
268:
265:
219:New York Times
205:
202:
189:
186:
150:
149:
138:
134:
133:
130:
126:
125:
116:
112:
111:
90:
89:Known for
86:
85:
83:
82:
77:
72:
66:
64:
60:
59:
53:
49:
45:
44:
38:
32:
30:
26:
25:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
581:
570:
567:
565:
562:
560:
557:
555:
552:
550:
547:
545:
542:
540:
537:
535:
532:
531:
529:
515:
509:
505:
501:
500:
492:
489:
484:
480:
476:
469:
466:
461:
455:
451:
447:
446:
438:
435:
422:
418:
411:
408:
395:
391:
385:
382:
369:
365:
358:
355:
350:
349:
341:
338:
331:
326:
323:
320:
317:
314:
311:
308:
305:
302:
299:
296:
293:
290:
289:
285:
280:
277:
274:
271:
270:
266:
264:
262:
256:
254:
250:
246:
241:
236:
233:
228:
222:
220:
215:
211:
203:
201:
199:
195:
187:
185:
183:
179:
174:
171:
168:
164:
160:
156:
147:
142:
139:
135:
131:
127:
124:
120:
117:
113:
110:
106:
102:
98:
94:
91:
87:
81:
78:
76:
73:
71:
68:
67:
65:
61:
56:
50:
46:
41:
31:
27:
20:
498:
491:
474:
468:
444:
437:
425:. Retrieved
420:
410:
400:November 21,
398:. Retrieved
393:
384:
372:. Retrieved
367:
357:
347:
340:
261:Bolton Brown
257:
237:
223:
218:
207:
191:
177:
175:
170:Grace Glueck
166:
155:Zulma Steele
154:
153:
36:July 7, 1881
23:Zulma Steele
539:1979 deaths
534:1881 births
394:Archive.org
286:Exhibitions
245:André Lhote
240:Armory Show
109:book design
101:printmaking
528:Categories
513:0964604205
459:0964604205
332:References
188:Early life
143:(brother),
163:Modernism
137:Relatives
123:Modernism
63:Education
115:Movement
93:Painting
483:2845739
427:5 March
374:5 March
97:pottery
510:
481:
456:
327:(2020)
204:Career
129:Spouse
267:Works
251:and
508:ISBN
479:OCLC
454:ISBN
429:2018
402:2020
376:2018
161:and
48:Died
29:Born
530::
506:.
504:92
452:.
450:10
419:.
392:.
366:.
200:.
121:,
107:,
103:,
99:,
95:,
516:.
485:.
462:.
431:.
404:.
378:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.