https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms A timeline of the life of Julia Thecla. en-us 2020-05-09 17:59:37 UTC 2025-12-20 21:04:39 UTC hello@padlet.com corinne_grabowski2 https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms/wish/561743498 Julia Thecla was born February 28, 1896 in rural Illinois and was the second youngest of 5 children. Thecla won  first price in a drawing contest at age 12. She moved to Chicago at age 24 to become an artist. She studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1921. She became an active member of many art associations. Thecla was mostly a watercolorist and was known for her "enchanted" looking art. She worked mostly in a female store and used herself as a model. Thecla was most known for working in the magical realist school of modern art. Her work is best known for the childlike persona and costumes. Her work was featured in many art exhibits. During the years of her career, her art was rather forgotten  because the rise in abstraction and less attention to female artists. Still, she continued to make art up to the time she pasted away in 1973. ]]> 2020-05-09 18:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms/wish/561743498 corinne_grabowski2 https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms/wish/561755341 At age 24, Julia Thecla moved to Chicago to study for two years at the School of Art Institute of Chicago. ]]> 2020-05-09 18:16:19 UTC https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms/wish/561755341 corinne_grabowski2 https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms/wish/561762090 Julia Thecla exhibited for the first time at the annual International Watercolor Exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work were there till 1936 and again from 1940 to 1944.]]> 2020-05-09 18:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms/wish/561762090 corinne_grabowski2 https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms/wish/561764820 Julia Thecla painting, Magnifying Glass, (location unknown, picture not found) was featured in the exhibit "31 Women" held at Peggy Guggenheim's gallery Art of This Century. The idea of this exhibit came from Marcel Duchamp. (Connection to What Are You Looking At?)]]> 2020-05-09 18:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms/wish/561764820 corinne_grabowski2 https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms/wish/561766208 Over 30 years since her passing, Julia Thecla painting were shown in a special exhibit at the DePaul University Art Museum. She was described as a forgotten Chicago artist. This exhbit brought back some popularity to her artworks. ]]> 2020-05-09 18:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms/wish/561766208 corinne_grabowski2 https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms/wish/561783389 Gouache on composition board]]> 2020-05-09 18:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms/wish/561783389 corinne_grabowski2 https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms/wish/561784505 Gouache on gessoed composition board]]> 2020-05-09 18:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms/wish/561784505 corinne_grabowski2 https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms/wish/561786518 Gouache on composition board]]> 2020-05-09 18:52:22 UTC https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms/wish/561786518 corinne_grabowski2 https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms/wish/561787616 Gouache on composition board]]> 2020-05-09 18:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms/wish/561787616 corinne_grabowski2 https://padlet.com/corinne_grabowski2/ca8klzzz70ylfms/wish/561788779 Oil on panel 

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