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Carol Hoorn Fraser (1930-1991)
First they tell you it isnt true; then they tell you its true but unimportant; then they say its important and theyve known it all along.
(American inventor, quoted from memory.)
The night wind blows upon the dreamer, bent
Over words that are lifes voluble utterance.
(Wallace Stevens)
This magnificent and still too little known artist did over three hundred oils, as many watercolours, and numerous drawings. These thirty-seven images, arranged more or less chronologically, give an idea of her range, her intellectual freedom, and her unflagging inventiveness. Their positions elsewhere in the site are indicated. The titles in square brackets were provided by J.F. for works left untitled. The site contains about a hundred and thirty images of her work.
![Moonlight Bathers](gallery/images/sm/bl_bathers_sm.jpg) |
Moonlight Bathers, 1959, oilIntellectual (MFA) |
![Sunflower Hedge](gallery/images/sm/bl_sunflower_sm.jpg) |
Sunflower Hedge, 1960, oilIntellectual (MFA) |
![The Sun Setting](gallery/images/sm/bl_sunset_sm.jpg) |
The Sun Setting, 1963, oilDeparture |
![Suzanne on the Bed](gallery/images/sm/bl_suzanne_sm.jpg) |
Suzanne on the Bed, 1963, inkArtist (Drawing) |
![Tidal Rocks](gallery/images/sm/bl_tidalrocks_sm.jpg) |
Tidal Rocks, 1963, inkArtist (Drawing) |
![The Widow](gallery/images/sm/bl_widow_sm.jpg) |
The Widow, 1964, oilArtist (Image-Making) |
![Wild Surf](gallery/images/sm/bl_surf_sm.jpg) |
Wild Surf, 1965, inkArtist (Drawing) |
![Garden Diagram](gallery/images/sm/bl_diagram_sm.jpg) |
Garden Diagram, 1965, oilPlaces (Seillons) |
![Moonlight from the Balcony in Seillons](gallery/images/sm/bl_balcony_sm.jpg) |
Moonlight from the Balcony in Seillons, 1966-86, pencilPlaces (Seillons) |
![Field in Provence](gallery/images/sm/bl_field_sm.jpg) |
Field in Provence, 1966-82, pencilPlaces (Seillons) |
![Green Fire](gallery/images/sm/bl_green_sm.jpg) |
Green Fire, 1967-69, oilIntellectual (Interlude VI) |
![Kissing the Moon](gallery/images/sm/bl_kiss_sm.jpg) |
Kissing the Moon, 1968-69, oilArtist (Image-Making) |
![Grandparents I](gallery/images/sm/bl_grandparents_sm.jpg) |
Grandparents I, 1968-69Artist (Art) |
![Moon Alley](gallery/images/sm/bl_moon_sm.jpg) |
Moon Alley, 1969, oilPlaces (Seillons), Places (Interlude II) |
![Major Surgery](gallery/images/sm/bl_surgery_sm.jpg) |
Major Surgery, 1969-77, oilArtist (Art); Character (Body) |
![Ambivalence](gallery/images/sm/bl_ambivalence_sm.jpg) |
Ambivalence, 1970-71, oilArtist (Art) |
![Head Wound](gallery/images/sm/bl_head_sm.jpg) |
Head Wound, 1970, oilArtist (Art); Character (Driving) |
![Inland](gallery/images/sm/bl_inland_sm.jpg) |
Inland, 1970, oilArtist (Drawing); Artworld (1977) |
![Couple II](gallery/images/sm/bl_couple_sm.jpg) |
Couple II, 1973-76, oilArtist (Drawing); People (Other) |
![Solipsist](gallery/images/sm/bl_solipsist_sm.jpg) |
Solipsist, 1974, oilArtist (Art) |
![Beach Girl](gallery/images/sm/bl_beach_sm.jpg) |
Beach Girl, 1974, pencilArtworld (Reputation) |
![Complacency](gallery/images/sm/bl_complacency_sm.jpg) |
Complacency, 1976, pencilArtworld (1977) |
![Hybrid Study](gallery/images/sm/bl_hybrid_sm.jpg) |
Hybrid Study, 1976-77, pencilArtworld (Ideologies) |
![Squash Blossoms](gallery/images/sm/bl_blossoms_sm.jpg) |
Squash Blossoms, 1976-77, pencilArtist (Drawing); Artworld (1977) |
![Revelation](gallery/images/sm/bl_revelation_sm.jpg) |
Revelation, 1977, pencilArtist (Art) |
![Six Women](gallery/images/sm/bl_six_sm.jpg) |
Six Women, 1979, pencilArtist (Image-Making) |
![Triptych of the Knot](gallery/images/sm/bl_trip_sm.jpg) |
Triptych of the Knot, 1980, oilIntellectual (Interlude V) |
![Playground of Escape](gallery/images/sm/bl_playground_sm.jpg) |
Playground of Escape, 1982, oilPleasures (Interlude VI) |
![Golden Opportunity](gallery/images/sm/bl_golden_sm.jpg) |
Golden Opportunity, 1981-83, oilPlaces (Tepoztlán) |
![Neighbourhood with Starlings](gallery/images/sm/bl_starlings_sm.jpg) |
Neighbourhood with Starlings , 1982, w.c.not elsewhere |
![Departure of Summer](gallery/images/sm/bl_summer_sm.jpg) |
Departure of Summer, 1987, w.c.Character (Interlude VII) |
![Night Flowers](gallery/images/sm/bl_flowers_sm.jpg) |
Night Flowers, 1989, w.c. not elsewhere |
![And All the Trumpets Sounded](gallery/images/sm/bl_sounded_sm.jpg) |
[And All the Trumpets Sounded], 1990, w.c.Departure |
![The Wall](gallery/images/sm/bl_wall_sm.jpg) |
[The Wall], 1990, oil, unfinishedPeople (Interlude VIII) |
![Final Soliloquy](gallery/images/sm/bl_final_sm.jpg) |
[Final Soliloquy], 1989, pencilArtist (Drawing); Artist (Art); People (Interlude VIII) |
![Who Are Those People?](gallery/images/sm/bl_bushes_sm.jpg) |
[Who Are Those People and How Did They Get There?] 1990, oilPeople (Interlude VIII) |
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![Self-Portrait](gallery/images/sm/bl_self_sm.jpg) |
Self-Portrait, 1960, oilCharacter (Resistance) |
![Photo of artist in the garden](gallery/images/sm/bl_carol_sm.jpg) |
In the garden, 1968, (photo JF)Character (Being an Artist) |
![Hypothetical Portrait of Carol](gallery/images/sm/bl_studio_sm.jpg) |
In the studio, 1968, working on lost war painting, (photo JF)not elsewhere |
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Thanks to Will Fraser and Nicholas Poburko for urging the desirability of such a selection.
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