L to R: The Woodman family at home in Boulder, Colorado, circa 1963 / Sirotkin House, designed by Tician Papachristou, 1959, Boulder, Colorado, courtesy M. Gerwing Architects / Images 3-7: Interior and exterior views of the Woodman family home in the Sirotkin House, circa 1960s / Baskets in Betty’s studio before one of her twice-yearly sales.
The Woodman family at home in Boulder, Colorado, c. 1963. Woodman Family Foundation Archives.
The Woodmans in Boulder, Colorado, 1960s
In 1960, after returning to Boulder, Colorado, from their first year together in Italy, the Woodman family moved into the Sirotkin House. One of more than a dozen modernist homes in Boulder by architect Tician Papachristou, the house was designed for the original owner as a pair with the house next door.
Francesca Woodman. "Untitled," 1979, 3 5/16 x 3 7/16 in. Chromogenic print © Woodman Family Foundation / SIAE, Rome
ON VIEW: "Francesca Woodman: New York Works" at Victoria Miro Venice, Venice, Italy, 2020
This exhibition centers on a rare series of color photographs that Francesca Woodman staged in her New York apartment in 1979.
All images related to George Woodman, The Rochester Carpet, 1984, Bevier Gallery, RIT, Rochester, NY. L to R: Installation view with the artist / Installation view / Students sorting patterns before painting / Pages from the artist's instructions / article in the Times-Union, Rochester, NY, December 6, 1984.
Installation view, George Woodman, "The Rochester Carpet," 1984, Bevier Gallery, RIT, Rochester, NY. Woodman Family Foundation Archives.
George Woodman’s paper tile installation at Rochester Institute of Technology, December 1984
George Woodman’s "The Rochester Carpet" was a sprawling, patterned mosaic temporarily covering the floor of the Bevier Gallery at Rochester Institute of Technology in December of 1984. This site-specific work was just one of the artist’s ambitious and encompassing tile projects, extending his earlier practice as an abstract painter by employing complex systems of pattern and color across public spaces.
L to R: Betty Woodman working at the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, France, c. 1987 / Installation views, Betty Woodman: L’allegra vitalità delle porcellane, Palazzo Pitti, Museo delle Porcelane, Florence, Italy, 2010 / Betty Woodman. Puccini, 1989. 6 x 13.2 x 8.274 in. Glazed porcelain / Betty Woodman. Beccafumi, 2002. 8.9 x 7.9 x 8.2 in. Glazed porcelain © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Betty Woodman working at the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, France, c. 1987. Woodman Family Foundation Archives.
Betty Woodman's Sèvres porcelain, 1987
In 1987, Betty Woodman began her work at the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, as an artist invited by the French Ministry of Culture. Over the course of more than twenty years, she made a series of sculptural vases and cups and saucers in brilliantly decorated porcelain, later shown at the Palazzo Pitti in her adopted home city of Florence.
All images related to: Francesca Woodman. "Blueprint for a Temple (I) and (II)," 1980. L to R: Artist's sketches / Installation views, Alternative Museum (including Francesca and Betsy Berne) / 'Beyond Photography 80' exhibition catalogue, Alternative Museum / Installation view, 'Spies in the House of Art,' Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012 / Diazotype collage, 173 1/4 x 111 3/16 in. / Diazotype, 24 1/2 x 18 in. / Diazotype, 24 1/2 x 18 1/4 in.
Francesca Woodman. Artist's sketch related to "Blueprint for a Temple (I) & (II)," 1980. Woodman Family Foundation Archives.
Francesca Woodman’s "Blueprint for a Temple (I) & (II)," 1980
In the spring of 1980, Francesca Woodman’s "Blueprint for a Temple (II)" was included in the exhibition "Beyond Photography 80" at the Alternative Museum in New York City.
L to R: Francesca and Charlie in their grembiule (Italian school uniforms), c. 1965-66 / George Woodman’s studio in a 16th century building, Italy, c. 1965-66 / Betty Woodman in her studio, Italy, 1965 / Francesca drawing in an Italian museum, c. 1965-66 / Charlie and Betty at the market, c. 1965-66 / George, Francesca and Betty in Italy, c. 1965-66. Woodman Family Foundation Archives.
Francesca and Charlie in their grembiule (Italian school uniforms), c. 1965-66. Woodman Family Foundation Archives.
The Woodmans in Italy, 1960s
Beginning in 1965, Betty, George, Charlie and Francesca Woodman spent an influential year together as a family in Italy, immersed in museums, art, and culture. Their affinity for Florence took root, leading to the acquisition of a farmhouse in Antella several years later that has served as a family and creative nucleus ever since.
Cover and pages from Pattern, Crime & Decoration catalogue, edited by Franck Gautherot and Seungduk Kim, MAMCO, Geneva, Le Consortium, Dijon, 2020.
"Pattern, Crime & Decoration" catalogue, edited by Franck Gautherot and Seungduk Kim, MAMCO, Geneva, Le Consortium, Dijon, 2020.
George Woodman and Betty Woodman featured in newly released "Pattern, Crime & Decoration" exhibition catalogue
The catalogue for "Pattern, Crime & Decoration"—a two-part exhibition at MAMCO, Geneva and Le Consortium, Dijon —focuses on the work of artists associated with the Pattern and Decoration movement in the US. It includes paintings by George Woodman and wall-based ceramic sculptures by Betty Woodman.
L to R: George Woodman’s studio space at Grand Arts, 2004 / Installation views at Grand Arts, 2004 / George Woodman. Chinese Chrysanthemums and the Chaos of Love, 2004. 64 1/4 x 39 1/4 in. Gelatin silver print / George Woodman. Ruth, Baby, Saskia, et al., 2004. 65 3/4 x 39 3/4 in. Gelatin silver print.
George Woodman’s studio space at Grand Arts, 2004. Woodman Family Foundation Archives
George Woodman’s residency at Grand Arts in Kansas City, Missouri, 2004
During his 2004 residency at Grand Arts in Kansas City, Missouri, George Woodman continued his work with one-of-a-kind, large-scale still life photographs, made using a camera obscura.
L to R: Brochure for Betty Woodman / MATRIX 119, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 1992 | Installation view from Betty Woodman / Matrix 119. "Etruscan Vases," 1965-1966, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Connecticut, 1992.
Brochure for Betty Woodman / MATRIX 119, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 1992. Woodman Family Foundation Archives.
Betty Woodman at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut, 1992
Betty Woodman's exhibition in the Matrix series at Wadsworth Atheneum in 1992 helped to define a context for her work in ceramics within the larger world of contemporary art, highlighting "that Woodman sees herself ‘dealing with painting as much as with sculpture.'"
Invitation postcards by Francesca Woodman, Libreria Maldoror, Rome, Italy, 1978
Invitation postcards by Francesca Woodman, Libreria Maldoror, Rome, Italy, 1977
Not long after Francesca Woodman arrived in Rome in 1977 on the RISD European Honors Program, she discovered the surrealist bookshop Maldoror, where she later had her first solo exhibition in Europe. She made unique, individual invitations to the show, each featuring one of her photographs attached to a postcard.
Betty Woodman. "Joined Vases," 1972, 11 1/2 x 23 x 10 in. Porcelain © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
ON VIEW: Betty Woodman in "Making Knowing: Craft in Art, 1950-2019" at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York, 2020
This exhibition of works spanning 70 years looks at ways that artists draw on craft traditions and materials. It includes multiple works by Betty Woodman, from her early push beyond production pottery to more recent works showcasing her talents as a painter and sculptor.
Francesca Woodman. "Untitled," c. 1975-78, 5 x 5 in. Gelatin silver print © Woodman Family Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
ON VIEW: Francesca Woodman in "Bodyscapes" at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, 2020
A group of photographs by Francesca Woodman are included in this expansive exhibition concerning the human body, nature and culture.