Jessie Hazel Arms Botke (May 27, 1883 – October 2, 1971) was an
Illinois and California painter noted for her bird images and use of
gold leaf highlights.
Jessie Arms Botke was born in Chicago, and attended the Chicago Art Institute in 1897-98 and again from 1902 to 1905. She took summer classes from artists John Christen Johansen and Charles Herbert Woodbury and continued working with the renowned Albert Herter, who had the most influence in shaping her approach to composition and color.[2]
Following a short trip to Europe in 1909, she returned to her parents
Chicago residence and officially listed her profession as “artist,
interior decorating.”[3]
She worked as a muralist in New York City (1911) and in San Francisco
(1913-14). She married Cornelius Botke in April 1915 and gave birth a
year later to their only child, William. She and her husband moved to Carmel-by-the-Sea, California in 1919 and became influential figures in the local art colony until they moved to Southern California in 1927.[4] During her career she was a prolific exhibitor.[4]
She was an exhibitor and secretary of the California Art Club. She ran
her family’s ranch at Wheeler Canyon in Santa Paula, while continuing
to paint.[5] Jessie Arms Botke died on October 2, 1971 in Ventura County, California.
Exhibitions and awards
- 1917 – Chicago Art Institute, Englewood Woman’s Club Prize
- 1918 – Chicago Art Institute, Martin B. Cahn Prize
- 1919 – Exhibition of Chicago Artists Annual, Chicago Artists’ Medal
- 1920 – Chicago Art Institute, William O. Thompson Prize
- 1920-1923 – Annual and Holiday Exhibitions of the Carmel Arts and Crafts Club
- 1921 - Milwaukee Art Institute (with Cornelius)
- 1921 - Crocker Art Gallery in Sacramento (with Cornelius)
- 1922 (January) – Exhibition of California Women Painters, Stanford University Art Gallery
- 1922 (April) – Exhibition of Carmel and Monterey Artists, Stanford University Art Gallery
- 1922 – Chicago Art Institute Annual
- 1925 – National Association of Women Painters & Sculptors in New York, Honorable Mention
- 1925-1945 – Grand Central Galleries in New York City
- 1926 – Exhibition of Chicago Artists Annual, First Prize ($500.00)
- 1926 – Del Monte Art Gallery (Monterey, California)
- 1926 – Traveling Exhibition (with Cornelius) of Western and Midwestern Museums
- 1926 – Hotel San Carlos Art Gallery (Monterey, California)
- 1926-1927 – Carmel Art Gallery
- 1927 – Stendahl Galleries of Los Angeles (with Cornelius)
- 1933 – National Association of Women Painters & Sculptors in New York, Tucker Prize
- 1933 – Statewide Annual of the Santa Cruz Art League
- 1935 – First Annual Exhibition of the Academy of Western Painters, unspecified prize
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