Beatrice Wood
Beatrice Wood
Beatrice Woodwas an American artist and studio potter involved in the Avant Garde movement in the United States; she founded The Blind Man magazine in New York City with French artist Marcel Duchamp and writer Henri-Pierre Roché in 1916. She had earlier studied art and theater in Paris, and was working in New York as an actress. She later worked at sculpture and pottery. Wood was characterized as the "Mama of Dada."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth3 March 1893
CountryUnited States of America
I was in a convent for a year.
A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
Yes, because when you're in love, you are shy.
The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.
Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts
I don't like to sell my finest pieces.
We moved immediately to New York and then I was taken over to Paris and I learned to read French before I learned to read English.
And several galleries - two had asked me and I said no, because I didn't want to leave things on consignment.