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'''Maija Peeples-Bright''' (née '''Maija Gegeris'''; born 1942) is a Latvian-born painter, sculptor and educator. She is known as one of the pioneers of the [[Funk art|Funk art movement]] in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 25, 2018|title="Dinner for Two": Featuring Funk Art Legend Maija Peeples-Bright and Oakland Based Artist Sam Spano|url=https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/dinner-for-two-featuring-funk-art-pioneer-maija-peeples-bright-and-oakland-based-artist-sam-spano/|url-status=live|access-date=2019-07-30|website=Juxtapoz Magazine|language=en-gb}}</ref> Maija Peeples-Bright has gone by the names |
'''Maija Peeples-Bright''' (née '''Maija Gegeris'''; born 1942) is a Latvian-born painter, sculptor and educator. She is known as one of the pioneers of the [[Funk art|Funk art movement]] in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 25, 2018|title="Dinner for Two": Featuring Funk Art Legend Maija Peeples-Bright and Oakland Based Artist Sam Spano|url=https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/dinner-for-two-featuring-funk-art-pioneer-maija-peeples-bright-and-oakland-based-artist-sam-spano/|url-status=live|access-date=2019-07-30|website=Juxtapoz Magazine|language=en-gb}}</ref> Maija Peeples-Bright has gone by the names '''Maija Zack''', '''Maija Woof''', '''Maija Bright''', and '''Maija Peeples'''. |
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== Early life and education == |
== Early life and education == |
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Comment: Please add sources for the claims that her work is held in the permanent collections of significant institutions as this is a criteria for notability of an artist on Wikipedia. I checked the Cincinnati Art Museum site and can't find mention of her. MurielMary (talk) 20:26, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
Maija Peeples-Bright | |
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| Born | Maijia Ģēģeris 1942 (age 82–83) |
| Other names | Maija Gegeris, Maija Zack, Maija Woof, Maija Bright, Maija Peeples |
| Education | University of California, Davis |
| Spouse(s) | David Zack (m. 1965–?), Earl Peeples (m. 1972–1999; death), Bill Bright (m. 2000–2015; death) |
Maija Peeples-Bright (née Maija Gegeris; born 1942) is a Latvian-born painter, sculptor and educator. She is known as one of the pioneers of the Funk art movement in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1960s.[1] Maija Peeples-Bright has gone by the names Maija Zack, Maija Woof, Maija Bright, and Maija Peeples.
Early life and education
Peeples-Bright was born in 1942 in Riga, Latvia.[2][3] In 1945, the town she lived was occupied by Nazi Germany and was bombed during the Soviet invasion.[4][2] She and her family fled to Germany, where they were forced into German refugee camps from the time she was three years old to the time she was eight years old.[2] In 1950, she and her family immigrated to the United States, settling near Sacramento, California.[5]
Peeples-Bright attended high school in Sacramento, California; she then enrolled at the University of California, Davis in 1960, originally majoring in mathematics.[2] After learning she needed an art class to meet General Education requirements, she enrolled in first art class, taught by William T. Wiley.[5] She then changed her major to art and went on to pursue a Bachelors degree in Art.[5] Wayne Thiebaud became her graduate advisor; she finished her Master's degree at UC Davis in 1965. While there, she took classes with Robert Arneson whom she later befriended, as well as Roy De Forest and David Gilhooly.[6]
Career
In 1965, Peeples-Bright had her first exhibition, held at the Candy Store Gallery located in Folsom, California, a small city near Sacramento.[5] The gallery was founded by Adeliza McHugh, Peeples-Bright showed there regularly throughout the three decades it was open; along with Robert Arneson, Roy Deforest, some of the artists who showed their work at the Candy Store Gallery were David Gilhooly, Clayton Bailey, and Peter VandenBerge, among others.[5]
The Funk art movement began with the artists in and around San Francisco, California, in the 1960s and 1970s.[7] The word "funky" as an adjective was first used to describe the artworks of those creating art at the end of the 1950s in the Bay Area of California.[7] Funk art can be traced back to the University of California, Davis, to artists like Maija Peeples-Bright, Robert Arneson, and Roy De Forest.[8] Other notable funk artists were David Gilhooly, Bruce Conner, Peter Saul, and Manuel Neri.[7]
In 1965, Peeples-Bright married David Zack, a professor at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI).[5] They bought a house together in the Haight-Ashbury region of San Francisco, later dubbed "The Rainbow House", since it was painted in a myriad of colors.[6]
She had taught art classes at Sierra College.[9]
Peeples-Bright has work in various permanent museum collections including the Minneapolis Institute of Art,[10] the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,[11][12] and others.
Personal Life
Maija Peeples-Bright married Earl Peeples in 1972 and moved to the El Dorado Hills; Earl Peeples died of cancer in 1999.[3]
In 2000, she married Bill Bright, a close friend of Earl Peeples, and they moved to Rocklin, California.[3] Bill died of bladder cancer in 2015.
References
- ^ ""Dinner for Two": Featuring Funk Art Legend Maija Peeples-Bright and Oakland Based Artist Sam Spano". Juxtapoz Magazine. January 25, 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d Myers, Mackenzie (February 18, 2017). "An Afternoon with Rocklin Artist Maija Peeples-Bright". Placer Herald.
- ^ a b c "Funky Figures Inhabit 'World of Woof'". Newspapers.com. The Sacramento Bee. 6 July 2012. p. X28. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Maija Peeples-Bright". Style Magazine. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c d e f Beverage, Gloria (June 6, 2012). "Roseville Gallery Hosting Artwork of Maija Peeples-Bright". Placer Herald.
- ^ a b Blunk, Dawn. "At the Heart of the Art". Sacmag.com. Sacramento Magazine. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
- ^ a b c Walker, John (1973). Glossary of Art, Architecture and Design Since 1945. England: Clive Bingley, LTD. p. 99. ISBN 978-0915794010.
- ^ Shields, Scott (November 2008). "California Funk". Ceramics Monthly.
- ^ "Maijia's Art". Newspapers.com. The Sacramento Bee. 3 April 2005. p. N4. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Beast Haystacks, Maija Peeples-Bright". Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA). Retrieved 2021-06-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Maija Gegeris". FAMSF Search the Collections. 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
- ^ "Monstergraph Thru Flashlight - Maija Gegeris". FAMSF Search the Collections. 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
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