biography of Jessalee Bane SICKMAN (1905-1991)

Birth place: Denver, CO

Addresses: Washington, DC

Profession: Painter, instructor

Studied: Univ. Colorado; Goucher College; Corcoran School Art; also with Richard Lahey & Eugen Weisz.

Exhibited: Public LIbrary, Wash., DC, 1942 (solo watercolor show); Corcoran Gal biennials, 1947-57 (5 times); Colony Club, Wash., DC, 1958 & 1962; Soc. Wash. Artists exh, Smithsonian Inst., 1968; Wash. Arts Club. Awards: Landscape Award, Corcoran School Art, 1937; Alice Barney Mem. Portrait Award, 1938.

Member: Artists Equity Assn.; Soc. Washington Artists.

Work: CGA. Commissions: portrait commissioned by Mr. Pach, Cleveland, OH, 1951; "Pigeons," commissioned by Mrs. Bruton, Alexandria, VA, 1955; figure study commissioned by Mrs. Woods, San Diego, CA, 1971.

Comments: Preferred media: oils. Illustrator: Forum magazine. Teaching: instructor of still life, Warrentown Country School, VA, 1940; instructor of life portrait, Corcoran School Art, 1940-63; instructor of portrait & still life, Sickman Studios, Washington, DC, 1964-70s.

Sources: WW73; WW47.