Creator Record
Metadata
Name |
Wilber, Jessie |
Dates & places of birth and death |
b. November 10, 1912, Whitewater WI d. October 1989, Bozeman MT |
Nationality |
American |
Relationships |
Faculty, Montana State University, Bozeman Founding member of the Montana Institute of the Arts Fellow artist Frances Senska and Wilber shared a home Student of Estelle Stinchfield, Otis Dozier and Velma Davis |
Other names |
Jessie Spaulding Wilber |
Titles & Honors |
Montana Governor's Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Arts, 1988 |
Education |
Bachelor and master's degrees, Colorado State Teachers College, Greeley CO. |
Related Records
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Wilber, Jessie - 122 North Prairie
Six children play in a circle in the yard in front of a house. Large trees with long shadows frame the scene. To the left is a blurred reproduction of figures in an old photo.
Record Type: Art
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Wilber, Jessie - 122 North Prairie (studies)
Sketches and studies for 1993.185 are mounted on a foamcore panel.
Record Type: Art
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Wilber, Jessie - All Star Tipi of Ethel and Fred Tail Feathers, Blood
One of 26 in a portfolio of Native American Tipi designs. Also shown: the Blackfeet Indian legend "How a frustrated hunter obtained the all star tipi." Ornamentation of this tipi is divided into two vertical halves of different background color. The entire tipi's surface is covered with rows of white circles.
Record Type: Art
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Wilber, Jessie - Amaryllis
In this print the image of the red flowers and chair in the background appears multiple times.
Record Type: Art
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Wilber, Jessie - Amaryllis
Two large red flowers and their long green leaves are seen in closeup, with a striped lounge chair and a wall in the background.
Record Type: Art
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Wilber, Jessie - Amaryllis #13
Two red amaryllis flowers and their leaves are set against a striped lawn chaise, with a striped wallpaper and darker floor as background.
Record Type: Art
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Wilber, Jessie - Amaryllis (studies)
Studies for "Amaryllis" (1993.202) are mounted on a foamcore panel, including a print over a newspaper clipping.
Record Type: Art
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Wilber, Jessie - Antelope Tipi (owner unknown)
One of 26 in a portfolio of Native American Tipi designs. This tipi has a blue top with four rows of white circles. A blue cross is situated among them above the door. Below this are a row of orange circles and a row of red circles. The base is decorated with a multicolored pattern of colored circles. At door height, antelope figures stand still.
Record Type: Art
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Wilber, Jessie - Bear Tipi of Luch and Louis Champagne, Piegan
One of 26 in a portfolio of Native American Tipi designs. Also shown: the Piegan legend explanation, "Origin of bear tipis and the bear knife". This tipi has a colored top with white circles, and a repeating pattern at the base. At the height of the door, bear images face one another.
Record Type: Art
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Wilber, Jessie - Beaver Tipi of Cecile and Ruben Black Boy, Piegan
One of 26 in a portfolio of Native American Tipi designs. A colored top of the tipi has five white circles, with two horizontal stripes below it. At the height of the door, beaver figures face one another. The base is decorated with a repeating pattern.
Record Type: Art
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Wilber, Jessie - Big Rock Tipi of Minnie Aims Back and Aims Back, Piegan
One of 26 in a portfolio of Native American Tipi designs. This tipi has a tall colored area surrounding the opening, and a repeating design along the base.
Record Type: Art
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Wilber, Jessie - Buffalo Hoofs Tipi of Mary and John Ground, Piegan
One of 26 in a portfolio of Native American Tipi designs. The top of the tipi is colored, with dark dots in a pattern at the opening. Two horizontal lines run directly below. At the height of the top of the door is a band of separated designs, paired together (the buffalo hoofs?). The base of the tipi has a repeating pattern of bands of circles.
Record Type: Art
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Wilber, Jessie - Cormorants
Edition size and number not known. A flock of birds stands on a small island, with three flying nearby.
Record Type: Art
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Wilber, Jessie - Crow Tipi of Isabel and Henry Bear Medicine, Piegan
One of 26 in a portfolio of Native American Tipi designs. This tipi has a broad horizontal band running around its upper surface, with figures of birds (crows) perched above it. The base is undecorated.
Record Type: Art
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Wilber, Jessie - Curlew Tipi of Rider Widow and Mark Wolf Child, Blood
One of 26 in a portfolio of Native American Tipi designs. This tipi's upper band is dark blue with a Maltese cross in the middle of the band. The second band from the top is light blue with a running bird pattern. Below is a depiction of a larger bird, standing on a dark ball with four white circles within it. The base has a horizontal band again containing bird figures, above a repeating pattern of white circles on darker background.
Record Type: Art
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Wilber, Jessie - Deer Tipi of Mary and John Mountain Chief, Piegan
One of 26 in a portfolio of Native American Tipi designs. The top band on this tipi is dark blue, containing lighter circles. Three thin wavy blue bands run horizontally. An extremely elongated tan deer-like animal extends around much of the tipi. The base is decorated with a repeating pattern of triangles atop a band with white circles.
Record Type: Art
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Wilber, Jessie - Donkey Tipi of Mary Rides at the Door and Rides at the Door, Piegan
One of 26 in a portfolio of Native American Tipi designs. Two elongated dark brown horse-like animals face one another above the opening. Each has a bird perched on its body. A white broken line runs downward along the animals' necks. The base of the tipi is undecorated.
Record Type: Art
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Wilber, Jessie - Eagle Tipi of Irene and Henry Little Dog, Piegan
One of 26 in a portfolio of Native American Tipi designs. At the top is a brown band with six large tan dots forming a circular pattern The second band is light tan and has two bird-like figures facing each other. Directly below them is a brown and orange decorative line design which runs around the teepee in a v-shaped pattern. The base has a repeating pattern of two rows of circles.
Record Type: Art
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Wilber, Jessie - Eagle Tipi of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wolf Robe, Blood
One of 26 in a portfolio of Native American Tipi designs. This teepee has a medium blue band at the top containing a dark blue cross; directly beneath the cross is a bird-like figure. Another bird-like figure is perched above an opening. Rectangular shapes with rounded tops run along the band at the tipi's base.
Record Type: Art
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Wilber, Jessie - Elk Tipi of Maggie and Dan Bull Plume, Piegan
One of 26 in a portfolio of Native American Tipi designs. The top band is a rust color with white dots on both sides of the opening. A yellow and red line design runs along the bottom of the first band. Two yellow deer-like figures face one another. Directly above them is a rust-colored line with evenly arranged dots circling the tipi. Two parallel short line columns run from the top of the opening to the top band. The base has a repeating ge...
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