User:White jaquill/Esther pressoir

Esther Pressoir is a young painter born in 1902-86 after graduating from the department of painting and drawing she earned a scholarship to Rhode island school of design when she graduted she then went on to study at the art student league in New York where she started her prolific career as a painter/pintmaker   Esther Pressoir work was eventually exhibited and her stylized spot drawings were regularly featured in New York magazine

In July 1927,fresh out of art school she took on a dare from fellow artist and went on a seven month bicycle trip across Europe to prove she could do the grand tour! in her words "the object of this trip was to become stronger, cover ground ,see the world and get a lot of sketching in, the money & time I had both limited" she also took on this trip with her best friend Sally she was an artist as well kept her company along the way the two made hundreds of sketches. we are not sure when the two met but in there was a page torn from Esther travel journal and it tells us the women wanted to meet at a seaside villa on the French Riviera on august of 1927.sally at the time lived in Paris and needed to make her way but that would very difficult at the time

throughout Esthers career her art work was put in the New York magazines multiple times ,Esther participated in the twentieth century art scene for her the hard work she's put in along side Alice Neal ,Florine steamier, during her time she was a very powerful painter her art work stood out from other female artist. Esthers art workout is bold with showing emotion and strong on women power she was really interested into the body the drawings and nude portraits that challenged historic artist like self portraits and intimate discription ,Esther does also represent sensual indulgence and reflection in the art. To her friends they would called her Stella she moved from studios, galleries and nightclubs through New York where she met A dancer named Florita, Esther and Florita decided to get married

Solo Exhibition


 * black crayon on yellow paper RISD Museum, Providence, RI
 * 1928 advertisement for Gossard Lingerie.
 * The French Riviera, pen and ink, 1927.
 * at her easel, black and white photograph, c. 1926.
 * Annotated Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertisement featuring Amelia Earhart, 1928.
 * Illustrated by William Bolin, cover of Vogue magazine, November 10, 1928.
 * Enshrined corset, c. 1930, scratchboard