Jane Gottlieb: Hand-Painted Photography and the Art of Seeing Beyond
Los Angeles-based artist Jane Gottlieb combines photography with hand-painting and digital techniques to produce striking visuals. A California native, she attended UC Berkeley and spent a year in Florence before obtaining a BA in Painting and Art History from UCLA in 1968. After a 14-year career in advertising, she shifted her focus to fine art photography in 1983, where she began hand-painting Cibachrome prints. Currently, she scans her painted photographs and employs Photoshop for digital enhancements. Her artwork has been showcased at institutions such as the Butler Institute of American Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, with pieces held in collections like the Orange County Museum of Art and UCLA Medical Center. Noteworthy works include Daydream and My Bilbao.
Key facts
- Jane Gottlieb is a Los Angeles-based artist who hand-paints and digitally manipulates photographs.
- She studied at UC Berkeley, Syracuse University in Florence, UCLA (BA 1968), and the School of Visual Arts in New York.
- She worked for 14 years as an art director, designer, and photographer before focusing on fine art photography in 1983.
- She began hand-painting Cibachrome prints over 35 years ago.
- Today she scans hand-painted photos and Kodachrome slides, using Photoshop to create archival prints on aluminum, canvas, and paper.
- Her work has been exhibited at the Butler Institute of American Art, Laguna Art Museum, Carnegie Art Museum, Petersen Automotive Museum, Monterey Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, L'Image Gallery, MAD Gallery, and Colorida Gallery.
- Her work is in collections including Orange County Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Walt Disney Art Collection, Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Brookings Institution, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center, and EMI/Capitol Records.
- She has published books Garden Tales and Car Tales.
- Over 70 major works are installed at UCLA, UCSB, and other institutions, including the monumental My Bilbao (5x10 feet).
- Her image Daydream has been reworked for over 25 years and depicts a chair in a window.
Entities
Artists
- Jane Gottlieb
Institutions
- UC Berkeley
- Syracuse University
- UCLA
- School of Visual Arts
- Butler Institute of American Art
- Laguna Art Museum
- Carnegie Art Museum
- Petersen Automotive Museum
- Monterey Museum of Art
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery
- L'Image Gallery
- MAD Gallery
- Colorida Gallery
- Orange County Museum of Art
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art
- Walt Disney Art Collection
- Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
- Brookings Institution
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- UCLA Medical Center
- EMI/Capitol Records
- UCLA Law Library
- UCLA Anderson School of Management
- UCSB
- UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
- UCLA Young Research Library
- UCSB Gevirtz Graduate School of Education
Locations
- California
- Los Angeles
- New York
- San Francisco
- Florence
- Italy
- Rome
- Milan
- Lisbon
- Paris
- London
- Greece
- Bali
- Israel
- Corsica
Sources
- AATONAU —