Betty LaDuke

American artist, writer (born 1933)

Betty LaDuke (née Bernstein; born 1933) is an American artist and writer from Oregon.^[1] She is the mother of activist Winona LaDuke.

Early life

LaDuke was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1933. Her family spoke Yiddish.^[2] She attended the High School of Music and Art in New York starting at age sixteen, and later studied at Denver University, the Cleveland Institute of Art.^[1] In the fifties she received a scholarship which allowed her to study art at Mexico's Instituto Allende from 1953 through 1956.^[1]^[3] During her time in Mexico she lived with the Indigenous Otomi, whose concern with the preservation of their heritage profoundly influenced LaDuke's work.^[3]

Works

Play Free (1968)^[1]
India: The Hindu Marriage, (1972)
Tuk Tuk, Samosir Island, Sumatra (1974)
Ubud, Bali, (1974)
Coming of Age Dance, Sumatra, (1974)
Mexico, (1978)
Mexico, Easter, (1978)
Mexico, Easter Celebration, (1978)
Borneo: Rite of Passage, (1980)
Nicaragua, (1982)
Haitian Art: Five Women Painters, (1984) Kalliope: A Journal of Women's Art and Literature^[4]
Behind the Walls Birds Sing, (1986)
LaDuke, B. (1991). Africa Through the eyes of women artists. New Jersey: Africa World Press. 148 pages. ISBN 0-86543-198-1
Eritrea/Ethiopia: Where Have All the Fathers Gone (1998)^[1]
Africa: women's art, women's lives (1998)

Collections and exhibits

LaDuke's work is held by the Portland Art Museum.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Russell, Kristi L. (24 June 2022). "Betty LaDuke (1933-)". The Oregon Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
^ "Winona LaDuke's Last Battle". Belt Magazine. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
^ ^a ^b Orenstein, Gloria F. "THE ARTIST AS VISIONARY: BETTY LADUKE'S AFRICAN SAFARIS OF PEACE". Tetworld. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ La Duke, Betty (1984). "Haitian Art: Five Women Painters". Kalliope: A Journal of Women's Art and Literature. 6 (2): 6–21.
^ "Online Collections: Betty LaDuke". Portland Art Museum. Retrieved 19 March 2017.