Beatrice Wood

Beatrice Wood
Beatrice Wood, 1908
Born(1893-03-03)March 3, 1893
DiedMarch 12, 1998(1998-03-12) (aged 105)
NationalityAmerican
Known forCeramics, figure sculpture, lusterware
MovementDada
Spouses
  • Paul Renson (annulled),
Steve Hoag
(m. 1938⁠–⁠1960)
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Untitled (Two Women) earthenware with glazes by Beatrice Wood, 1990

Beatrice Wood (March 3, 1893 – March 12, 1998) was an American artist and studio potter involved in the Dada movement in the United States; she founded and edited The Blind Man and Rongwrong magazines in New York City with French artist Marcel Duchamp and writer Henri-Pierre Roché in 1917.[3] She had earlier studied art and theater in Paris, and was working in New York as an actress. She later worked at sculpture and pottery. Wood was characterized as the "Mama of Dada".

She partially inspired the character of Rose DeWitt Bukater in James Cameron's 1997 film, Titanic after the director read Wood's autobiography while developing the film. Beatrice Wood died nine days after her 105th birthday in Ojai, California.

  1. ^ "Beatrice Wood; 1893–1998". National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  2. ^ "Beatrice Wood Collection : Historical Note". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  3. ^ Smith, Roberta (March 14, 1998). "Beatrice Wood, 105, Potter and Mama of Dada is dead". The New York Times. Retrieved October 21, 2019.