Harriet Coulter Joor (1875–1965) was an American artist, writer, textile and ceramics designer, and pottery decorator. Joor was among the earliest graduates of H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, and was one of the original producers of Newcomb Pottery.[1]
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| Born | January 20, 1875 Texas, United States |
| Died | March 28, 1965 (aged 90) Lafayette, Louisiana, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Newcomb College |
| Known for | Pottery |
Early life
editHarriet "Hattie" Coulter Joor was born in January 1875 to Joseph F. Joor, a professor of botany at Tulane University, and E. H. Joor.[2] Joor came to New Orleans in 1888 when her father was appointed Assistant Curator of Tulane University's Natural History Museum, and she enrolled in courses at H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College as an adolescent.[3]
Education
editHarriet Joor enrolled in Newcomb College in 1887, and was among the first students in the Normal Art program.[4] She received her Bachelor of Science degree in 1895 and was then enrolled as a Special Art Student from 1896 to 1900. In the summer of 1900, Joor was awarded a $125 scholarship to attend Arthur Wesley Dow's summer art institute in Ipswich. Joor then returned to New Orleans to study Graduate Art at Newcomb College from 1900 to 1901.
On her time at Newcomb College, Joor wrote:
. . . many memories of those beginning days of Newcomb in the tiny vine-covered brick building that housed the college heating plant! We were so like a little family group the few of us working at our tables with Mr. Meyer thumping out his vases at the wheel beside us, and the big round kiln looming up in the other corner of the room, with the splashed glazing table beside it! I loved so I sued to linger on and on, forgetting everything but the jar under my hand . . .[5]
Joor participated in the hand-modeled pottery practice, also seen in the work of Leona Nicholson. Joor's pottery that was not made on the wheel included objects like tea sets and small cones.[6]
Career
editAfter graduating from Newcomb College, Joor taught pottery at the University of Chicago's School of Education.[7] In 1906, she took a position as a staff writer at The Craftsman.[8] After leaving Chicago, Joor set up a homestead in Ada, South Dakota between 1911 and 1912, living in a sod house. In 1923, Joor began teaching art at Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette, now University of Louisiana at Lafayette.[9]
Exhibitions
editJoor exhibited around the country, and in 1900 in Paris at the Paris Exposition Universelle.[10] In 1904, three pieces of Joor's pottery were exhibited at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri. Joor's pottery was included in the 2014 Smithsonian survey Women, Art, and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise, which toured nationally.[11][12] In 1908, five pieces of embroidery by Joor were listed with the color, motif, and price in the Catalogue of the Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Art Association of New Orleans, Newcomb Art Gallery, Corner of Camp and Sixth Streets, March 14–28, 1908, including one bag and four scarves.[13]
Recognition
editHarriet Joor received the Neill Medal for her watercolor paintings.[14]
Artistic legacy
editWorks by Harriet Joor are in the permanent collections of a number of art museums, including The Newcomb Art Museum, The New Orleans Museum of Art, and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, among others. In 2013, her work was included in, "Women, Art and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise" at the Newcomb Art Gallery.[15]
Auction history
editA vase decorated with incised gardenias by Harriet Coulter was listed by Jean M. Bragg Gallery as Catalog No. 94 for $18,000 in 1998.[16]
References
edit- ^ Poesch, Jessie (2016). Newcomb Pottery & Crafts: An Educational Enterprise for Women, 1895-1940 - Jessie Poesch - Google Books. ISBN 9780764318474. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ^ Conradsen, David; Denker, Ellen Paul; Eidelberg, Martin; Main, Sally; Spinozzi, Adrienne; Tucker, Kevin W. (2013). Arts & Crafts of Newcomb Pottery. Skira Rizzoli. pp. 304–305. ISBN 9780847840557.
- ^ Dimock, Maggie, "Harriet Joor’s Needlework and Stenciled Textile Designs: Pursuing the Arts and Crafts Ideal, One Stitch at a Time" (2012). Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings. 676. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf/676
- ^ "Newcomb Pottery Timeline". Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ Harriet Coulter Joor vertical file, Newcomb Archives and Vorhoff Library Special Collections, Newcomb College Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118.
- ^ Bragg, Jean Moore (2002). The Newcomb Style. Jean Moore Bragg. p. 117. ISBN 0-9717529-0-7.
- ^ "Harriet Coulter Joor". tulane.edu. 2009. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Ormond, Suzanne (2016). Louisiana's Art Nouveau: The Crafts of the Newcomb Style - Suzanne Ormond - Google Books. ISBN 9781455607914. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Harriet Coulter Joor Collection" (PDF). Louisiana State Museum Historical Center. June 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Vase with flowers". Met Museum. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ "Women, Art, and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise". Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ^ "Women, Art, and Social Change: The Newcomb Pottery Enterprise" (PDF). Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2017.
- ^ Jean Bragg Gallery (1998). Newcomb College Arts & Crafts Sales Exhibition: oil and watercolor paintings, drawings and prints, sculpture, bookbinding, embroidery, jewelry and metal crafts, pottery: October 30 - November 30, 1998, Jean Bragg Gallery. Jean Moore Bragg. p. 68.
- ^ Ormond, Suzanne (2016). Louisiana's Art Nouveau: The Crafts of the Newcomb Style - Suzanne Ormond - Google Books. ISBN 9781455607914. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ^ Waddington, Chris (1 October 2013). "Newcomb Pottery show in New Orleans opens vistas on local history, women". NOLA | The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ Jean Bragg Gallery (1998). Newcomb College Arts & Crafts Sales Exhibition: oil and watercolor paintings, drawings and prints, sculpture, bookbinding, embroidery, jewelry and metal crafts, pottery: October 30 - November 30, 1998, Jean Bragg Gallery. New Orleans: Jean Moore Bragg. p. 106.