Jane Gottlieb Sauer was born on 1937 and is an American fiber artist, sculptor, gallerist, and educator.
10 Facts About Jane Sauer
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Jane Sauer is known for her abstract waxed linen sculptures, sometimes referred to as "closed baskets".
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Jane Sauer worked as a public school teacher for twelve years.
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Jane Sauer focused on painting in her early career, and shifted to fiber art.
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Jane Sauer was influenced to work in fiber by the book, Beyond Craft: The Art of Fabric by Jack Lenor Larsen and Mildred Constantine.
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Jane Sauer has won many awards for her waxed linen sculptures, which are constructed with a knotting technique and finished with painting.
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Jane Sauer was the gallery director at Thirteen Moons Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and took over the management in 2005.
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Jane Sauer founded the "Jane Sauer Gallery" in the former Thirteen Moons Gallery space, which focused on fine art and crafts and was active from 2005 until 2013.
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Jane Sauer's work is found in public museum collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Kemper Art Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Jane Sauer was a National Endowment for the Arts fellow in 1984.