Biography of beatrice wood pdf

American painter and studio potter

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.

Biography of beatrice wood pdf

Beatrice Wood died nine days after her 105th birthday in Ojai, California.

Childhood

Beatrice Wood was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of wealthy socialites.^[4] After the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, the family moved to New York.

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