Lee Bontecou, born 15 January 1931 in Providence, Rhode Island. Another artist of whom I've been oblivious.
Snips from an article HERE
Born 15 January 1931, Providence Rhode Island. Chart set for 12 noon as time of birth isn't known. Moon's position not as shown, though probably would have been in Sagittarius. Rising sign unknown.
A few stand outs for me, relating to her art style:
Her Fire Grand Trine linking Venus (planet of the arts) to Uranus and Mars reflects her dynamic, out of the ordinary style rather well. Her stellium (cluster) of personal planets in Capricorn reflect, in a different way her art style. Her natal Sun loosely conjunct Saturn (Capricorn's ruler) underlines the "hardness" of the sculptural style to which she gravitated (as against the softer flow of paint from brush to canvas).
Those uncomfortable square aspects between Uranus and her Capricorn planets perhaps somehow represent her suspicions "of restraints (Saturn) imposed by scholarly and critical attempts to characterize her work", as mentioned in the snips above, and led to her need to detach herself from the art world for a time.
Snips from an article HERE
Lee Bontecou grew up in Providence, Rhode Island, where, during World War II, her mother worked in a factory wiring submarine parts. This memory, together with reports she heard about the war and the Holocaust, had a profound effect on Bontecou’s childhood consciousness. As an adult, she continues to be disturbed by world events, and her work often demonstrates a sharp awareness of the horrors of war and social injustice. As a child, Bontecou also developed her life-long love of nature, particularly marine biology, due to the many summers she pent in Nova Scotia, in her mother’s native Canada......
.......Frustration with the demands of the art market led Bontecou to gradually detach herself from the New York art world. However but the often-repeated idea that she became a recluse is misconception. Suspicious of the restraints imposed by scholarly and critical attempts to characterize her work, Bontecou had always remained independent of any single art movement. She continued to work in private, on a series of ceiling-mounted sculptures “constructed with a handmade welded frame and embellished with numerous small porcelain elements all made by hand. These works have an expansive and calming effect. They are both galactic and terrestrial.” These were revealed for the first time in 2003, when a major traveling retrospective of her work was held...
Born 15 January 1931, Providence Rhode Island. Chart set for 12 noon as time of birth isn't known. Moon's position not as shown, though probably would have been in Sagittarius. Rising sign unknown.
Her Fire Grand Trine linking Venus (planet of the arts) to Uranus and Mars reflects her dynamic, out of the ordinary style rather well. Her stellium (cluster) of personal planets in Capricorn reflect, in a different way her art style. Her natal Sun loosely conjunct Saturn (Capricorn's ruler) underlines the "hardness" of the sculptural style to which she gravitated (as against the softer flow of paint from brush to canvas).
Those uncomfortable square aspects between Uranus and her Capricorn planets perhaps somehow represent her suspicions "of restraints (Saturn) imposed by scholarly and critical attempts to characterize her work", as mentioned in the snips above, and led to her need to detach herself from the art world for a time.
