Helen Rae

Helen Rae (1938–2021) was an American outsider artist. Rae used fashion magazines as the inspiration and starting point for her colored-pencil drawings.[1] A self-taught artist, Rae was deaf and non-verbal.[2][3][4] She lived in Claremont California all of her life, and received recognition for her work late in life.[2] Rae held her first solo exhibition in 2016, at age 76.[5][6]

Her work is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[7]

References
  1. "Helen Rae at Tierra Del Sol Gallery". www.artforum.com.
  2. "How a 77-Year-Old Disabled Artist Finally Got Her Moment". Vogue. 24 August 2016.
  3. Wheless, Avery (5 March 2019). "Helen Rae". Artillery Magazine.
  4. "A woman who speaks through her art". BBC News.
  5. "Obituary: Helen Rae". The Claremont COURIER. 26 February 2021.
  6. Pagel, David (9 June 2016). "An alien beauty to Helen Rae's female subjects at the Good Luck Gallery". Los Angeles Times.
  7. "Helen Rae. June 16, 2017. 2017 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.


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