Born in Chicago, Jessie Botke is known for her exotic, highly decorated
bird studies, especially elegant plumages of peacocks. She also did
other subjects including Indian figures, genre, and desert landscapes,
and usually painted in oil but worked in watercolor and gouache and
frequently used gold and silver leaf in backgrounds.
She
received art training at the Chicago Art Institute from John Johanson
and spent a summer with Charles Woodbury in Ogunquit, Maine. She
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The California Art Club
California Painters
Women Artists
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