NEW YORK, NY, April 07, 2021 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Violet Baxter with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Ms. Baxter celebrates many years' experience in her professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes she has accrued in her field. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Ms. Baxter is best known for her paintings and drawings of Union Square, NYC and Long Island City, NY. She had maintained a studio in these places for more than 20 years at each location. Her work has evolved from abstraction to realism, often combining aspects of both approaches to figurative, cityscapes and landscapes. Her work in graphite, pastel, watercolor and oil, spans more than six decades.
Baxter, born in the Bronx, is a native New Yorker, and a graduate of the High School of Industrial Art. She graduated (with honors) from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (Art School) in New York City in 1960. Baxter continued studies at Columbia University, Pratt Graphic Art Center and the New York Studio School.
Ms. Baxter also has a background in calligraphy and taught the subject for two semesters for a special program through Pratt Institute, NYC. Her clients included Rambusch Co; The Port Authority of New York; Museum of Modern Art, NYC; and WQXR; From 1954 to 1971 she worked in the art departments of several major publishers and advertising agencies and worked in the Promotion and Corporate Art departments at The New York Times from 1963 to 1971. Other professional contributions have included serving as a guest lecturer at Parsons School of Design; Demos at The National Arts Club, NYC; SE Missouri State University and numerous gallery talks.
Baxter has been featured in group exhibitions that include Avelan' Arts Gallery in Lavelanet, France; Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, CUNY; The Painting Center, NYC; Flushing Town Hall, Flushing NY; Arcilesi/Homberg Fine Art, NYC; Diego Salazar Gallery, Long Island City, NY; ACA Galleries, NYC; Lori Bookstein Fine Art, NYC; David Findlay Jr. Gallery, NYC; Salander-O'Reilly Galleries/Fred Hoffman, Beverly Hills, CA,; National Academy Museum, NYC; Marymount College/Fordham University, Butler Gallery, Tarrytown, NY; Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ; Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, NY; Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Xi'an, China and The Museum of the City of New York.
Ms. Baxter's solo exhibitions include The University Museum, Southeast Missouri State University; Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Long Island City, NY; Trask Gallery, The National Arts Club, NYC; New York Vista at The World Trade Center, NYC; Gallery Juno, NYC; Pleiades Gallery, NYC; The Manhattan Borough President's Office, NYC; Peconic Gallery, Suffolk County Community College, Riverhead NY; The Ruth Sherman Gallery, NYC and Brata Gallery, NYC.
Baxter's paintings are in the permanent collections of Fidelity Investments, Boston; Morgan Stanley Trust, NJ; Consolidated Edison, NYC; Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, GA; Savannah College of Art & Design, GA; The Crisp Museum, Southeast Missouri State University; Museum of the City of New York; The New York City Council on the Environment, and more. Her paintings appear in films for TV, Video and Cinema such as The Devil Wears Prada; Saint James Place; Angels in America; Revolutionary Road; Too Big to Fail; Mozart in the Jungle; Law and Order and others.
Monographs and reviews of Baxter's work are featured in publications such as Hyperallergic; U S 1; The Pastel Journal, The New Criterion, Art & Antiques; New York Post, France-Amerique, 100 New York Calligraphers, Schiffer Publishing; Best of Sketching and Drawing, Quarry Books; Contemporary American Oil Painting, Jilin Fine Arts Publishing, China; an exhibition catalog, "Violet Baxter, The View From Union Square" was produced by S.E. Missouri State University. Baxter was interviewed at her studio in videos for Queens and Manhattan TV and You Tube. The most recent (April 2021) by Access Studio can also be seen on YouTube.
Among Baxter's awards are the Gold Medal of Honor in 1994, the Jane Peterson Memorial Award in 1996 and the Bronze Medal of Honor in 1995 and 1997 from Audubon Artists. She received grants from Artist's Space, The Vermont Studio Center, and the Richard Florsheim Art Fund.
Ms. Baxter served as a Director and then Vice President on the board of New York Artists Equity Association. She was elected a Director of the Fine Arts Federation of New York, and was an honorary member of the National Arts Club New York. She is presently a member of the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, and a member of Long Island City Artists until 2021.
Violet Baxter currently lives and works in NYC.
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