Margaret Peterson Art Exhibit
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Margaret Peterson, a member of the faculty of the
Art Department at UC Berkeley, was one of those who refused to sign
the loyalty oath and left the University. Her departure also drew
many promising art students away from Berkeley. After the oath Peterson
lived in both Italy and the Pacific Northwest, and developed a style
based in part on the imagery of Native American peoples of the Pacific
Coast. She also kept in touch with other non-signers of the oath,
sending them hand-painted holiday cards, each of which was an individual
work of art.
This exhibit of her work included eight paintings and two smaller works on paper. It was the first exhibit of several pieces of her work since the 1970s. The exhibit was presented by the Townsend Center for the Humanities, with paintings on loan from both the Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, and a private collector. |
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