Antoinette Schwob (American, 1906 to 2001)
Antoinette Schwob, a nurse by profession, was encouraged to paint by her artist husband, Andre. Jay Johnson writes that Andre recognized her potential artistic talent from the way she would arrange pie dough figures and encouraged her new endeavor. Schwob tells us “I did everything to please my husband”. Her stories and paintings are based on memories, real or imagined, of her early life in Pembina and Cavalier, North Dakota. When her husband took her paintings to New York City, several galleries took on her works. Her paintings are now in private and public collections, including the Museum of American Folk Art, New York, NY.
Information Courtesy of Rago Arts, October, 2019.