Artist June Leaf Still Moving Fast At 86 Wbez Chicago Artist june leaf, still moving fast at 86 june leaf sculpts, paints and draws and she's been doing it for most of her 86 years. now she's got a retrospective at the whitney museum of american art. Mother ballroom, by june leaf c. 1978. pen and ink, fiber tipped pen, graphite pencil, rubbing, and colored pencil on paper, 27 × 21 in. collection of the artist. image: alice attie june leaf.
The Visual Artist Who Thinks Of Herself As A Dancer Or An Aviator The June leaf, a world renowned artist who divided her time between new york city and cape breton island, has died at 94. her passing marks the end of an era that saw two of the world's great artists. Now she's got a retrospective at the whitney museum of american art in new york city. artist june leaf, still moving fast at 86 wbez chicago june leaf sculpts, paints and draws and she's been. A service of salisbury university and university of maryland eastern shore. show search. search query. June leaf, a painter and sculptor whose exploration of the female form, by turns whimsical, graceful or ominous, paved the way for later generations of feminist artists, died monday at her home in manhattan. she was 94. the cause was gastric cancer, said andrea glimcher, her agent at the hyphen management firm and a friend.