Diane Victor

Diane Victor was a South African draftsperson, printmaker, lithographer and graphic artist (born 1964). She was born at Witbank.

Diane Victor in brief

Born
1964
Known for
draftsperson, printmaker, lithographer and graphic artist
Place of birth
Witbank
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Recognition and collections

Work by Diane Victor is held by Museum of Modern Art, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Victoria and Albert Museum and Smithsonian Institution.

Catalogued works

12 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1589 to 2020.

Last Supper (Enswined), dated 2011, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2012.154. Scorched, dated 2018, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2018.953. Beware the Lap of Luxury, dated 2020, etching (hardground, softground, drypoint, and aquatint from steel plate on hannemuhle copperplate bright white), held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2023.591. Spring Rains, dated c. 1924, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1924.18. Acolo, dated November 1949, encaustic and collage on paper on board, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2018.283. Alphabet de la Tête, dated 1938, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2005.161. Racism : science & tools for the public health professional / edited by Chandra L. Ford, PhD, MPH, MLIS, Derek M. Griffith, PhD, Marino A. Bruce, PhD, MSRC, MDiv, Keon L. Gilbert, DrPH, MPA, MA., dated [2019], held by Wellcome Collection. Apollo descending to kill the Python, surrounded by men and women of Delphi; representing the power of music to affect the human mind. Etching by Agostino Carracci after A. Boscoli after B. Buontalenti., dated [between 1589 and 1595], held by Wellcome Collection. A woman representing Necessity, seated on a throne supported by the Fates, is flanked by the planets and by Sirens; representing the Harmony of Spheres. Etching by Agostino Carracci after A. Boscoli after B. Buontalenti., dated [between 1589 and 1595], held by Wellcome Collection. Menstrual health in women's lives / edited by Alice J. Dan and Linda L. Lewis., dated [1992], held by Wellcome Collection. Working : people talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do / Studs Terkel., dated [1974], held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987), dated 1937-1991, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 4 named public collections.

Metropolitan Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

7 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Victor, Diane, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Philippe Desportes — Les Amours de Diane. — Les Amours d'Hippolyte. Éd. crit. Victor E. Graham, 1961, 1961. Diane Victor and Paul Emmanuel: Lost Men/Lost Wor(l)ds, African Arts, 2012. Diane Victor, Tracey Rose, and the Gender Politics of Christian Imagery, African Arts, 2012. Empathic Engagements with Death and Loss in the Work of Diane Victor, History, Practice and Pedagogy, 2024. Possible worlds: a reading of three artworks from the <i>Creative creatures</i> exhibition, Literator, 2009. Catching Ghosts and Consecrating the Forgotten: The Seen and Unseen in the Work of Diane Victor, Pharos Journal of Theology, 2021.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Diane Victor studied at University of the Witwatersrand. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is drawing.

Employment is recorded with University of Pretoria.

Work by Diane Victor is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Victoria and Albert Museum, Smithsonian Institution and South African National Gallery.

Chronology

  1. 1964Diane Victor born at Witbank.
  2. 2011Last Supper (Enswined) (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  3. 2018Scorched (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  4. 2020Beware the Lap of Luxury (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Diane Victor, Tracey Rose, and the Gender Politics of Christian Imagery, African Arts, 2012

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Empathic Engagements with Death and Loss in the Work of Diane Victor, History, Practice and Pedagogy, 2024

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Philippe Desportes — Les Amours de Diane. — Les Amours d'Hippolyte. Éd. crit. Victor E. Graham, 1961, 1961

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Victor, Diane, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming Diane Victor.

    open access index · Unverified

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    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Diane Victor.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  7. 7.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Diane Victor (3 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 6 works naming Diane Victor.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q5271593: Diane Victor

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  10. 10.

    “Diane Victor”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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