To meet all these criteria was nearly impossible (in retrospect, Hamilton thought only Warhol came close) nevertheless, they informed Hamilton throughout his Pop years, during which time his paintings also responded, in an opposite register, to this rhetorical question of 1962: Can mass-cultural forms like advertising be “assimilated into the fine art consciousness”? Equally important was the list of Pop attributes that Hamilton included in a 1957 letter to the architects Peter and Alison Smithson: Originally made for the Whitechapel Gallery show “This Is Tomorrow” (where it served as an illustration in the catalogue), it became, over time, the first emblem of Pop. RICHARD HAMILTON, who died on September 13 at the age of eighty-nine, did more than anyone else to announce the idea of Pop art, with his famous collage Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing?, 1956, a tiny image of a modern interior cluttered with consumer products, media, and people. Years later, an article in the Christian Science Monitor called Sherwood’s program ‘a pioneer venture in women helping women.’Ĭarol Taylor can be reached at She and Silvia Pettem alternate the “In Retrospect” history column.Richard Hamilton, Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing?, 1956, collage on paper, 10 1/4 x 9 3/4". In 1938, Sherwood died at Blue Bird Cottage at the age of 92.īoth the Blue Bird Cottage and the Blue Bird Lodge were eventually sold.Īlmost 5,000 Blue Birds experienced a vacation of beauty and art in Boulder through Jean Sherwood. She continued as hostess for the Blue Birds until she reached 80 years old. The BAA dedicated its downtown Sherwood Gallery, open to everyone, in her honor. She founded the Boulder Art Association in 1923 and later the Boulder Artists Guild. The program was so popular that the Holiday House Association expanded by purchasing a hotel in Gold Hill in 1921, naming it Blue Bird Lodge.īy the time she was 70, Sherwood was a widow and she had moved to Boulder permanently. She was so pleased with her stay that when she returned to Chicago, she began to raise money for Blue Bird scholarships so additional women could experience the pleasure of a restorative holiday. In 1916, Sherwood’s friend, the social reformer Jane Addams, came for a visit to Blue Bird Cottage. By the end of their stay, the Blue Birds were refreshed.
By the second week the Blue Birds came alive and they went on ‘tramps’ and wildflower picking excursions in the mountains and also enjoyed enriching art programs. Sherwood later remembered that often the first week the pale and exhausted young women simply slept. More than 40 women stayed at the cottage the first summer and were at once referred to as Blue Birds. In 1911 they built a house with multiple rooms for young women.ĭuring construction, a nest of bluebirds was found, so Sherwood named the building Blue Bird Cottage. The Association raised money and purchased several lots across the street from the Chautauqua campus at 1215 Baseline Road. With a group of philanthropists, she founded the Holiday House Association. She reflected on her summers in Boulder and knew that these young women would benefit greatly from Boulder’s beautiful scenery, fresh mountain air, and arts and culture programs like the ones at Chautauqua. Back home in Chicago, Sherwood noticed that secretaries, clerks, teachers and other working women were tired from the drudgery of city life.
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