Dovie Dean

Robert Priseman (1965 –)

Robert Priseman (nato nel 1965) è un artista britannico che esplora temi socio-politici oscuri come la pena capitale e la memoria attraverso dipinti provocatori. Esposto al V&A, alla Royal Collection.

Museo di Belle Arti (Tallahassee, United States of America)

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Blanche “Dovie” Dean was a 55-year-old grandmother and mother of six children, who lived in Clermont County, Ohio.She admitted to killing her 69-year-old husband, Hawkins Dean, after she put rat poison in his milk. Dean had originally tried to frame her son by a previous marriage for the murder, but eventually confessed when the sheriff commented that “any woman who could accuse her son of such a crime could easily have done it herself.” Dean said the murder took place after a number of violent arguments with her new husband Hawkins (her third), who she felt could not “perform his husbandly duties.” Dean said: “He wanted a housekeeper and I wanted a home.”On the 15th January 1954, Dovie Dean was executed in Ohio’s electric chair wearing a “simple green dress buttoned down the front, white anklets and brown shoes.”

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Informazioni sull'opera

Titolo: Dovie Dean
Artista: Robert Priseman
Dimensioni originali: 15.0 x 18.0 cm
Formato: Portrait
Stato del copyright: Soggetti a copyright
Dove vederlo: Museo di Belle Arti
Periodo creativo: Mature Period
Contesto del corpus: social commentary on crime , priseman's dark realism focus
Colore principale: Gray
Parole chiave: ohio crime artwork , grandmother portrait , robert priseman art