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Christine Rosamond
1947 to 1994
Christine Rosamond set out her oil paintings at an art fair
in Los Angeles and was surprised to discover that her woman-centered images resonated
with millions of collectors in the 1970s. The artist, known simply as Rosamond, spent the
next two decades struggling with the meaning and responsibility of her success, all the
while growing as an artist, seeking images that captured the imagination: images filled
with freedom and alive with possibility. Her signature use of negative space added
contrast and frame to the central figure, which in her early works she painted in soft
shades of green and blue, and which grew in later years to deeper and more vibrant
greens and reds. In an effort to soften what could have been a stark contrast,
Christine Rosamond clad her figures in fabric so rich with texture you could almost
reach out and feel it. After her tragic death in 1994, many collectors realized what
Rosamond's legacy is to her peers, women who faced the same challenges and who shared
a vision of escape, freedom, and sensuality. Rosamond said that she painted from her
own personal experience and from her awareness of women and their lives. Judging by
the millions who were moved to purchase one of her images, Rosamond tapped a root,
which was shared by many, yet captured by few.
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