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Ida Kohlmeyer
Ida Kohlmeyer: A Life in Abstraction Early Life and Education Born: November 3, 1912, New Orleans, Louisiana. Died: January 24, 1997. Ida Rittenberg Kohlmeyer was the daughter of Polish immigrants. She received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Newcomb College (Tulane University). Her initial artistic spark ignited during her honeymoon to Mexico in 1934, where she became captivated by the vibrant ceramic folk art of Central and South America. She later returned to Newcomb/Tulane, earning a Master of Fine Arts in painting in 1956. Artistic Development & Influences Early Influ…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Ida Kohlmeyer's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
